Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Kids room flooring....

[Trudy Reeves (trudyreeves]

I'm not living in a community yet, but my experience as a mother says that 
carpeting is nice for sitting on the floor and reading, but you need firmer 
flooring for setting up legos and blocks.  My kids needed the whole floor for 
their elaborate designs - a table would have restricted their creativity.  
During rainy days you need an area for toddlers to ride their plastic vehicles 
up and down and up and down and up and down, to wear them out so parents can 
have quiet time ;-).  Also if there are children, there will be spills, and 
clay, playdough, bubblegum and oozy blobs.  Some people have nervous fits over 
spills and stains on carpets, so why not avoid it from the beginning by not 
having carpeting in the children's area.  Go with something that is easily 
cleanable.  I would soundproof the walls and ceiling, not the floor.
 
Trudy Reeves
CohoDC




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From: Lyle Scheer <wonko [at] monkeyhouse.org>
To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 1:47:12 AM
Subject: [C-L]_ Kids room flooring....


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We're in the process of selecting flooring for our Kids room.  We're
budget conscious but want something that will work well.  Currently it
looks like we're leaning towards laminate flooring with an area rug or
similar to cut noise.

However, I noticed when going back over photos of the bay area cohousing
tour we took last October that most of the places we saw had carpet, so
I've been making the argument that carpet will likely be easiest on our
budget and will work better at noise reduction, which I am theorizing
should be the largest factor flooring choice for the kids room.  The
problem is I'm just guessing.

What does your cohousing group have?  Would you use something else?
What do you like or not like about it?  If money were no object, what
flooring would you use and why?  When it was worked into your reserve
study, what life expectancy did you use for your particular flooring
estimating kids room wear and tear?

I guess the same question could be asked of the Kitchen.  It looks like
we're headed towards sheet vinyl.  We almost went for commercial grade
vinyl tile, but our builder had bad things to say about it.

Thanks!

- - Lyle
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