Installation Guide

• Circular saw
• Heavy duty safety cutting knife
• Tape measure
• Pencil
• Caulking glue & SikaBond-142 Instant Nails tubes
• Cordless screwdriver
• Multi-tool

Additional materials required to achieve higher acoustic performance (OPTIONAL)

• Mineral wool insulation batts (dimensions to fit between wall battens, i.e. 430mm wide x 45mm deep)
• 70x45mm pine framing battens and complementing batten screws
• 30mm black screws (minimum 15 per panel)

• Measure the width of intended installation wall
• Panel standard dimensions measure 240cm high and 60cm wide
• Divide length of wall by 60cm, and round up to order full panels (e.g. if wall is 400cm then order 7 panels, not 6.6)

• Clear wall of any obtrusive objectives such as old screws and nails
• Clean surface area to ensure glue adheres effectively to substrate

• Measure height of walls to determine length of panels required
• Using a pencil, mark panels to required length (measure and mark both left and right-hand side of panel to ensure cut is square)
• Proceed with cutting panels to size using the circular saw (minimise splinters and veneer breakouts by using a new/sharp fine finish circular blade)
• If end of slats detach from felt, you may need to resecure using a maximum 15mm screw via back of panel through felt into MDF slat (i.e. secret fixing)
• Repeat procedure for remaining panels

(suitable for wall installation only)

• Prepare Sika Instant Nail tube in caulking gun and nozzle, and place panels upside down (ensuring oak slats face are protected with a towel)
• Dispense the full 300g tube evenly across the full area of the panel’s felt (ensure perimeter edges have a thick bead of glue). Use one tube per panel
• Place panel into position and apply even pressure to ensure panels bond to wall, holding until glue sets
• Repeat steps for remaining panels, ensuring the protruding starting slat of subsequent panel overlaps the surplus felt of the existing panel (or vice-versa) in order to achieve continuous, consistent spacing between slats
• Refer to Step 5 to learn how to cut final panel width to size

• Fix 70x45mm pine framing battens to wall using batten screws into structural substrate
• Ensure battens are horizontally spaced at 45cm centres (resulting in approximately 43cm gap to accommodate insulation batts)

• Squeeze acoustic insulation batts between batten
• Use safety knife to cut batts to size

• Place pre-cut panels into position
• Screw panels to wall through the felt (i.e. between slats) into timber battens
• Recommend using a minimum of 15 screws per panel
• Repeat steps for remaining panels, ensuring the protruding starting slat of subsequent panel overlaps the surplus felt of the existing panels (or vice-versa)

• Installing the last panel onto your feature wall will likely require adjusting panel width to the available space
• Accurately measure the remaining space between felt and edge of wall
• Mark the required width of panels accordingly (to the nearest felt sequence)
• Using a sharp, heavy duty safety knife, slice the acoustic felt (often easier from behind panel)
• Fit off final panel as per your preferred method (i.e. Option A or B)

• QuietBark offers matching end-trims to achieve a neat, professional finish at the exposed ends of your panels
• Simply cut trim to size and glue end-trim flush with felt and press until adhesive takes hold

• Installing QuietBark panels around existing wall objects such as light switches requires specialised carpentry skills and tooling
• Accurately measure the X and Y distances of the existing wall objects from the previously installed QuietBark panel
• Mark X1/X2 and Y1/Y2 distances onto new panel board, and complete drawing the outline of the required cut-out
• Use a multi-tool cutter to remove marked area