Things you should know about STC rated doors
STC rated doors are quite costly, and thus tend to be reserved for sound critical applications such as government sites, recording studios, or administrative offices in factories with many heavy types of machinery. Nonetheless, if you are so sensitive to sound that the neighbor’s dogs keeps you awake all the night, of if you are a home theater lover, you might be a candidate for an acoustical door. How will you know how efficient a recording studio door is in respect to the acoustical doors? You have to check out the STC. STC stands for Sound Transmission Class and describes the acoustic attributes of an acoustical door with a single number. It is a measure of sound transmission loss from a single side of the door to another. Acoustical doors frequently have windows. Usually, window size is restricted by the desired STC value. Impact of window on acoustical isolation is ascertained depending on the window size. Usually, nonetheless, an acoustical door won’t have vents or louvers...