Quick answer: For most restaurants and offices, 50 mm ceiling clouds are a good choice: they soak up voices well. Hanging them with a gap below the ceiling helps further, because sound is soaked up on both sides. 25 mm clouds suit smaller rooms where speech is the main concern.

Key takeaways

  • 50 mm clouds suit most commercial rooms.
  • A gap above the cloud helps more.
  • 25 mm works for small speech rooms.

Why thickness matters

Thicker panels soak up more of the deeper sounds. Busy rooms have lots of low, rumbling voice energy. See are thicker panels better.

The air gap

A cloud hung below the ceiling has space above it. Sound can reach both faces, so each cloud soaks up more. Clouds are always fixed mechanically, never glued.

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Cloud thickness guide infographic

Restaurants

50 mm clouds over the dining area suit most restaurants. They handle the roar of many voices at once. See suspended vs flat.

25 mm vs 50 mm clouds diagram

Offices

Use 50 mm clouds over open-plan desks, where many people talk. In small meeting rooms, 25 mm is often enough. Wall panels do most of the work there.

Homes

Homes have sofas, beds and curtains, so they are softer to start with. 25 mm panels are often enough. Use 50 mm in home theatres and music rooms.

Our panels

Flexi™ panels come in 25 mm (NRC (a score from 0 to 1 for how much sound a panel soaks up) 0.80) or 50 mm (NRC 1.00). Both come in 39 colours. See NRC.

Weight

Thicker clouds weigh more than thin ones. The fixings must suit the weight and the ceiling. Standard fixings are included; scaffold for high ceilings is quoted separately.

Look

Thicker clouds look more solid and can be a design feature. Thinner ones look more subtle against the ceiling. Both come in the same 39 colours.

What we see on real jobs

For restaurants, a 50 mm cloud hung with a gap gets the most out of each panel.

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