QuietWalk Plus®

Versatile Acoustical Underlayment for Float/Nail/Glued Laminate and Wood

Advanced fiber-blend technology allows for versatile applications
Features outstanding water protection with built-in Dri-Wick Technology
Reduces unwanted noise and lifetime anti-crush support

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Features

Superior Sound Reduction

Recycled fibers absorb sound and keep it from traveling to other rooms. Makes click-together floating floors sound solid underfoot.

Water Protection

Recycled fibers allow installation over concrete to “breathe” - managing vapors from becoming bulk moisture. The attached vapor barrier protects the overlying floors from harmful moisture.

Compression Resistant

Dense recycled fiber structure supports the click-together mechanism and will uphold its supportive configuration under the consistent traffic of the overlying floor.

Smoothing Out Imperfections

Firm and supportive, but flexible enough to form around subfloor surface roughness, helping to cut down on extra subfloor surface prepping time.

Insulating Value

Provides additional comfort to the entire home during seasonal temperature changes.

Approved for In-floor Heating Systems

Allows heat to permeate evenly while helping to protect the floor covering material from thermal shock.

Made From Recycled Material

A patented manufacturing process repurposes post-industrial materials into high-performance underlayment.

Certified Clean and Safe Indoor Air Quality

No VOC's (Volatile Organic Compounds) or off-gassing from materials.

Advancing the fiber blend technology of the original, QuietWalk Plus features an advanced attached vapor barrier, increasing the versatility by making glue or nail down applications possible. QuietWalk Plus boasts exceptional performance at reducing unwanted traveling noise and superior moisture protection, while offering proper support to the structure of your flooring. This underlayment can be installed over wood or concrete subfloors, and is designed for use with laminate and hardwood flooring.

QuietWalk Plus can be purchased without the antimicrobial additive from Green Building Supply.

Use with hardwood, laminate, and bamboo. QuietWalk PLUS is for nail-down, glue-down, and floating applications. Not approved for use with luxury vinyl flooring. Please use QuietWalk LV for that application.
PERFORMANCE UPGRADE: Overall performance upgrade over poly foams and an economical alternative to rubber and cork, boasting impressive sound deadening ratings
MORE VERSATILE: Advancing the fiber blend technology of the original, QuietWalk Plus features an advanced attached vapor barrier, increasing the versatility by making glue or nail down applications possible.
WATER PROTECTION: wicks away vapor emissions from the concrete and allows the moisture to evaporate without causing mold or mildew. The attached vapor barrier prevents the harmful moisture below from damaging your floor covering, while also preventing topical "accidents" from soaking into the underlayment and staining your subfloor.
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.
SUPERIOR NOISE REDUCTION: Recycled fibers absorb sound and keep it from traveling to other rooms, making floors sound solid underfoot. IIC 71 STC 66
WARMER FLOORS: Provides a blanket of insulation between the cold subfloors and your floor covering. Giving you additional comfort to your entire home during seasonal temperature changes
APPROVED FOR IN-FLOOR RADIANT HEAT SYSTEMS: Allows heat to permeate evenly while helping to protect the floor covering material from thermal shock. Achieve in-floor heat with our QuietWarmth Radiant Heat Systems.
APPROVED FOR PAD-ATTACHED FLOORING: QuietWalk's exceptional compression resistance assures that the underlayment will maintain its shape over time and will not contribute to floor decoupling, especially in high traffic areas..
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. Join seams with built-in lip and tape system. No additional underlayment tape required.
LIFE TIME DURABILITY: Properly supports the joints of the floor and maintains its shape and lasting support for the life of the floor
INDUSTRY STANDARD SINCE 1997: QuietWalk is a reliable underlayment and has been installed in millions of homes and growing each year. Voted #1 Trusted Underlayment Brand among users, contractors, and architects.

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
Product Emissions Passed the most rigorous emissions test: Section 01350 for CHPS and Standard Office.
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).

Product Thickness 3mm
R-Value 0.58
Compression Resistance 85.5 psi
Smoothing 2.5mm
Water Vapor Transmission Rate (WVTR) .16 lbs / 1000 sq ft / 24 hrs
Concrete Moisture Emissions Protection 7 lbs /1000 sq ft / 24hrs
IIC (IMPACT INSULATION CLASS) SOUND RATING 71
STC (SOUND TRANSMISSION CLASS) SOUND RATING 66
DELTA IIC SOUND RATING 24
Manufacturer Warranty Limited Lifetime Warranty
Antimicrobial Protection Yes

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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 [email protected] 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.

