to be covered 1 local attachments 2 are also typically secured on or near features such as doors and outlets which are a part of surface to be covered 1 and on large uninterrupted spans of surface to be covered 1 so as to engage the edges of cover material 3 cover material 3 in its simplest form has three layers wall side layer 7 a foam layer 8 and a dimensionally stable layer 9 cover material 3 may be a single built up structure such as the textured acoustical wall fabric sold under the name silence by the j m lynne co inc of smithtown n y wall side layer 7 is formed of material that can serve as a loop member of a hook and loop fastener combination wherein the hook members are local attachments 2 layer 7 may be of any suitable material one such material has been found to be velour knit fabric 573 provided by vanity fair monroeville ala another such material has been found to be stitch bonded fabric t878 provided by tierex fabrics of spartanburg s c a material suitable as wall side layer 7 has a thickness which is approximately equal to the height of the loops of local attachment 2 dimensionally stable layer 9 may be any suitable material that is flexible and can serve to provide dimensional stability in the plane of cover material 3 that is the material has very low creep and low hydroexpansivity several tietex 100 polyester stitch bonded non wovens provided by tietex fabrics of spartansburg ala have shown themselves to be a satisfactory material for providing a dimensionally stable layer to the cover material of this invention other nonwoven materials such as dupont.