Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Sound Barriers [was Enclosed "street" between homes

[Maggi (maggi]

Sharon, here at Touchstone Cohousing in Ann Arbor, we experienced  
some significant sound issues between floors in our first few  
buildings, to the point that you could hear voices and cupboards  
closing.  We had to hire sound engineers to mitigate the problem,  
with some good success.  I don't know details but you might talk with  
our developer JD Lindeberg.  jdl [at] recycle.com

Another useful but unfortunate solution is to carpet the upstairs.   
We actually found that rugs work pretty well too.  A cork subfloor  
with wood or bamboo over it also works, but is much more expensive.

-Maggi

On Mar 19, 2008, at 10:14 AM, Sharon Villines wrote:

> On Mar 18, 2008, at 10:36 AM, Matthew Whiting wrote:
>
> > Assuming you don't mind lossing some head room, you can add on sound
> > buffering material to the ceilings.
>
> That stops sound from going up and thick carpets with rubber mats will
> stop it from coming down. We have households with allergies who can't/
> don't have carpeting.
>
> I think what we need is a solution that can be put _inside_ the
> ceiling but everyone I've talked to about foams, for example, that you
> use pre-construction to fill walls, says they are untested on existing
> construction.
>
> Is there anything else or has anyone done more testing?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sharon
> ----
> Sharon Villines
> Takoma Village Cohousing,Washington DC
> http://www.takomavillage.org
>
>
>
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