If you are the owner or manager of any business, then it is your job to provide a safe working environment for all of your employees and that includes making sure that they don’t have to deal with unnecessary sounds all day. In order for your workers to be happy, they need to be able to do their jobs in relative quiet and so any noise that is coming from the outside or internally as well, is disruptive to their day’s work.

Many employers do not take sound insulation (known as ฉนวนกันเสียงผนังเบา in Thai) as seriously as they should and too much noise contributes to staff absences every single year and if your staff aren’t coming to work then your productivity levels are going to suffer as a direct result. Profits will also suffer and so you need to be aware of the benefits of properly insulating your workplace. The following are some of the benefits of investing in the right kind of sound insulation.

• For better quality of life – If your staff put up with a lot of noise in their homes with the kids every single day and it’s likely that they live around neighbours who are not very considerate of their privacy needs. When they come to work, they expect to be able to work in a comfortable environment because if there is excess of noise then it affects their concentration and it means that they are not able to innovate or to solve problems either.
• Better communication – Good communication is essential if any business is to be successful and if people can’t understand each other because of high levels of noise then ambiguity sets in and mistakes are made. Not been able to communicate clearly and effectively leads to lots of confusion and frustration within your staff structure and so this is why it is essential that soundproofing and some insulation takes place.
• It saves money – When a building is properly insulated for sound, it also provides insulation with regard to energy and so if everything else is properly insulated then that means that you’re going to be using less energy and that means smaller energy bills.

Any money that you spend on your business premises insulating for sound can be gotten back quite easily when you decide to sell the property further down the line. By spending money now on sound insulation, you are increasing the value of your property almost immediately.