Declare War Against Outdoor Noise
Eliminate noise forever with our simple and effective ASC-SoundFence. There are lots of sound barriers out there, but they only reflect sound, potentially ruining your peace of mind. The ASC-SoundFence is a simple, contractor-friendly, weather-proof panel to provide sound absorption within a typical cedar fence. ASC provides the panels, you provide the cedar fence.

The standard sound barrier measurement produces an STC 20 for the SoundFence. This 20 dB noise reduction is due to pure absorption. What this means is that up to 75% of the ambient noise is permanently eliminated, day in and day out, year after year.

ASC supplies the 3" thick sound absorbing panel that is nested inside of a double-sided "good neighbor" cedar slat fence (which is not supplied by ASC). The panel is covered by an architectural waterproof UV protected awning fabric. The fabric is acoustically transparent, yet breathable.

We supply the panels that fit between the upper and lower horizontal support rails. The panels are custom sized to accomodate your fence, typically from 3' to 8' tall. SoundFence panels do not require a cedar fence, and can be attached to chain-link or even concrete. The only requirement is that the top must be protected from the elements. To be effective, sound absorbing panels are strategically placed where ever there is a source of unwanted noise.

The fence pictured above was placed along a railroad track to absorb the train noise. That fence required panels throughout. Typically, the noise source may be a heat pump, air conditioner, dog kennel or pool pump, requiring only a few absorption panels.

You will find that this fence will provide fantastic relief from your noise headache, especially noise transfer between homes. Each absorption panel is priced at $15 per perimeter foot. For example, a 4' x 5' panel has 18 perimeter feet (adding the length of all four sides). The price of that panel would be $270. Another example might be a 1' x 8' panel, also 18 perimeter feet and $270.

How Much Does a SoundFence Cost?

Typically, SoundFence Panel height is 18-24" less than the finished fence height. The first 12" of fence height is the 2 x 10 "ground seal", followed by a 2 x 4 support rail. The top 6-12" is just the slats extending above the top rail. Therefore, a 6 foot high fence would have SoundFence Panels that are 4 - 4.5 feet high. Most fences have 6 foot or 8 foot spacing between posts. This too can affect the cost of your SoundFence Panels due to the perimeter foot pricing formula. Panels that are larger cost less per square foot, so 8 foot post spacing will save you money.

In real world terms, a 6 foot high SoundFence, 48 feet long by 6 feet high, with 8 foot post spacing, would cost roughly $2250. The same fence with 6 foot post spacing would cost $2500.

Soundwall Barriers and the Megaphone Effect

All sound barriers have one flaw in common, called the Megaphone Effect. Barriers stop noise effectively as long as you are right next to the barrier. As soon as you stand back 10 or 20 feet, noise begins spilling over the top, creating a high pitched hissing sound. This hiss can be as bad, if not worse than, the unblocked noise. This is because the Megaphone Effect tends to magnify and recurve high frequency noise to its unintended victims.

Noise absorbing fences such as the ASC SoundFence eliminates the Megaphone effect because reflection is minimized or eliminated altogether. If you have a highway soundwall giving you a headache, one way to fix it is to attach ASC SoundFence panels to the top 2 feet, eliminating the reflective bounce off the top of the wall.

SoundFence Variants

The ASC SoundFence can be ordered in two basic variants, either Full Absorptive, or Absorptive/Barrier. Our experts can help you determine what's best for your specific noise situation.

The Full Absorptive version is most popular because any sound reflection is negligable. This is typically used for neighborhood noise complaints such as dogs and heat pumps, or just general sound privacy.

The Absorption/Barrier version is used when a SoundFence surrounds a loud noise source such as a generator or chilling unit.

This version uses mass in the form of fiber cementous board, surrounded on each side by 1" absorption layers. Noise is absorbed, but does not go through the fence because it is blocked by the barrier. Also, because there is absorption, the diffraction effect is not present, you get the best of both worlds.

For More Information

SoundFence for Neighborhood Noise

SoundFence for Heat Pumps or AC Units

SoundFence for Industrial Applications

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View the SoundFence Install Guide

Call us today to end your noise intrusion problems:

1-800-272-8823.

For "non-standard" applications, we can engineer a custom plan that will give you the peace of mind you deserve. To get started, fill out our Online Info Request Form. We'll also need you to e-mail photos and a rough site plan. This service entails a small fee which will be applied to your SoundFence order.