A year ago, it was published that 52% of the Balearics claimed to suffer noise pollution in their homes.\u00a0\u00a0 And the problem extends to hotels, which suffer even more: it is estimated that up to 70% of the hotels in Spain are affected by very high noise levels.\u00a0 In fact, noise is the cause of a third of hotel claims that occur in Spain.<\/p>\n
This is not a minor problem.\u00a0 In order to offer a comfortable stay, it is essential that the client can enjoy a calm atmosphere.\u00a0 And noise comfort is part of it.\u00a0\u00a0 Whether the guest is staying in the hotel for rest and relaxation or for work-related purposes, the absence of noise between bedrooms, meeting rooms and common spaces is a key component when the objective is customer satisfaction.\u00a0 And with some architectural positioning, achieving it is more than possible.<\/p>\n
Reforms for acoustic insulation<\/strong><\/p>\n According to current regulations, the permissible noise level in a hotel bedroom is 30 decibels (dBA) at night and 40 decibels (dBA) during the day.\u00a0\u00a0 That is, the equivalent of a murmur in the first case and a library conversation in the second.\u00a0 However, traffic noise or that generated by the hotel itself can cause those decibels to be exceeded when the hotel is not perfectly acoustically insulated..<\/p>\n If a hotel reform is going to be carried out, advantage should be taken of the opportunity to solve the disturbing problems of noise. \u00a0And there are several possibilities for the insulation to be fully effective.\u00a0 To combat noise, we need insulation systems based on the mass of the building and in the separation between layers and structures, paying attention above all to the weak points:<\/p>\n Windows<\/strong>.\u00a0 The windows and blind boxes must be taken into consideration when controlling noise.\u00a0 To combat them it is possible to combine double glazing (with different thicknesses to impede the spread of sound waves), shuttering and good sealing.\u00a0 As for the material, PVC insulates more than aluminium.<\/p>\n Doors.\u00a0<\/strong> Hollow doors let the noise enter the bedrooms with ease.\u00a0 That\u2019s why it is important to install solid high-density doors where we have the opportunity.\u00a0 As for the material \u2013 wood is a good acoustic insulator.<\/p>\n Walls.<\/strong> \u00a0We can also fit layers of sound insulation onto walls that already exist.\u00a0\u00a0 Among the most commonly used materials to isolate by this method are polyurethane foam, cork panels, rockwool and cellulose fibre.<\/p>\n Floors and ceilings.<\/strong>\u00a0 Just as it is important to focus on the insulation of the walls, we mustn\u2019t forget the floors and the ceilings, through which noise also circulates if the insulation has not been installed properly.\u00a0 Again, absorbent or porous materials such as glass fibre, rockwool, or melanin resin foam are perfect for absorbing high frequency noise.<\/p>\n Furniture.<\/strong>\u00a0 Carpets, rugs and curtains are design elements, but they also have other attributes.\u00a0 Not only do they help to integrate the environment designed to personalise space, they also help to absorb the noise in the rooms of the hotel.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A year ago, it was published that 52% of the Balearics claimed to suffer noise pollution in their homes.\u00a0\u00a0 And the problem extends to hotels, which suffer even more: it is estimated that up to 70% of the hotels in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[203],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zanobia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10881"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zanobia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zanobia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zanobia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zanobia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zanobia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10884,"href":"https:\/\/zanobia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10881\/revisions\/10884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zanobia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zanobia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zanobia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zanobia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}