Acoustic panel fittings

[Raoul23]

I've made myself 9 acoustic panels to hand in the corners, walls and ceiling. What I'm not to sure on is how to fit them to the walls. I know for best results they should have a 4 inch gap between the wall and the panel. Any one here help with suggestions


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[albee1952]

shooting from the hip; mount 4" blocks at each corner(wrap or paint the same as the panels). Drill an angled hole in the top 2 corners and hang with long finish nails Having said that, all my panels are hung on the wall. Before I wrapped the fabric, I used a Kreg Pocket Screw gadget to drill angled holes(2 top and 2 bottom). Once the fabric was wrapped, I slit where the pockets were cut and mounted to the wall with long-ish pocket screws(the square-drive heads work really well without the driver slipping)

[Barry Johns]

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[mjslakeridge]

Originally Posted by Barry Johns

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$70 for a package of 8 seems pricey to me. I would rig something up with wood blocks as Albee suggested if you are going to be hanging 9 panels.

[The Weed]

French cleats made of plywood, as shown, or wood, or Z-Clips.

To keep the panels the same distance from the wall at the bottom as at the top, put a piece of Styrofoam at the bottom the same width as the gap at the top.

[Barry Johns]

Originally Posted by mjslakeridge

$70 for a package of 8 seems pricey to me. I would rig something up with wood blocks as Albee suggested if you are going to be hanging 9 panels.

Sure, but you get the idea. Go to Lowe's/Home Depot and look for similar brackets.

Any U shape Bracket can work as long as it gives you the right spacing. You could even buy some sheet metal pieces and bend them yourself with a vice and deilll mounting holes where you need them.

The obvious issue with using blocks or other similar type mounting strategies, is that to connect the blocks to the panels, requires you to have to drill through, or rather screw through, the front of the panel, potentially causing cosmetic issues.

I have to go to one of those two stores I mentioned above this weekend, I'll look around for some ideas there, for a cost-effective way to mount that doesn't potentially cause any issues with needing to screw anything through the front of the panel.

[Barry Johns]

Originally Posted by The Weed

French cleats made of plywood, as shown, or wood, or Z-Clips.

To keep the panels the same distance from the wall at the bottom as at the top, put a piece of Styrofoam at the bottom the same width as the gap at the top.

Those won't be effective as he needs a 3-4" gap between the back of the panel and the wall allowing the sound waves to bounce of the back wall and get absorbed by the back of the panel. Mounting to the wall will defeat what he's trying to accomplish.

[Barry Johns]

Originally Posted by albee1952

shooting from the hip; mount 4" blocks at each corner(wrap or paint the same as the panels). Drill an angled hole in the top 2 corners and hang with long finish nails Having said that, all my panels are hung on the wall. Before I wrapped the fabric, I used a Kreg Pocket Screw gadget to drill angled holes(2 top and 2 bottom). Once the fabric was wrapped, I slit where the pockets were cut and mounted to the wall with long-ish pocket screws(the square-drive heads work really well without the driver slipping)

You must of been going into a wall that was a hard surface, rather than drywall? Correct? Otherwise if you're screwing in the 4 inch blocks at an angle into the wall, you would either have to hit a stud, which is not likely for all of the panels, otherwise how would you do the drywall anchor screw and have it work properly at an angle?

On a sidenote, the Kreg unit is a must-have for any hobbyist. The unit and it's various adapters are pricey, but worth every penny!

[albee1952]

Originally Posted by Barry Johns

You must of been going into a wall that was a hard surface, rather than drywall? Correct? Otherwise if you're screwing in the 4 inch blocks at an angle into the wall, you would either have to hit a stud, which is not likely for all of the panels, otherwise how would you do the drywall anchor screw and have it work properly at an angle?

On a sidenote, the Kreg unit is a must-have for any hobbyist. The unit and it's various adapters are pricey, but worth every penny!

This is mostly into drywall but works fine(as long as a fight doesn't break out and people start slamming into the panels). Love the tip on the Z-Clips!! I did have some success(with smaller panels) with "duo-lock" which is an industrial grade velcro-type product, but the wall needs to be wiped with alcohol to get good adhesion.

I agree that the panels are more effective if spaced off the wall, but my room is a bit tight for panels that stick out 7+ inches(they are already 3-3.5" thick). On my CR back wall(where this would likely be the most important, in my CR, the back wall actually is plywood, at angles, with holes thru and several more inches of rigid fiberglass, so the wall was already off to a decent start I bet the french cleat, cut from a 2x4 would work well, and give a decent space behind

[YYR123]

French cleats are cool, never seen them