STOPPING NOISE AT NEW HOTEL
"Guests at the new Wyndham Hotel won’t be bothered by normal noise or loud conversations in the next room, things being dropped in adjoining rooms or the corridors”, says chip Armstrong. “This hotel has a sound and thermal rating which is among the highest in this area", he said.
Texas Commercial Insulation, of which Armstrong is president, sprayed 8,000, 35 pound bags of Celbar Spray On cellulose insulation to achieve this rating and did it faster, cheaper and better than would be possible with any other products of which he knows.
Celbar Spray is a dry product consisting of a specially prepared cellulosic fibers chemically treated to be fire resistant. A special Celbar nozzle applies the fibers and water simultaneously, mixing them and causing the mixture to adhere to the walls. Celbar Spray is manufactured by International Cellulose Corporation of Houston, Texas.
Armstrong’s company, located in Pitman North Office complex in Plano, specializes in applying Celbar Spray in hotels and office building throughout the U.S.
“It’s a great insulation product from every stand point”, says Armstrong. “It’s better for sound control and thermal insulation than either Rockwool or fiberglass and it’s much easier and quicker to install. Using Celbar Spray cuts a sheetrock crew’s time by about a third.”
“We spray an exterior wall for thermal insulation and the sheetrock crew comes along working right behind us. On party walls they cover one side and we start spraying, then they cover the other side right behind us.
“When batts are used in walls, they’re thrown in and inevitable there are crevices and open spaces where air infiltration and sound leaks occur. There are also openings for wires and pipes which have to be caulked”. The executive further explained, “Celbar Spray is applied over the entire interior of the wall cavity and the application is continuous with no crevices all the openings sealed. Since 1-1/2” coating doesn’t fill the interior space of the wall cavity electricians can move their wires without tearing the wall apart.
“Rockwool and fiberglass both are minerals fibers and must have dead air spaces to provide sound and thermal insulation value”, he said, “but Celbar Spray is manufactured from 100% cellulose which is a natural insulator and therefore does not require dead air space for sound and thermal control. The result is that Rockwool and fiberglass eventually packs down and lose their insulation value, which Celbar Spray retains its characteristics for many years.
“Celbar Spray has passed all Government tests for corrosiveness, mildew, fire resistance, moisture absorption, odor emission, fungus resistance and critical radian flow (ability to flex with the wall in which it is applied)”. Armstrong a Dallas native graduated from Plano High School and Abilene Christian University. He went into the insulation business after school and spent 3 1/2" years installing insulation for home builders. In the course of this work he experimented with various forms of insulations and came across K-13, a sister system to Celbar Spray which is used for exposed interior applications. Armstrong considered Celbar Spray the ideal system for high rise building and organized his company to insulate hotels and office buildings. He obtained national right to Celbar Spray and left the homebuilding insulation field.
Texas Commercial Insulation did the simulation work on the 4 story addition to the Dallas Apparel Mart, using K-13 in the mechanical rooms and Celbar Spray in the outside walls. The company also insulated the Ramada Inn in college Station, the residents Inn and Mary Kay cosmetics Building in Houston.
They have additional contracts for hotels in Cincinnati and New Orleans pending. “Celbar Spray has all kinds of advantages over other insulations.” he said. “For one thing, you can spray plumbing pipes and deaden the “waterfall” noises so often found in hotels. Celbar Spray completely seals the wall so that there is no area where sound or air can penetrate. We can apply a layer of 3-1/2”, which is a lot of insulation; normally we just spray 1-1/2. “Additionally, Celbar-2 Loosefill insulation can be applied in attic areas or existing wall cavities.
The blown-in application covers all cracks, corners and crevices to prevent loss of energy. An R-30 can be achieved with 8.3” of Celbar -2 Loosefill, compared to 10” of Rockwool or 13.5” or fiberglass. “The thing with Celbar Spray is the tighter you pack it the better insulation value you get because Celbar Spray cellulose in and of itself is a natural insulation material, with other materials the tighter they are packed the less insulation value they provide”, Armstrong said.
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Article taken from Dallas Times Herald.
