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<blockquote data-quote="Lisa Lane-Collins" data-source="post: 7458" data-attributes="member: 2967">I&#039;ve recently been offered a space to turn into a control room (studio mixing) which has got myself and the people supplying the space talking about acoustic treatments. They were going to lather the walls in 50 cm deep acoustic foam from clark rubber. Just as well I got into a conversation with a colleague about acoustic treatments and clark rubber because it turns out it isn&#039;t fire retardant by default (can be on request but I&#039;ve no idea if the foam quoted for would of been of the fire retardant variety).So, in trying to prove or disprove the flamable foam theory, I stumbled upon this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOzfq9Egxeo" target="_blank">The Station Night Club Fire (GRAPHIC) - YouTube</a> probably old news (Though I&#039;m very surprised to find it happened in this century). Very very sobering. I&#039;ve never given foam much thought, who would?! I can think of a few venues around town with a fair whack of foam installed, I know the installer for two of them, he would have used the right stuff, but so so easy for someone who doesn&#039;t know not to. (Now thoroughly put off of egg cartons as cheap acoustic treatment too).Also made me think about how the fire escape at my main venue has been barricaded with a metal bar. Might ask them to Not do that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lisa Lane-Collins, post: 7458, member: 2967"] I've recently been offered a space to turn into a control room (studio mixing) which has got myself and the people supplying the space talking about acoustic treatments. They were going to lather the walls in 50 cm deep acoustic foam from clark rubber. Just as well I got into a conversation with a colleague about acoustic treatments and clark rubber because it turns out it isn't fire retardant by default (can be on request but I've no idea if the foam quoted for would of been of the fire retardant variety). So, in trying to prove or disprove the flamable foam theory, I stumbled upon this [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOzfq9Egxeo]The Station Night Club Fire (GRAPHIC) - YouTube[/url] probably old news (Though I'm very surprised to find it happened in this century). Very very sobering. I've never given foam much thought, who would?! I can think of a few venues around town with a fair whack of foam installed, I know the installer for two of them, he would have used the right stuff, but so so easy for someone who doesn't know not to. (Now thoroughly put off of egg cartons as cheap acoustic treatment too). Also made me think about how the fire escape at my main venue has been barricaded with a metal bar. Might ask them to Not do that. [/QUOTE]

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