Product Specifications & Testing

Product Specifications

Review Speech Guards product specifications to get more information for your project. Building code and fire safety details are included in addition to product sizing. Speech Guard products have a class A fire rating and comply with the Uniform Building Code (BOCA), Standard Building Code (SBCCI) and International Building Code (ICC).

Speech Guard Light Hood
Speech Guard Light Hood
Spirit Acoustics Inc.
103 Sparta Road
Stanhope, NJ 07874
Phone: (908) 508-0050
Fax: (908) 464-6497
E-mail: saisupport@spirit-acoustics.com
https://speechguard.net

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Ceiling Accessory
Speech Guard Light Hood
PART 1GENERAL
- 1.01SECTION INCLUDES
  - Light Hood designed to be installed over lighting fixtures in a suspended ceiling
  - Basic Use: The Speech Guard Light Hood is designed to be installed over lighting fixtures in a suspended ceiling. Lighting fixtures have been identified as a significant path for speech to enter the ceiling plenum and travel to neighboring areas.
  - Composition and materials: Speech Guard is covered on both sides with a non-woven polyester rayon facing, core is fiberglass. Components are thermally molded into a acoustical hood.
- 1.02REFERENCES
  - ASTM International
    
    Class A, Testing Method ASTM E-84-05.
    
    Complies with: Uniform Building Code (BOCA), Standard Building Code (SBCCI) and International Building Code (ICC)
    
    Meets the National Electric Code pertaining to the installation of this system over lighting fixtures
- 1.03SUBMITTALS
  - General: Submit listed submittals in accordance with the conditions of the contract
  - Product Data: Manufacturer’s data sheets on each product to be used, including:
    
    Preparation instructions and recommendations.
    
    Storage and handling requirements and recommendations.
- 1.04QUALITY ASSURANCE
  - Product Qualifications: Products shall meet the following criteria:
    
    Surface Burning Characteristics (ASTM E84)
    
    Flamespread: 15, maximum.
    
    Smoke Developed: 5, maximum.
    
    Model Building Codes: ICBO, ICC, BOCA, SBCCI
  - Warranty: Please refer to the Spirit Acoustics Inc. Limited Warranty on manufacturing defects for specific information
    
    Spirit Acoustics Inc. has no control over the installation, design, installation workmanship, or conditions of application. Spirit Acoustics Inc. does not warrant the performance or results of any installation containing its products
- 1.05DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING
  - Store products in manufacturer’s unopened packaging until ready for installation.
- 1.06PROJECT CONDITIONS
  - Maintain environmental conditions (temperature, humidity, and ventilation) within limits recommended by manufacturer for optimum results. Do not install products under environmental conditions outside manufacturer’s absolute limits.
  - Speech Guard must not be used to support any material including insulation. Where insulation must be used it should not overlap onto installed Speech Guard Hoods.
PART 2PRODUCTS
- 2.01Speech Guard Light Hood
  - Manufacturer: Spirit Acoustics Inc.
    Contact: 103 Sparta Road, Stanhope, NJ 07874; Telephone: (908) 508-0050; Fax: (908) 464-6497; Email: saisupport@spirit-acoustics.com; Web site: https://speechguard.net
  - Substitutions: Not permitted.
- 2.02MANUFACTURED UNITS
  - Light Hood
    
    Thickness: 1”, Height: 9”
    
    Product Dimensions:
    
    Size: [24 inches x 24 inches (610mm x 610mm)] or [24 inches x 48 inches (610mm x 1220)]
    
    Core: 1” thick rigid fiberglass
    
    Weight:
    
    2’ x 2’ standard hood: 5lb.
    
    2’ x 4’ standard hood: 10lb.
    
    2’ x 2’ hood with 1 lb barrier: 13.5 lb.
    
    2’ x 4’ hood with 1 lb barrier: 24 lb.
  - Product Performance:
    
    Reverberation Room Method ASTM C 423-09a/E 795-08/NVLAP 08/P03
    
    Speech Guard Light Hood Standard: NRC 1.00
    
    Class A fire rating, Testing Method ASTM E-84-05.
    
