EchoGroove Lite 2.0m x 1.8m Wide UC4 Reflective Timber Acoustic Panel

Achieve peace, privacy, and style with EchoGroove Lite, the high-performance acoustic fencing solution. Our system is designed for rapid, hassle-free installation, featuring pre-assembled solid pine panels that are built to last. The interlocking boards provide a seamless, robust finish for effective sound control. Thanks to its versatile design, EchoGroove Lite can be fitted to timber, concrete, or DuraPost posts, adapting effortlessly to sloped or uneven ground.

EchoGroove Lite is part of First Fence's extensive timber acoustic fencing line.

Key Features

Ready-to-Install Solid Panels: For quick and simple installation, each panel arrives fully assembled. The solid, interlocking board construction ensures a seamless, dense barrier with no gaps.

Advanced Wood Protection: All timber undergoes high-pressure treatment with TANALITH® preservative, providing robust, long-term protection against rot and insect damage, making it perfectly suited for ground-contact use.

Integral Ground Protection: A timber gravel board is built into the bottom of each panel. This component is designed for ground contact, shielding the main structure from dampness and significantly extending its lifespan.

Simple Sizing & Planning: With a standard 1.829m (6ft) width and a variety of height options available, designing your project and ordering the correct materials is straightforward and hassle-free.

Flexible Installation Options: The panels are engineered for compatibility with a range of systems, allowing you to use timber posts, slotted concrete posts, or modern steel posts like DuraPost®.

Enhanced Durability Treatment: To maximise protection where it's needed most, ground-contact elements like gravel boards and posts are surface incised. These small slits allow the wood preservative to penetrate much deeper, offering superior defence against decay.

Benefits

The EchoGroove Lite panel provides high-performance soundproofing, certified to Highways England standards (BS EN 1793) with a B3 rating – the highest achievable. Capable of delivering up to 25dB noise reduction, its high-mass, gap-free design effectively reflects unwanted sound from traffic, commercial activity, and neighbouring properties. This creates a significantly quieter and more tranquil outdoor environment.

Installation is rapid and simple, thanks to the pre-assembled design of each panel. This dramatically reduces fitting time compared to traditional fencing built from individual components. As a result, labour costs are minimised, making the system well-suited to both professional contractors and competent DIY enthusiasts.

The panels are built for longevity, combining robust construction with advanced UC4 pressure treatment for maximum protection. This ensures a long service life and safeguards your investment by reducing the likelihood of costly repairs or replacements in the future.

Ongoing maintenance is kept to a minimum. The comprehensive preservative treatment protects the timber from the elements, eliminating the need for regular staining, painting, or re-treating. This makes the EchoGroove Lite an easy-care solution for busy households and commercial settings alike.

Finally, the panel offers a natural and stylish appearance, crafted from solid timber with a classic grooved design. Its timeless aesthetic blends seamlessly with outdoor environments, providing warmth and character. For added customisation, the fencing can be enhanced with decorative trellis tops, allowing you to create a unique finish that complements your property.

Applications

Buffering Railway Noise: Effectively dampens the loud, intermittent noise from nearby railway lines, improving the quality of life for homeowners.

Enhancing Garden Privacy: Creates a private sanctuary by blocking ambient noise from neighbouring gardens, patios, and recreational areas like hot tubs or children's play equipment.

Screening Domestic Equipment: Perfect for constructing discreet enclosures around noisy household machinery such as air conditioning units, generators, or heat pumps.

Hospitality Venues: Helps pubs, restaurants, and hotels to manage noise from outdoor seating areas, ensuring compliance and maintaining good relationships with neighbours.

Retail & Logistics Sites: An effective solution for shielding adjacent residential properties from the noise of car parks, loading bays, and delivery vehicles.

Educational & Childcare Facilities: Creates a safer, quieter environment for learning and play by shielding playgrounds from traffic while also helping to contain sound within the boundary.

Industrial & Infrastructure Screening: Provides an essential sound barrier for shielding local communities from noise generated by light industrial parks, utility substations, and other operational sites.

Installation 

As this panel comes ready assembled, installation is relatively simple.  This panel is compatible with either timber, concrete or DuraPosts®.  This is a dig in product that will need to be concreted into the ground; an assessment will be required to ascertain the product required.

These panels can be painted with a breathable stain or paint. Before you begin, clear all vegetation from the planned fence line. For long-term durability, ensure the posts are installed in well-drained ground and not in areas with standing water.

The timber acoustic barriers have a 15 years desired service life offered by the manufacturer and are designed to be maintenance free, following a correct installation. A consultation with a structural engineer is required to verify wind loading suitability for your specific site.

The EchoGroove Lite system is also available in a 1.5m, 1.8m and 2.4m height.  First Fence has a line of heavier duty products measuring 2.4m and 3.0m in width and measuring from 1.8m to 10.0m in height.  These are available in EchoGroove, EchoReflect and EchoAbsorb styles.

Also available is a range of Sound Absorption Barriers and accessories.

Get in touch

If you have any questions about this product range, our friendly sales team is ready to help. You can reach them by calling 01283 512111 or through the online chat tool.