I just installed some with these: http://www.rotofast.com/instructions_snap_on.htm
Easy and secure. Can handle stand-offs as well.
Kal
Easy and secure. Can handle stand-offs as well.
Kal
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hanging acoustic panels
Does anyone know a good way of handing acoustic panels? Obviously they should be solidly mounted so they don't vibrate, but I've heard you shouldn't directly attach them with glue.
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Thank you, those look perfect.
Wow what a product. Thanks for the tip Kal. Not to steal the thread but if memory serves correctly, did I read you were reviewing some acoustic treatments of some kind coming up? If so and I'm not halucinating, and it's not state secret, can you spill the beans which product(s)?
In my design (Kal I'd love your opinion by the way even if, especially if critical.. in my photo gallery) I was planning on installing the flat facing panels and diagonal panels by a thin frame of the DIY kind on the perimeter of wood, then using that frame to screw to the wall, or to spacers of say 2 inches or so. So even early reflection panels as well as clouds and corner 45 degree panels could be attached by the frame via eyebolts, cable or directly screwing to the spacers or to the wall.
mderka, are these panels of your own design or purchased?
In my design (Kal I'd love your opinion by the way even if, especially if critical.. in my photo gallery) I was planning on installing the flat facing panels and diagonal panels by a thin frame of the DIY kind on the perimeter of wood, then using that frame to screw to the wall, or to spacers of say 2 inches or so. So even early reflection panels as well as clouds and corner 45 degree panels could be attached by the frame via eyebolts, cable or directly screwing to the spacers or to the wall.
mderka, are these panels of your own design or purchased?
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My efforts in room treatment are discussed in the next column in the July issue so I will not be 'spilling the beans' here.
Also, there's a sticky thread about room acoustics on AVS which is frequented by many folks more knowledgeable than I and upon whose advice I have relied. So, again, I won't comment.
Kal
| Originally Posted by Babs Wow what a product. Thanks for the tip Kal. Not to steal the thread but if memory serves correctly, did I read you were reviewing some acoustic treatments of some kind coming up? If so and I'm not halucinating, and it's not state secret, can you spill the beans which product(s)? |
Also, there's a sticky thread about room acoustics on AVS which is frequented by many folks more knowledgeable than I and upon whose advice I have relied. So, again, I won't comment.
Kal
I didn't think so.. I'm sure it shall be a great read.
I'll direct you to a previous thread I started about my panels:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=674633
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=674633
Kal: I love the mounting hardware....but won't some panels loose a little of their effectiveness by flush mounting to the wall or ceiling? I have some bass traps and HR absorption panels and I thought allowing space between the panel and the wall/ceiling increased their effectiveness? Is that incorrect?
Ron
Ron
I used spacers between the wall and the mount and, of course, very long screws to get the panels spaced off the wall.
Kal
Kal
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What kind of spacers did you use? I have to mount my panels over wall trim.
| Originally Posted by Kal Rubinson I used spacers between the wall and the mount and, of course, very long screws to get the panels spaced off the wall. Kal |
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Ha! My wife and I walked the aisles at Home Depot and she found some nice round plastic thingies that are sold for some other purpose but did the job for us. You can use/fabricate a standoff from a piece of wood with a hole through it. Just buy mounting screws long enough to (1) traverse the standoff thickness, (2) pass through the Rotofast ratchet and (3) mount firmly in whatever wall anchors you use.
Kal
| Originally Posted by Kevin12586 What kind of spacers did you use? I have to mount my panels over wall trim. |
Kal
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You could try some pvc and use your electric miter saw to cut them quick and easy to whatever legth you want. Paint them if they are going to be seen.
| Originally Posted by Kal Rubinson You can use/fabricate a standoff from a piece of wood with a hole through it. |
I was thinking about PVC, but the PVC pipe opening appears to be bigger than the ratchets that come with the kit. Am I right Kal?
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Yes. I think you might be better off with 1-1.5" diameter wood dowel, cut to length and drilled to pass the screw. That was my alternative.
Kal
| Originally Posted by Kevin12586 I was thinking about PVC, but the PVC pipe opening appears to be bigger than the ratchets that come with the kit. Am I right Kal? |
Kal
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