    Airborne Sound Transmission Loss of Building Partitions ASTM E 90-09/NVLAP 08/P06
    
    Speech Guard Light Hood Standard – STC: 5
    
    Speech Guard Light Hood with 1 lb. Septum – STC: 26
PART 3EXECUTION
- 3.01EXAMINATION
  - Site Verification of Conditions: Verify substrate conditions are acceptable for product installation in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions.
- 3.02INSTALLATION
  - Speech Guard is installed above the light fixture in a suspended ceiling. Mounting clips are included for easy installation to the ceiling grid. Speech guard is shipped in multiple pieces, handling directions are included in the product shipment.
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Shield Guard Tile Backer
Shield Guard Tile Backer
Spirit Acoustics Inc.
103 Sparta Road
Stanhope, NJ 07874
Phone: (908) 508-0050
Fax: (908) 464-6497
E-mail: saisupport@spirit-acoustics.com
https://speechguard.net

SECTION 09 51 13
Ceiling Accessory
Shield Guard Tile Backer
PART 1GENERAL
- 1.01SECTION INCLUDES
  - Acoustic tile backer engineered to seal ceilings for speech privacy by preventing speech from entering ceiling plenum and traveling to neighboring areas. In addition this product blocks equipment noise from entering work spaces through ceiling tiles.
  - Basic use: Shield Guard is manufactured to neatly integrate into standard suspended ceiling systems and provide for a private and quiet work space.
  - A composite of three sheet materials
    
    Ceiling tile
    
    Acoustic De-coupler
    
    Fire Resistant Barrier
- 1.02REFERENCES
  - ASTM International
    
    Flammability rating of Class A
    
    Test Method: Procedures In explicit conformity with the ASTM Designations E-84. Standard Test Method for “Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials.”
    
    The 25-foot tunnel method is also describe by NFPA 255 and UL 723 Laboratory, specific test methods are accredited by the International Accreditation Service (IAS) and this provided is in compliance with ISO/IEC Standards 17025, 17020, and Guide 65 (17065).
    
    STC – 27 Test Method: Procedures in explicit conformity with the ASTM Designations E90-09 and E413-10, as well as other pertinent standards. Laboratory has been accredited by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) for this test procedure.
- 1.03SUBMITTALS
  - General: Submit listed submittals in accordance with conditions of the contract.
  - Product Data: Manufacturer’s data sheets on each product to be used, including:
    
    Preparation instructions and recommendations
    
    Storage and handling requirements and recommendations
- 1.04QUALITY ASSURANCE
  - Product Qualifications: Products shall meet the following criteria:
    
    Surface Burning Characteristics (ASTM E84)
    
    Flame spread: 25, maximum.
    
    Smoke Developed: 450, maximum.
- 1.05DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING
  - Store products in manufacturer’s unopened packaging until ready for installation.
- 1.06PROJECT CONDITIONS
  - Maintain environmental conditions (temperature, humidity, and ventilation) within limits recommended by manufacturer. Do not install products under environmental conditions outside of manufacturer’s recommendations.
PART 2PRODUCTS
- 2.01Shield Guard Tile Backer
  - Manufacturer: Spirit Acoustics Inc.
    Contact: 103 Sparta Road, Stanhope NJ 07874; Telephone: (908) 508-0050; Fax: (908) 464-6497; Email: saisupport@spirit-acoustics.com; Web site: https://speechguard.net
  - Substitutions: Not permitted.
- 2.02MANUFACTURED UNITS
  - Shield Guard
    
    Thickness: Core available 1/8” and 1/16” thick
    
    Weight: 1.1 pounds per square foot
    
    Product Dimensions:
    
    Size: [24 inches x 24 inches (610mm x 610mm)] or [24 inches x 48 inches (610mm x 1220mm)]
    
    3.5 mm (0.12 in) thick non woven polyester adhered to a 3.05 mm (0.12 in) mass-loaded vinyl barrier backed with a 0.8 mm ( 0.003 in) flame retardant fabric (receive side)
  - Product Performance:
    
    STC – 27 Test Method: Procedures in explicit conformity with the ASTM Designation E90-09 and E43-10 Flammability Rating of Class A
    
