SF Xtra Sound Attenuator vents / St Mary’s Hospital, Bristol

Development:  Commercial

Site:  St Mary’s Hospital, Bristol

Contractor: M R Allen Limited

Timber Windows Supplier: Mumford & Wood

Completion Date: July 2022

Titon Products Used: SF Xtra Sound Attenuator

Titon’s SF Xtra Sound Attenuator (SA) Acoustic Vents have been installed in the historic St Mary’s Hospital commercial redevelopment in Bristol.

Titon provided their sound attenuator trickle vents to Mumford & Wood Timber Windows & Doors, who had been contacted by M R Allen Limited to help transform the old healthcare facility to student accommodation. The building had been vacant for a number of years before the project to transform the space into 153 premium student rooms got the go ahead.

The original hospital building was retained, with the addition of a 4 storey extension, a 3 storey new build, 8 no. townhouses and a new communal space for students which includes an on-site gym, entertainment room, lounge and kitchen for private dining.

Planning dictated that this undesignated heritage asset retained many of its original features, sat within a setting of various listed buildings and in a Conservation area. This led to Mumford & Wood recommending timber Box Sash Windows from their Conservation range.

In total a 109 box sash windows were manufactured in Mumford & Wood’s factory, featuring Titon Hardware’s high acoustic performing trickle vents and laminated glass in 24mm double glazed units, ensuring noise travel is kept to a minimum between accommodations.

Titon’s SF Xtra Sound Attenuator is a compact slot ventilator that provides superior levels of sound attenuation compared to similar ‘acoustic’ products. It is part of Titon’s renowned SF Xtra range – which is widely specified throughout the UK as a cost-effective method of reducing incoming noise in situations where conventional slot ventilators are unable to assist with acoustic issues.

Matthew Blaylock, Mumford & Wood’s Commercial Director stated; ‘We used Titon’s SF Xtra Sound Attenuator product range of trickle vents to address the particular sound requirements that our client had requested.

For more information about Titon and its range of window and door hardware, as well as its whole house ventilation products, please visit: www.titon.com/uk