Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Marmoleum vs. Hardwood

[Laura Fitch, A.I.A. (lfitch]

 We have hardwood on the floor of our Great Room.  We treated the 
ceiling with armstrong "nubby" for sound absorbtion.  The wood looks 
lovely and holds up well, but without the ceiling treatment it would not 
be a good material acoustically.  Natural linolem has some acoustical 
absorbtion characteristics, but not a lot.

What do you mean by sound transmission (transmitting to the spaces 
below) or is this just a mistake?

Laura

--
Laura Fitch, A.I.A.
Principal Architect

KRAUS-FITCH ARCHITECTS, INC.
110 Pulpit Hill Rd.
Amherst, MA  01002
413-549-5799
413-549-7918 (fax)

lfitch [at] krausfitch.com


Lydia & Ray Ducharme wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> We're thinking of putting hardwood down in our common dining room.
>
> Can anyone share their experience with this?  How is it compared to other
> products for sound transmission (such as marmoleum)?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Lydia Ducharme
> Prairie Sky Cohousing Cooperative
> Calgary, Canada
> Scheduled completion May 2003
> 3 units left out of 18
> (formerly WholeLife Housing)




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