Acoustic Flooring at a Senior Living Facility in Tyresö
The Sköndalsvillan senior living facility is one of six Swedish pilot projects built in the Norra Tyresö Centrum neighborhood, and the building will be one of the first climate-neutral nursing and care facilities to meet the stringent requirements of NollCO2 and Miljöbyggnad 3.1.
Construction was initiated by the Sweden Green Building Council, which works to promote sustainable urban development. The senior living facility will have space for 92 residents in 80 living units and 12 short-term care units. Hemsö carried out this pilot project, which was expected to be completed in 2022.
High-Performance Acoustic Flooring from SubFloor
At the construction site, where the Faunan senior living facility will be built, we at SubFloor worked hard to meet the project’s stringent environmental and acoustic requirements. The structure was installed on top of the existing KL floor joists.
Design
- 12.5 mm floor drywall, screwed—not glued—to the particleboard
- 22 mm particleboard, screwed and glued to the joists
- 45mm wooden stud
- 200 mm plastic screw
- Acoustic Foot 25
- 145 mm glass wool, covering essentially the entire air gap
- 12.5 mm floor drywall
- Total construction height from the KL joist floor to the top edge of the gypsum floorboard: 180 mm.
To meet the residential building’s airborne sound requirement C and impact sound requirement B, we supplied, among other things, SubFloor 25mm acoustic underlayment with 45 wooden joists and 200mm screws. The requirements were met by a wide margin.
The general contractor is Oljibe AB.
The material is supplied by Beijer Byggmaterial.
2023 Award Winners
With the Sköndalsvillan project, Hemsö won the international WasteBuild Zero Awards 2023 in the Residential Building category. Read more here.
