Isocheck Solo System

Isocheck Solo system is designed to reduce sound transmission through traditional joisted timber floors. It can be installed directly over existing floorboards making the system ideal for new build, conversion and refurbishment projects.

Isocheck Solo consists of a 8mm layer of ‘Ecoflex’ bonded to 18mm p5 moisture resistant chipboard (option 1) or a new 18mm, carbon negative, p5 strawboard (option 2 - available soon). When installed as part of a complete party floor construction either system enables a traditional timber joisted floor to meet the sound transmission standards of ADE 2003 (amended 2004).

Isocheck Solo further enhances its appeal by allowing existing ceilings to be reused thus avoiding energy consumption in either their disposal or recycling.

Applications

Performance (on the construction illustrated)

Treated floor with:	DnT,w + Ctr	L’nT,w
Isocheck Solo on 18mm chipboard deck	45dB	59dB (rated )

Product data

Specification

The acoustic floor shall be:

• Isocheck Solo system, manufactured by Isomass Ltd. St Johns Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS and installed in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions / recommendations.

Installation

• Fix Isocheck Acoustic angled Flanking Band on the edges of the Isocheck boards just before they are pushed against the perimeter walls to isolate the board from the wall.
• Lay Isocheck Solo over a structural timber sub-floor, in stretcher bond pattern, applying Isocheck adhesive to all tongued and grooved panel joints.
• Install skirting and trim off excess Flanking Band.
• Full installation instructions for Solo are available to download by clicking on the link to the left of this page. Installation instructions must be used in conjunction with this information and/our information contained in the datasheet when laying the Solo floating floor system.

• Isocheck Solo
• Floorboards
• 200mm x 70mm timber joists @ 450mm centres
• 100mm 45kg/m³ insulation between joists (total ceiling mass 20kg/m² )
• 25mm double boarded ceiling or lath & plaster (min 20kgm²)

Solo... an environmentally sound solution for conversions & refurbishment

Architects and builders alike are continually looking for suppliers that can innovate towards helping them to prove their green credentials without compromising on quality and performance.

Isomass Ltd is such a supplier with considerable practical knowledge in the field of building acoustics, underpinned by a mission to continually innovate.

With the increasing demand for building products to help safe guard the environment Isomass Ltd are pleased to offer a new acoustic overlay system that not only raises the bar with its environment credentials but delivers a performance that eclipses comparative systems when utilising a direct fixed ceiling such as existing lath & plaster.

Flower of the castor oil plant (Ricinus communi).

Composition

Isocheck Solo’s resilient layer (ecoflex) contains 20% renewable vegetable based components compared to zero in traditionally manufactured petroleum-based foams, with the added benefit of using less fossil fuel components in its manufacture. A completely new catalyst enables castor oil to be employed in the production of low-emission polyols. With castor oil accounting for 30% of the polyol’s total weight it can contribute to yet another renewable recipe to help our environment.

Performance Benefits

Isocheck Solo has been tested by the NHBC for use in conversion applications and comfortably meets the required performance standards as specified in Approved Document E 2003 without a proprietary resilient bar or MF suspended ceiling system. So now (in cases where the floor void is 200mm or above) it is not necessary to remove a direct fixed ceiling and the existing floor may be rebuilt as a working platform before Isocheck Solo is incorporated over the floorboards or chipboard. Making the Isocheck Solo system one of the last operations thus avoiding costly protection necessary on alternative direct to joist systems.

Castor seed is the source of castor oil, which has a wide variety of uses.
The seeds contain between 20% and 90% oil that is rich in triglycerides, mainly ricinolein.
Native to Africa, Asia and now naturalised throughout Australia, it is often abundant along watercourses and floodplains.