Iic Rating Vinyl Plank Flooring

Cali bamboo luxury vinyl plank flooring rating.

Iic rating vinyl plank flooring. In addition floating floors such as hardwood or bamboo installed over a resilient underlayment also helps to increase the iic rating of the finished floor. Summary of cali bamboo vinyl plank flooring. To calculate the delta iic of the luxury vinyl the iic of the concrete slab is subtracted from the iic value of the luxury vinyl. What caused its score to drop was a 3 in selection.

Other resilient floors such as vinyl cork and rubber have slight give which cushions blows and also helps to increase the iic rating. An iic and stc rating will generally be 5 points higher than. A f iic and f stc rating. I am doing reno s on a condo and they have a specific requirement.

It received a 5 in the quality category. The iic and stc is conducted at a controlled laboratory. There is a small air gap allowing to absorb more sound. The quietwalk underlayment provides very high ratings such as iic of 71 and stc 66 as of mid 2018.

The preferred level of performance for stc and iic is 60 57 f iic. While the iic rating of the luxury vinyl is important the delta iic is really the more telling number because it shows by how many decibels the luxury vinyl reduces sound transmission. This brand scored 4 25 out of 5 in our ratings. The underlayment is not attached to the subfloor or floor.

Thickness 1 wear layer.