RE: Noise in Common House
From: Fleck (foam4uworldnet.att.net)
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 14:03:07 -0600 (MDT)
Definitely accoustic tiles - in our dining room at Jackson Place Coho!
Armstrong. Suggested by accoustic technician.  Reduced the reverb by at
least 60%. Carpet was deemed too hard to keep clean.
Took two days (6-8 hours) of assemby line work party in 2hour shifts w/ one
paid handy man for approx. 800sf. HUGE difference. We trimmed it out with
pre-painted 1/4 round glued (not nailed - they fell down) in place. Left to
cure 1 day. Fabulous - our hearing challenged members can now participate
more fully.

Also installed metal mini blinds on all the windows (3 sides of the room).
The curved shape of the slat "confuses" the sound wave. Wer actually did
this first and noticed an immediate difference, too.
Anne Fleck

-----Original Message-----
From: cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org
[mailto:cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org]On Behalf Of Rob James
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 10:05 AM
To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
Subject: [C-L]_Noise in Common House



Does anyone have experience in effective means to reduce the noise level
in common houses, ...other than banishing
the children?  (I have four kids... this sounds like a great suggestion
somedays!)

What about accoustic tiles?

Do narrower tables really help?

Any accoustic engineers out there?

Rob




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