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Old 2nd December 2009   #14
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Originally Posted by pankers View Post
I have found ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) rubber for decoupling walls from floor.
It it high density rubber used for sound transmission isolation of construction walls at very high loads. It is 5mm thick with 2mm (40%) compression under 9800kg load.
I calculated the weight of my room would be around 4000kg including frame, walls, ceiling construction without the weight of additional inner acoustic elements.
Impossible to say from what you wrote. 9800 kg over what area? In loading the material, you want spring left in the material so that it does not bottom out and do nothing. Also the width wall plates to calculate the pressure is required.


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