    Test Method: Procedures In explicit conformity with the ASTM Designations E-84
PART 3EXECUTION
- 3.01EXAMINATION
  - Site Verification of Conditions: Verify substrate conditions are acceptable for product installation in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions.
- 3.02INSTALLATION
  - Shield Guard is installed on top of acoustic tile in suspended ceiling tile systems. No mounting clips or adhesive required for installation.
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Plenum Return Silencer G2
Speech Guard G2 Plenum Return Silencer
Spirit Acoustics Inc.
103 Sparta Road
Stanhope, NJ 07874
Phone: (908) 508-0050
Fax: (908) 464-6497
E-mail: saisupport@spirit-acoustics.com
https://speechguard.net

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Acoustic Air Plenum Accessory
Plenum Return Silencer G2
PART 1GENERAL
- 1.01SECTION INCLUDES
  - The Plenum Return Silencer stops airborne sound transmission through ceiling grid air return grills to increase speech privacy.
  - Composition: The Plenum Silencer has a mat-faced finish, produced with a core of strong glass fibers and bonded with a thermosetting resin. The air stream side of the air flow duct features a black fiber glass mat, with a fire resistant foil scrim on the exterior, extending the full with of the chute.
- 1.02REFERENCES
  - ASTM International
    
    Flammability rating of class A
    
    ASTM E84 Standard Test Method for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials.
    
    NFPA 90A and 90B
    
    Canada: CAN/ULC S102-M88
- 1.03SUBMITTALS
  - General: Submit listed submittals in accordance with conditions of the contract.
  - Product Data: Manufacturer’s data sheets on each product to be used, including:
    
    Preparation instructions and recommendations.
    
    Storage and handling requirements and recommendations.
- 1.04QUALITY ASSURANCE
  - Product Qualifications: Products shall meet the following criteria:
    
    Surface Burning Characteristics (ASTM E84)
    
    Flame spread: 25, maximum.
    
    Smoke Developed: 50
  - General Properties
    
    Max. Operating Temperature (ASTM C411): 250º (121º C)
    
    Max. Air Velocity (ASTM C1071: 5,000 fpm (25.4 m/sec)
    
    Max. Internal Pressure (UL 181) : 2º w.c. (498 Pa)
    
    Fungi resistance (ASTM C1338): Does not breed or promote
    
    Fungi resistance (ASTM G21): No growth
    
    Bacteria Resistance (ASTM G22): No growth
    
    Water vapor transmission (ASTM E96): < 0.02 Perms
    
    Water vapor solutions (ASTM C1104): < %5 by weight
- 1.05DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING
  - Store products in manufacturer’s unopened packaging until ready for installation.
- 1.06PROJECT CONDITIONS
  - Maintain environmental conditions (temperature, humidity, and ventilation) within limits recommended by manufacturer for optimum results. Do not install products under environmental conditions outside manufacturer’s absolute limits.
PART 2PRODUCTS
- 2.01Plenum Return Silencer G2
  - Manufacturer: Spirit Acoustics Inc.
    Contact: 2612 South Clinton Ave., South Plainfield NJ, 07080; Telephone: (908) 508-0050; Fax: (908) 464-6497; Email: saisupport@spirit-acoustics.com; Web site: https://speechguard.net
  - Substitutions: Not permitted.
- 2.02MANUFACTURED UNITS
  - Plenum Return Silencer G2
    
    Sizes available for 2×2 or 2×4 ceiling grid systems
    
    Hood Size: 31”w x 9”h x 1”t (787mm x 229mm x 25mm)
    
    Chute Size: 18”h x ½”t, reduced height – 14” (457mm x 13mm, reduced height – 356mm)
    
    Mat Size: 24”w x 24”w x ½”t (610mm x 610mm x 13mm)
    
    Weight
    
    Standard G2: 15lb
    
    G2 with 1lb plenum: 24lb
PART 3EXECUTION
- 3.01EXAMINATION
  - Site Verification of Conditions: Verify substrate conditions are acceptable for product installation in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions.
- 3.02INSTALLATION
  - Install in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions.
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Product Testing

Speech Guard System products have been tested to determine the effectiveness of each component and the system as a whole. Each piece of the system contributes to eliminating noise within a drop tile ceiling. Review our product testing data to see the impact Speech Guard could make for your noise isolation project.