Soundproofing a Restaurant

As a general rule most restaurants consist of  hard surface walls ceilings and floors. This is both for the evince of the establishment as well as for ease of cleaning of these areas. Restaurants are more concerned with reducing the echo and reverberation in their venue as opposed to actually stopping the noise from going out of the restaurant. The lack of absorbency in restaurants oft times makes it impossible to carry on a normal conversation with the people at your own table. The hard surfaces bounce the sound in every direction possible which can make life very annoying for your restaurant clientele.
 So what can you do to stop or at least reduce this reverberation and noise reflection. One thing would be to add absorbent panels to the walls and ceiling of the dining area. This would help to alleviate the reflected noise from the walls ceiling and floor, however this can also dramatically change the look and the theme of the restaurant.
 Here at Soundproofing America, Inc. we have a better idea. We carry a product called Echoless Roll material. This is a bonded cotton roll that has an acoustical neutral black facing on it. It is one of the most absorbent materials on the market today. Here is what I am suggesting. You would cut this material to fit onto the bottoms of your chairs tables, booth table and under any surface that is not visibly seen by the restaurant patrons, but will absorb the unwanted reverberation and noise reflection in your eating establishment. This product will meet any building code and has a class A fire rating. You would be able to dramatically reduce the reverberation in your restaurant and yet your customers would never ever see this material.
 If this sounds like the answer to your reverberation noise issues, then please call the professionals at Soundproofing America, Inc. or go to www.soundproofingamerica.com and look for the Echoless roll material. For the staff at Soundproofing America, Inc, this is Bob O. Thanks for reading.