Perforated Metal Acoustic Facings

Custom perforated metal faces and cassette housings for acoustic walls and ceilings, made to your acoustician’s specification or a documented system arrangement.

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TrussMetal is a metal fabrication shop in North Vancouver that works across Metro Vancouver. This page is for architects, interior designers, acousticians and contractors fitting out offices, restaurants, studios and public rooms.

We make the metal: the perforated face, its returned edges, frames and fixing parts, sized to the room. The sound absorption and fire performance of a finished wall or ceiling come from the whole assembly in the specification: the infill, the cavity and the perforation together. We don’t publish absorption or fire ratings for our facings, and an infill maker’s test results don’t transfer to a panel we make.

Configurations

Ceiling cassettes

Perforated trays with returned edges that sit on or clip to a suspension system, with acoustic infill laid behind the face.

Wall panels

Perforated faces with returns, hung on rails or clips over an infill-filled cavity, set out to the room’s joints and openings.

Clouds and suspended panels

Single panels or framed groups hung below a ceiling, with the hanging arrangement designed by the installer.

Feature fields

A perforated field with a plain border, or perforation that changes across a wall, from the pattern in the specification.

Concept drawingPerforated ceiling cassette (section)Section through a ceiling cassette: a perforated metal tray with returned edges, acoustic infill by others laid behind the face, and hangers to the structure by the installer. Concept only.Hangers bythe installerPerforated faceInfill by othersReturned edgeCeiling cassette, section
Concept drawingPerforated wall panel (section)Section through a wall panel: a perforated face with returned edges hung on rails or clips, with acoustic infill by others in the cavity behind. Concept only.Perforated faceInfill by othersFixing to theagreed detailWall panel, section
Concept drawingPanel layout (elevation)Elevation of three perforated panels with joints set out to the room and an optional plain border around the perforated field. Concept only.Joints aligned to the roomPlain border, if specifiedElevation
Concept drawings, illustrative only: not a tested design, a shop drawing or an installation detail, and not a photograph or record of completed TrussMetal work. Dashed parts are by others or bought in. Parts marked “if specified” are included only where the agreed design calls for them.

The Specification

Perforation
Hole size, pattern and open area come from the acoustician’s specification or the documented system you are matching. We source perforated sheet to that pattern.
Infill and cavity
The acoustic infill, any facing fabric and the cavity depth are part of the specification and are supplied and installed by others.
Fire performance
The fire classification of the finished wall or ceiling is confirmed by the designer for the assembly as built, under the code that applies to the project.
Fixing and suspension
Rails, clips and hangers are designed by the installer or the system maker. We make the returns, brackets and fixing points the agreed detail calls for.
Layout
Panel sizes and joints are set out from the room drawings so lines meet openings, lights and diffusers cleanly.

Materials and Fabrication

Sheet
Steel or stainless steel; aluminum only where its fabrication route is confirmed for the project. Perforated sheet is bought in; folding is done by our bending subcontractor.
Our work
We fabricate the frames, returns, corners and fixing parts, and assemble and check each panel against the layout.
Finish
Powder coated by a specialist applicator in your colour, or stainless in a brushed finish.

Who Does What

Responsibilities that affect the quote

TrussMetal: the perforated facings and housings to the agreed specification and layout, finished and supplied. Supply only.

Acoustician or designer: the specification, open area, infill, cavity and the performance and fire classification of the assembly.

Installer: suspension or rails, infill placement and installation.

Related Work

Pattern-cut screens and room dividers are on decorative metal screens. See also working with architects and commercial metal fabrication.

Questions

What NRC do your panels achieve?

That depends on the whole assembly your acoustician specifies. We don’t publish an absorption rating for our facings.

Are the panels fire rated?

The designer confirms the classification of the assembly as built; we don’t transfer an infill maker’s results to our panels.

Can you match an existing ceiling system?

Where the system’s documents give the panel sizes, edges and fixing details, we can quote to them.

Do you supply the infill?

No. Infill is supplied and installed by others to the specification.

Do you install?

We fabricate and supply the facings. Your installer fits them.

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Send the specification and the room drawings.

What to include in your message

  • The acoustician’s specification or system documents: perforation, open area, cavity and infill
  • Room drawings with the panel layout, wall or ceiling
  • The suspension or rail system, if chosen
  • Material, finish and colour
  • Quantities and timing

The form starts blank: in “What do you need?”, select Other Custom Metalwork.

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Sending photos of your pet? After submitting, email 3–6 clear photos — front, side, three-quarter, full body and a close-up of the face — to sales@trussmetal.com with your name in the subject line. Photo tips

Have photos or drawings? Email them to sales@trussmetal.com after submitting this form. A photo of the site is the single most useful thing you can send.

Prefer to talk it through? Call (778) 805-5333, Monday to Friday, 8:30 to 5:00.