QuietWalk MAX premium underlayment provides a water defensive system featuring Dri-Wick technology to help protect your flooring investment from both top and bottom side water! The antimicrobial treated fibers inhibit mold and mildew growth and promote moisture evaporation when installed over concrete. QuietWalk Max features a unique attached metalized Class I vapor barrier that also provides thermal reflectivity. This increases your overall home energy effciency and helps keep it comfortable throughout the year! No need for extra 6-mil vapor barrier under your floor, MAX is an all-in-one solution and is an underlayment and equivalent 6-mil vapor barrier!
- Specifically designed for floating and glue down vinyl plank flooring including luxury vinyl plank, luxury vinyl tile, laminate floors, floating engineered wood, glue-down engineered wood, glue-down wood, Rigid core vinyl plank, wood/plastic composite and multi-layer flooring (Nail down hard woods too) Enhances pre-attached pad already on the back of planks.
- PAD ATTACHED COMPATIBLE: Provides additional benefits to pad attached flooring for full coverage moisture protection under the planks where pad attached products do not provide protection. QuietWalk MAX maintains a high compression resistance to prevent floor decoupling and lifetime support.
- MADE FROM RECYCLED FIBERS IN USA: Support the bigger mission! Our patented manufacturing process saves our landfills from millions of tons of fiber waste each year. These fiber materials are transformed into the high-performance underlayments you see today!
- INHIBITS MOLD GROWTH: Treated with proven and safe anti-microbial to inhibit mold and mildew growth providing a safer indoor air environment in your home.
- WATER PROTECTION: Exclusive Dri-Wick Technology protects floors from beneath. Installation over concrete manages vapors from becoming bulk moisture. The attached premium silver water defensive vapor barrier protects the overlying floors from harmful water.
- ALL-IN-ONE VAPOR BARRIER: The water defensive vapor barrier is rated and tested as a Class I vapor barrier so no additional poly sheeting under vinyl plank is needed. MAX is an underlayment and 6mil vapor barrier all-in-one!
- SOUND CONTROL: Recycled fibers absorb sound and keep it from traveling to other rooms, makes floors sound solid underfoot and living spaces more harmonious. IIC 73 STC 67
- ADDS COMFORT AND WALKING RELIEF: Proven to Increase Comfort By Reducing Force To Your Joints (2022 University Study) Minimizes Impact Energy & Sound Transmission
- SECRET IS IN THE SILVER: Provides a blanket of insulation between the cold subfloors and your floor covering. The silver vapor barrier provides additional heat reflectivity to help keep floors even more energy efficient. This gives you additional comfort to your entire home during seasonal temperature changes
- LIFE TIME DURABILITY: Properly supports the joints of the floor and maintains its shape and lasting support for the life of the floor
- FLOOR HEATING APPROVED: Approved for all in-floor radiant heat systems allows heat to permeate evenly while helping to protect the floor covering material from thermal shock, achieve warmth with QuietWarmth radiant heat system.
- LEED Compliant: Optimal for green building specifications
- EASY INSTALLATION: Roll out and join seams with built-in lip and tape system. No additional underlayment tape required.
- LAYS FLAT DURING INSTALLATION: No annoying roll back during installation. Dense fiber pad lays out flat and stays flat unlike most foam underlayments.
- INDUSTRY STANDARD SINCE 1997: The QuietWalk brand is a reliable underlayment and has been installed in millions of homes and growing each year, making it the #1 trusted underlayment on the market.
- Flammability Passes Federal Flammability Standard: 1-70 (Pill Test)
- Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) Tested for 81 different off-gas compounds in accordance with CA 01350. Passed to the level of Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) and Office Spaces
- GREENGUARD GOLD Meets health-based criteria for additional chemicals and also requires lower total VOC emissions levels to ensure that products are acceptable for use in environments such as schools and healthcare facilities. Exceeds California's strict indoor air quality standards.
- NALFA Meets all underlayment standards set by the North American Laminate Floor Association (NALFA).
- LEED Compliant Ideal for green building system specification
- Joint Force Reduction 2lbs per step to lower limb joints as per our 2022 independent University study which measured pad attached vinyl plank with and without QuietWalk MAX . MAX will add more comfort to our bodies and less shock per step!
- Thickness 1.9mm
- Weight 10lbs/100ft² roll ∙ 38lbs/360ft² roll
- Density 16.04lbs/ cubic ft
- Water Vapor Transmission Rate (WVTR) 0.1bs/1000ft² /24hrs
- Subfloor Moisture Emissions Allowance NO LIMIT
- Perm Rating 0.06
- Thermal Insulation (R-Value) 0.61
- Compression Set 8.8%
- Compression Resistance 278.9 psi
- IIC (Impact Insulation Class) Sound Rating 73
- STC (Sound Transmission Class) Sound Rating 67
- Delta IIC 26
- Antimicrobial Protection Yes
- Manufacturer Warranty Limited Lifetime Warranty