Strata Cover Letter Template — Flooring Renovation Acoustic Documentation

Fill in the bracketed fields, attach the test documents listed at the bottom, and submit to your strata council or property manager. This template is part of the Cancork Condo & Strata Acoustic Approval Kit.

[Date]

To: [Strata Council / Property Manager], [Building name & address]
From: [Owner name], Unit [___]
Re: Flooring renovation acoustic documentation — Unit [___]

Dear Council,

I am requesting approval to install new flooring in my unit. Per the building's flooring requirements, please find attached the acoustic test documentation for the complete flooring system:

Flooring: [product name], [thickness] — impact sound reduction [___ dB, standard ___] (test report attached)
Underlayment: Forna [3mm / 6mm / 12mm] natural cork underlayment — rated IIC [___] / STC [___] on a 6-inch concrete reference slab [with / without] suspended ceiling (test statement attached)
Combined system: [flooring + underlayment] — ΔIIC [___] per ASTM E2179 (test summary attached)

Assembly calculation:

Building's existing floor/ceiling IIC (per building records): [___]

Tested contribution of flooring system (ΔIIC): + [___]

Expected assembly rating: [___]

The underlayment is natural cork — fire-inhibiting, with no toxic off-gassing in combustion, and GreenGuard Gold / ECO Institut certified for indoor air quality (certificates attached). Installation will be floating (no adhesive to the slab) with perimeter expansion gaps per the manufacturer's instructions, by [installer name / the owner], beginning [date] and completing within [___] days.

I would be pleased to provide further documentation or samples on request.

Sincerely,
[Name, signature, phone, email]

Attachments: [list the kit PDFs actually enclosed]

Template provided by Cancork Floor Inc. — cancork.com — part of the Condo & Strata Acoustic Approval Kit. Test figures must be taken from the attached test statements for the exact products being installed.