Soundproof your hotel for a good night’s sleep

We know that providing comfort is the core of what you do – and what would be a better way to define comfort than “a good night’s sleep”?

Double-glaze your windows to create peaceful and quiet rooms, ensuring your guests get the sleep they desire, and you get more positive reviews and bookings.

Magnetite offers a range of secondary glazing systems that boost the performance of existing glazing to reduce noise and heat gain or loss, providing a more comfortable indoor environment. For new buildings, the benefits of double glazing can be easily justified, but it often seems a more daunting task for refurbishment projects. Magnetite’s secondary glazing solutions allow existing buildings to reap the same acoustic, thermal, and economic benefits.

The PARKROYAL Darling Harbour in Sydney is retrofitting its existing single glazed façade with Magnetite to reduce the noise from the nearby highway and the buzz of pedestrians, providing the best possible level of comfort for its guests. Magnetite’s slimline profile fits neatly with each of the 370 existing windows, to maintain their expansive view while reducing the maximum amount of noise.

The hotel has remained operational throughout the installation, with rooms returned to service the same day.

For more information contact Magnetite on 1300 738 763 or visit www.magnetite.com.au.

Magnetite specialises in the installation of a secondary internal system to complement the existing windows to soundproof rooms.

“We've done a lot of testing on the product and generally we're getting from 50 to 70 percent noise reduction,” Mr Lafleur said.

“So, it is very effective. Generally, you find in hotels because they are multi-storeys, they're a pretty solid build. It's not like houses where sometimes you can have thin walls. Most of the noise in hotels is coming through the windows so our system creates a dramatic difference.

“We do a lot of installations in existing hotels, so management doesn’t have to change the windows and they can stay operational while we're doing the work.

“We install secondary timber windows and secondary aluminium windows in the more traditional style motels that have windows that open.

“Sometimes we install secondary doors.

“But we also have our proprietary system that we use that works great when you have windows that are large, fixed panels. Our framing is quite slimline and we use magnets to click in the second layer of glazing.

“In all situations we're trying to create a good air gap between the existing window and the system we put in. It’s that air gap that gives you the soundproofing and the bigger the gap the bigger the noise reduction.”

Magnetite performs soundproofing in all kinds of properties from residential homes and motels to major hotel chains.

“It’s not a problem for us if it's one window or 600,” Mr Lafleur said. “I started the business 25 years ago with my brother.

“We’re originally from Ottawa in Canada and we knew about double glazing from the temperature side. We thought most of our work would be to keep houses warm.”

He said the Sydney Airport Noise Amelioration Program in the late 1990s brought a big focus on the importance of noise reduction in people’s lives.

“The demand for noise reducing double glazing was pretty much instantaneous. In places like Canberra we still do a lot of thermal protection but we have offices around Australia and most of our work in the cities involves noise reduction,” Mr Lafleur said.

“Traffic noise is the big one for us to overcome, but we also work on properties that are having trouble with construction noise. We just did work at the Marriott at Circular Quay in Sydney. Their conference rooms are right across the street from a building that is being knocked down and rebuilt over three years. Train noise is also a problem for a lot of accommodation properties near railway lines.

“The work we do is very important because noise makes a huge difference when it comes to people's comfort. “And when people check into a hotel, comfort and a good night’s sleep are their main priorities.”