Re: kids room flooring- marmoleum | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Caren Albercook (calbercookyahoo.com) | |
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:56:04 -0800 (PST) |
Hi, We have marmoleum flooring throughout our common house and while it is a low emission flooring, it is labor intensive to maintain. It needs to be sealed every year in order to get the lifespan that warranted the original expense. Every year, we spend 2 days moving the furniture around (half the CH one day and the other half the 2nd day) to get the floors sealed. I think that if we knew then what we know now about how many things need doing to maintain the community and the CH, I don't think we would buy it again. I don't know the particulars of the sealant, but have heard conversations about questionable chemical content of the sealer recommended by the marmoleum distributer. It also doesn't wear well in the kitchen where we do alot of twisting and turning, often with abrasive food bits under foot. And the inevitable water from the dish racks coming out of the dishwasher have worn the floor out in half the expected time. We're looking to replace it in the next couple of years, and we have been using our CH for 8 years. Caren --- Dahako [at] aol.com wrote: > Hi- > > At Eastern Village, we have real linoleum in the > kids room, with a few rugs > helping to define the various play areas. There is > a really nice small rug > on one edge of the room, with a mirror hung low on > the wall next to it. That > is the little baby area. One of our neighbors is a > former Montessori school > teacher and she helped set it up. A week or so ago, > she pulled some stuff out > of the room, rearranged, and added a train table. > Kids do the messy stuff, > like painting, in the lino areas, and have rugs and > pillows elsewhere. > > We also have a "game" room for older kids (and some > adults). It also has a > linoleum floor. In fact, most of the common house > has linoleum floors. The > dining room has bamboo. I think the guest rooms > might have carpet, but I > can't remember and I'm feeling to lazy to walk over > and look. The elevators have > Flor tiles. > > In all the linoleum-floored rooms, we could > definitely use some additional > sound management, like acoustic panels on the walls > and ceiling. We designed > the kids room pretty well for sound control - high > ceilings, direct door to > the outside, bathroom inside, unopenable windows > facing into the living room > so parents can supervise from outside the room. > But the amount of sound > leakage still bothers some folks in the dining > room, and, as more kids join us the > sound levels are increasing. > > I also have some experience with cork flooring. We > installed a cork floor > in my son's bedroom. It was cheap because we > installed it as a floating floor > and did all the labor ourselves in less than a day. > (My husband is really > good with a chop saw.) The cork is nice looking, > sound damping, and easy to > clean. It is also holding up well to a fair amount > of abuse. And my favorite -- > it is never cold to the touch. > > Jessie Handforth Kome > Eastern Village Cohousing > Silver Spring, Maryland > "Where our third holiday season is upon us and I > think the decorations may > go up without controversy this year!" > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives > and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com
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Re: kids room flooring- marmoleum Lynn Nadeau, November 29 2006
- Re: kids room flooring- marmoleum Racheli Gai, November 30 2006
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Re: kids room flooring- marmoleum Dahako, November 30 2006
- Re: kids room flooring- marmoleum Caren Albercook, November 30 2006
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