Plasterboard Baffle Boxes: Acoustic & Fire-Rated
Cut, formed and labelled offsite
Baffle boxes are plasterboard box sections made offsite to suit ceiling, acoustic, service or project-specific details.
You send us your board, drawings and dimensions. We cut, form, label and prepare the baffle boxes at our Elsenham workshop so your site team spends less time making boxes by hand and more time installing.
What is a baffle box?
Plasterboard baffle boxes are enclosures formed within partition walls or ceilings to maintain fire compartmentation, acoustic separation, or to dress around services such as ductwork, sprinklers, cable trays or pipework.
At Innovate at SA, we prepare plasterboard baffle box components offsite for drylining contractors, fit-out contractors and main contractors across the UK. You send us your board, drawings or cutting schedule. We CNC-cut, prepare, label and, where required, assemble the components at our Elsenham facility, ready to install on site.
Your board. Your rates. Our cutting.
What we do
We prepare baffle box components offsite for drylining contractors so that repetitive site cutting, forming and adjustment moves into a controlled workshop environment.
Baffle boxes can be standard details, built to recognised manufacturer specifications such as British Gypsum, Knauf or Siniat, or bespoke shapes drawn around your project’s specific services, layouts or build-ups.
Whichever you need, we work from contractor-supplied board so your supply chain stays the same.
The Role of Baffle Boxes in Dry Lining
Baffle boxes are typically specified where a service penetrates a fire-rated or acoustically rated partition wall or ceiling. Without the baffle box, the penetration breaks the wall’s tested performance.
Acoustic baffle boxes maintain the partition’s sound insulation rating, using layered plasterboard and acoustic insulation around the penetration. They are common in hotels, apartments, hospitals and education buildings.
Fire-rated baffle boxes maintain the partition’s fire rating, typically 30, 60, 90 or 120 minutes integrity and insulation, using fire-rated board and an appropriate build-up. They are common around ductwork, electrical containment and plumbing risers in fire-compartmented walls.
Many baffle boxes need to do both, meet the fire rating and the acoustic spec, and the build-up is designed to satisfy whichever requirement is more demanding.
We prepare:
- Wall baffle box components
- Fire-rated and acoustic wall details
- Service opening details
- Partition wall box sections
- Repeat room, plot or corridor components
- CNC-cut plasterboard parts
- Labelled baffle box sets
- Assembled baffle boxes
Your site team receives a clearly labelled package that is straightforward to identify, handle and install.
Why contractors use offsite baffle box preparation
Baffle box work is rarely just one simple board cut. Most projects include repeated details that need to be accurate, consistent and clearly organised before they reach site.
Making baffle boxes on site is repetitive. Each detail involves measuring, cutting, forming, checking and adjusting, and on a busy project that creates dust, waste and pressure on skilled labour.
Offsite preparation moves all of that into a controlled environment. Our CNC equipment cuts every component to the same tolerance, every time, so the package that arrives on site is consistent across the whole project.
The benefit
Your team receives a cleaner, more consistent package. Components are prepared before they reach site, labelled so your team knows what goes where, and supplied ready for installation.
The result is simple:
Less cutting.
Reduced dust.
Waste decreased. (Less Skips!)
More consistency.
Faster installation. Fewer site-made workarounds.
How it works
Send us your board, drawing or cutting schedule
Tell us the board type, quantities, sizes and any labelling requirements.
We review the package
The sizes and quantities are checked prior to sequencing and delivery requirements before production starts.
We cut and prepare offsite
Precision cut, form, label and, where required, assemble the baffle box components at our Elsenham facility.
Collect or we deliver
Components can be collected from our workshop or delivered to site, packed so your team knows what goes where.
Ready to move baffle box preparation offsite?
At Innovate at SA, we cut, prepare, label and (where required) assemble baffle box components from contractor-supplied board.
Your board. Your rates. Our cutting.
Speak to Tony Baccarini directly on 01279 216175 or email info@innovateatsa.co.uk.
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