Sports Halls Acoustic Solutions
Reduce echo, restore comfort
Why are Sports Hall Acoustics important?
Sports halls and gymnasiums often suffer from poor acoustics due to the size, construction materials and the way the space is used.
Designed for durability, sports halls often feature hard, reflective surfaces that amplify sound, creating a harsh and noisy environment. When combined with cheering crowds and intense sporting activities, these spaces can become overwhelming, making communication difficult and reducing comfort.
Resonics are experts in treating sports hall acoustics with impact resistant, durable acoustic panels. Why not take them up on a free survey.
Why choose Resonics for your Sports Hall?
Market-Leading Expertise
Sports halls are some of the most challenging environments for acoustics. Resonics has extensive experience solving these issues, making speech clearer and reducing noise levels in busy spaces.
End-to-End Service
From acoustic surveys and design through to installation, Resonics manages the whole process. Their turnkey service ensures sports halls get the right solution without the complexity of multiple contractors.
Proven Results
Every design is backed by results. Resonics’ treatments are engineered to reduce echo, improve speech intelligibility, and create a safer, calmer environment for both players and spectators.
Priorising Comfort
Poor acoustics in sports halls don’t just affect clarity — they increase stress and can even make instructions or safety announcements hard to hear. Resonics’ solutions ensure voices carry clearly and activity sounds are controlled.
Trusted by Clients Nationwide
From school gyms to leisure centres and large sports complexes, Resonics has delivered acoustic improvements across the UK. Their track record and client reviews show consistent success in transforming difficult spaces.
Financial Strength & Reliability
With the financial strength and expertise to handle projects of all sizes, Resonics can deliver solutions for everything from small multi-use gyms to national sports facilities.
FREE acoustic services
Our acoustic surveys provide precise analysis of any space — from small meeting rooms to large open-plan environments. Using advanced measurement techniques, our team assesses your acoustic needs and delivers tailored recommendations. Most surveys are completed within 30 minutes to a full day, depending on scale.
Our acoustic design service includes detailed CAD drawings with wall elevation renderings, precise product placements, specifications, and verified performance ratings — all provided with every quotation.
We provide remote acoustic proposals using client drawings and photographs. Each proposal includes accurate product recommendations and detailed quotations for supply and installation, saving time without compromising precision.
We provide complimentary NTI RT60 testing to measure reverberation times and assess acoustic performance before and after treatment. This service ensures precise product specification and demonstrates measurable improvements in clarity and comfort.
We offer complimentary sound masking demonstrations for commercial clients, allowing you to experience the benefits firsthand. Sound masking improves speech privacy, reduces distractions, and enhances workplace productivity.
For projects with complex acoustic requirements, we provide a comprehensive audit package that includes detailed site testing and analysis. This chargeable service is fully credited if Resonics is contracted to deliver the acoustic treatments.
Reducing Noise in Sports Halls
Sports Halls with minimal absorption cause sound to reflect continuously, often resulting in reverberation times (RT) exceeding 5 seconds, far from the ideal RT of under 1.5 seconds.
The most simple and cost-effective solution to improve acoustics is installing sound-absorbing materials such as acoustic panels on ceilings and walls. These solutions effectively reduce echo and absorb up to 90% of background noise.
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From start to finish we handle everything
Consultation
Our acoustic consultants assess your space on-site (or remotely) and provide a detailed proposal. Every consultation includes acoustic design recommendations, product specifications, and reverberation analysis to ensure measurable improvements.
Assessment
We don’t just identify noise issues — we provide solutions that are cost-effective, design-conscious, and performance-led. Whether reducing echo, improving clarity, or addressing speech privacy, our expert guidance ensures the right acoustic fit for your space.
Design & Planning
Every project includes a tailored acoustic design with a free CAD proposal, showing product placement, specifications, and performance ratings. Our designs can blend seamlessly into interiors or become bold architectural features — always balancing form with function.
Supply & Installation
With over 5,000 projects completed nationwide, our in-house installation teams handle even the most complex acoustic projects. We work to strict health and safety standards, with IPAF-certified specialists, SSSTS/SMSTS-trained supervisors, and all installers CSCS accredited.
FAQs & tips for Sports Hall Acoustics
Sports halls are large, hard-surfaced spaces — with concrete walls, wooden floors, and high ceilings. These materials reflect sound, creating long reverberation times (echo) that make speech unclear and noise levels uncomfortably high.
Resonics design and install impact-resistant acoustic panels, ceiling baffles, and wall absorbers that reduce echo while withstanding the physical demands of a sports environment.
Clear sound helps instructors, coaches, and participants communicate safely and effectively. It also makes the hall suitable for assemblies, community events, and performances.
Costs depend on the hall’s size and required reverberation control. Resonics provides free acoustic surveys and tailored proposals to suit budgets and performance needs.
Most sports hall installations take just a few days, depending on the hall size. Resonics schedules work around school timetables or bookings to avoid disruption.
Yes — we use durable, fire-rated, impact-resistant panels designed specifically for sports and leisure facilities.
Yes — acoustic treatment makes the space more versatile. It reduces excessive echo but keeps the room lively enough for assemblies, performances, and community use.
Yes — school sports halls are covered under BB93: Acoustic Design of Schools, which sets guidelines for acceptable reverberation times. Even community sports halls benefit from meeting similar standards.
Not at all — panels can be colour-matched to your scheme and mounted high up to stay out of harm’s way. They blend with the hall’s design while dramatically improving sound quality.
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Excessive echo and reverberation
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Poor speech intelligibility
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Noise build-up during games or events
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Sound leakage into nearby spaces such as classrooms or offices.
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