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by Honey - Home Depot Review

Like Walking on a Cloud!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] We recently ripped up the existing carpet in my upstairs guest bedroom & decided to use this roll of underlayment to pad the subfloor befor installing brand new laminate. I can easily say this was one of our best purchases since beginning our little remodeling journey! The laminate we decided to install wasn’t the highest quality, but this padding brought it to the next level. You can definitely tell the difference between the soundproofing in this room compared to the others in our house. It also gie more support if you’re someone who likes to go barefoot. Would definitely recommend!

by John DeCoster - Amazon Review

Best underlayment money can buy

Easy breezy and 100% effective.

by Erin - Amazon Review

Good Quality, Fast Shipping

We had used Quiet walk products years ago when we first started remodeling our home. They have held up beautifully and did everything they were supposed to do. So, when we wanted to finish the rest of the floors in the house we knew we wanted Quiet Walk products again. The only complaint I have is the adhesive that comes with it to connect the layers is a wrinkly mess and just becomes frustrating. It may be user error, but 3 of us tried and all of us ended cursing and frustrated. We decided to go over it with duct tape and it’s great. It just would be really nice if it was a better system trying to stick it together so one didn’t have to also purchase duct tape.

Also wanted to note that the shipping was great. We’ve bought twice from the same distributor and projected arrival was 10-14 days later but both times they’ve arrived with in 3 days and that was SOOOO helpful!!! Thanks so much for the great service!

by Mrs_G_mini - Home Depot Review

Quietwalk Plus

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The quietwalk plus floor underlayment allowed us to add an extra layer to our floors before vinyl planks were added. This provides an extra layer to your floors to deter any noise or squeaking when walking on the floor.

Sound Rating Test

71IIC

Impact Insulation Class (IIC)Sound transmission through the floor.

66STC

Sound Transmission Class (STC)Airborne sound transmission through a partition.

24IIC

Delta IIC (IIC)Sound transmission difference between a concrete subfloor with and without flooring.

* The higher the number, the better the noise control!

Compatible Floorings

Laminate Flooring - Tile Visual

Laminate Flooring - Wood Visual

Floating/Click-Together Bamboo Flooring

Floating/Click-Together Cork Flooring

Floating/Click-Together Engineered Hardwood Flooring

Floating/Click-Together Solid Hardwood Flooring

Glue-Down Bamboo Flooring

Glue-Down Cork Flooring

Glue-Down Engineered Hardwood Flooring

Glue-Down Solid Hardwood Flooring

Nail-Down Bamboo Flooring

Nail-Down Engineered Hardwood Flooring

Nail-Down Solid Hardwood Flooring

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Superior Water Protection

QuietWalk gives you 360 coverage from the water above and below, allowing you to live life to the fullest and still have beautiful floors.

Featuring Exclusive DRI-WICK Technology

QuietWalk's fibers can wick & disperse up to 5 times their own weight in harmful bulk moisture! Its antimicrobial-treated fiber structure aggressively attacks subfloor moisture by drawing it up & away, allowing your subfloor to breathe.

Top & Bottom Side Defense

With its uninterrupted vapor barrier, QuietWalk protects your floor from top side water & keeps it looking like new. QuietWalk's antimicrobial treated fibers protect your floor from harmful trapped & pooling water below by accommodating concrete's natural venting process.

Impact Noise Protection

IIC (Impact Sound) - 71 QuietWalk's ultra-dense construction absorbs sound waves from impact noise, so the fun above doesn't affect the room below *The higher the IIC number, the better the noise control!

Ambient Noise Protection

STC (Ambient Sound) - 66 QuietWalk creates a barrier that reduces noise transmitted to upper levels by everyday activities, so can you do what you love without worry. *The higher the STC number, the better the noise control!

Healthy Living & ECO Friendly

Unlike many current household products, QuietWalk doesn't release harmful VOCs (volatile organic compounds) or chemicals which keeps your air clean and you healthy. QuietWalk's dense, fibrous pad is also constructed by recycling textile materials that would have otherwise been thrown away!

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