Customer Asked Questions

On our customer asked questions page, you can find questions about flooring underlayment and floor heating systems. Get helpful information to assist with your purchase decisions and address any concerns you may have.

QuietWalk Plus can be used over any substrate approved by your flooring manufacturer, and is suitable for use with laminate and floating hardwood flooring.

If you are looking for a test report please send an email to info@mpglobalproducts.com and specify the product and type of report you are needing. We would be more than happy to email you a copy of any testing data that we have.

QuietWalk Plus is not approved for use with peel and stick vinyl flooring.

In theory, QuietWalk Plus would help to reduce the noise transfer in this application. However, we have not tested this particular application and cannot attest to the suitability. QuietWalk Plus is approved for use installed under laminate and wood flooring.

QuietWalk Plus has only been tested and approved for use installed under laminate and wood flooring. In theory this would help to reduce noise transfer, but we cannot say for certain.

The difference between QuietWalk and QuietWalk Plus is the attached film. QuietWalk Plus has a specialized film designed to accept nails and adhesives so it works with floating, nail-down, and glue-down installation methods of laminate and wood floors. QuietWalk is approved for floating wood and laminate only.

QuietWalk Plus has an attached vapor barrier suitable for emissions up to 7lbs/1000sf/24hrs.  If the emission rate of your slab is less, then you do not need an additional vapor barrier.

QuietWalk Plus is not approved for use with peel and stick tile or carpet. We recommend our QuietWalk Carpet Pad for use with carpet.

QuietWalk Plus is approved for use with radiant heat mats. We recommend our QuietWarmth Radiant Heat Systems.

QuietWalk Plus is not approved for use with rigid core vinyl flooring; we recommend QuietWalk LV for this application.

QuietWalk Plus has a built-in lip and tape system to seal the side seams of the product.

The QuietWalk family of products is GreenGuard Gold Certified to be extremely low in VOC’s and chemical emissions.