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Peaky Blinders meets Silent Witness under a Silent Roof

Digbeth Loc Studios

Silent Roof has recently been installed at two prestigious locations in the centre of Birmingham. The new, high-profile studios at Digbeth Loc are the brainchild of acclaimed British screenwriter, director and producer, Steven Knight. His vision, alongside business partner, TIME+SPACE is to create a long-term cultural legacy for his home city by welcoming major blue-chip brands to the multimedia headquarters.

Digbeth Loc. Studios represent the first major television and film production facilities of this scale ever to be developed in Birmingham, reigniting the city’s illustrious heritage as a UK base for programme-making and broadcasting and soon to be the home for the filming by Netflix of the movie Peaky Blinders both here at Digbeth Loc Studios and other locations around the West Midlands.

Silent Roof Ltd are delighted to play a small part in the site’s development and trusts that all that utilise the facilities will benefit from Silent Roof’s capabilities to reduce rain noise.

Located at the intersection of the Grand Union Canal and the river Rea, ‘The Bond’ is some 200 metres from Digbeth Loc.

It is also the location where Silent Roof meets Silent Witness.

Again, a section of the roof now has the benefit of a Silent Roof installation so reducing rain noise in the studio beneath to a mere whisper.

The studio in question will soon be the location for filming the next series of the BBC classic – Silent Witness. Silent Roof providing a Silent Environment for Silent Witness

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Who is using Silent Roof?

Logo's of organisations using Silent Roof

The Logo's of some well known organisations are shown above, key players in the field of TV and Film Production around the world.

All have installed Silent Roof Material at one or more of their production facilities.

Silent Roof will dramatically reduce the sound of rainfall on ANY hard surface roof structure

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Storm Eunice – 18 February 2022

Storm damage -o2

Damage was caused to the O2 Arena during storm Eunice. Sections of the fabric roof of the venue, formally known as The Millennium Dome, were shredded by the force of the storm’s winds on 18th February 2022. 

One question that Silent Roof Ltd are asked on a regular basis is “How secure is a Silent Roof installation in stormy weather conditions?” The image below is that of a recent Silent Roof installation taken shortly after storm Eunice had passed through the UK. The installation is on the 10th floor of a building exposed to the elements. We are pleased to report, as you can see, neither this nor any other of our completed installations suffered any damage as a result of storm Eunice or any other of the recent storms of 2021-22.

10th floor installation

Is rain noise a problem to you, we have the solution to rain nose emanating from ANY hard surface roof structure. Contact Us now.

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Some Recent Installations

This video clip shows our appointed installers TV & Studio Group, applying a stencilled logo to the finished surface of a Silent Roof installation at London Versa Studios.

Silent Roof at altitude

A few images showing a Silent Roof installation being undertaken on the 10th floor of a building. A liitle different from the usual situation.

The 10th Floor
Laying the Silent Roof Material
Installed by TV & Studio Group
Installing Retaining Wires
Installed by TV & Studio Group
A view from the edge
Installed by TV & Studio Group
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FOCUS 2021

FOCUSANNOUNCES HYBRID EDITION FOR 2021.

Silent Roof Ltd will be exhibiting at this year’s event. The live event returns to the Business Design Centre on 7/8 December and a digital format runs alongside from 7 – 10 December.

FOCUS is the Meeting Place for International Production and will return as a hybrid format for its seventh edition.

Come along and meet us on Stand L6, our colleagues can provide you with comprehensive information about our Silent Roof Material (SRM), now the Film Industries go-to solution to the problem of rain noise emanating from ANY hard surface roof structure.

We will be accompanied by TV & Studio Group who are our appointed installers and will answer any questions you may have regarding the installation process for SRM.

We look forward to seeing you soon on the 7th or 8thof December at The Business Design Centre.

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Update

HS2 logo

Throughout the pandemic, like so many other businesses, Silent Roof Ltd have been ticking over waiting for normal services to be continued. We have however continued to supply our Silent Roof Rain Noise Reduction solution to projects here in the UK but also in The Netherlands and USA.

HS2 installed 900+ square metres of Silent Roof at their Bracknell film studio facility. This installation was undertaken by The Structure Group (TSG).

Cue One is based in Galway, Ireland. Silent Roof utilised on their 800+ square metre studio roof. They distribute high-quality lighting, audio-visual, staging and power distribution to: Theatre; Touring Production; Corporate Production; TV & Film

ONYX logo

ONYX Presentations is one of the UK’s leading Audio Visual Hire Companies based in the South East. Silent Roof was installed on their 400+ square metre studio roof at Sunbury-on-Thames. Their specialists offer personal support and help tailor each event or rental to match your specification and budget. 

McKenna Construction Logo

Based in Morrisville NC. Silent Roof purchased on behalf of a client in the USA.

PVH logo

Silent Roof was self installed on two barrel roof lights at their studio in Amsterdam. The comment made during a hose pipe test following installation was “

“We’ve done a test by bringing a water hose to the roof top to test the materials, and were all very impressed with the noise reduction. We think rain noise has been reduced by 90-95% with this material, and are excited to see how it performs against our Dutch weather. Many thanks to you for providing us with this solution“.

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NBCUniversal

KRGE.com - NBC Universal Studios come to Albuquerque

News item from KRQE.com. Click image to view video.

NBCUniversal has utilised Silent Roof Rain Noise Reduction Technology on a warehouse conversion in Albuquerque NM for a new studio complex. The project was announced in June when the media giant entered into a 10-year venture with Garcia Realty and Development to renovate and redevelop the warehouse location which is located at 1601 Commercial Street NE, into a state-of-the-art TV and film studio. Silent Roof Ltd was approached earlier in 2019 to send information and a sample of our Silent Roof Matting Material (SRM), to NBCU for evaluation purposes. A shipment of over 6000 square metres of SRM was eventually sent to the Albuquerque location in September and the project is anticipated to be fully completed during December of 2019.

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‘1917’

Sam Mendes '1917' official logo

Image: UNIVERSAL PICTURES. Click image for Official Trailer.

Sam Mendes production ‘1917’
Silent Roof was appointed to provide their Rain Noise Reduction Technology to the filming location of the First World War epic ‘1917’. The filming in the two protected buildings was completed in the late spring of this year 2019. The movie is soon to be released in the UK.
George MacKay and Game of Thrones’ Dean-Charles Chapman star in 1917 as two young British soldiers tasked with crossing into enemy territory to deliver a message that will likely stop the slaughter of hundreds of soldiers, one of which is a brother to Chapman’s character, Blake. Alongside MacKay and Chapman in the film are Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Richard Madden, Andrew Scott, Mark Strong, Teresa Mahoney, Daniel Mays, Adrian Scarborough, Justin Edwards, Gerran Howell, Anson Boon, and Richard McCabe.
1917 is launched in the USA on December 25, prior to a worldwide release on January 10, 2020.