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

[Lydia & Ray Ducharme (lydiaray]

What I should have asked is, is there a difference in the "accoustics",
between putting down hardwood floor and marmoleum.

Thanks Laura, for pointing this out.

Lydia

----- Original Message -----
From: "Laura Fitch, A.I.A." <lfitch [at] krausfitch.com>
To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: [C-L]_Marmoleum vs. Hardwood


>   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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