Re: Acoustics in common house
From: Kathy Kelly (kksantacruzgmail.com)
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:34:22 -0800 (PST)
Hi Melanie,
This sounds great and affordable! Do you have pictures posted somewhere? It
would be great to see how it looks.
Thanks,
Kathy
Santa Cruz, CA

On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Melanie Mindlin <sassetta [at] mind.net> wrote:

>
> There are a number of ways recommended to dampen the noise in the common
> house.  Rugs, for example, would help a lot but of course we want to be
> able to do easy clean up in the dining area so they are not appropriate.
>  We tried pieces of rug glued under the tables, which didn't make much
> difference and came unglued.
>
> Then we saw some lovely homemade acoustic panels in the common house of
> our nearby cohousing community in Bend, Oregon.  These are about 30" square
> (the exact size is not important) made out of 2x2 wood with some light
> canvas type cloth stretched over the frame and filled with blue-jean
> insulation batts on the top.  These are hung from short chains (about 2-3"
> long) from hooks in the ceiling.  They are in a regular pattern with a
> couple of inches between the panels and can be taken down for cleaning if
> necessary.  We made them ourselves over several community workdays.
>
> We are quite pleases with the results.  Not only are they attractive, but
> they really work.  Since we did all the work ourselves the cost was very
> reasonable and they're out of the way where nobody has to bother with them.
>  It was a little tricky working around our existing light fixtures, but we
> calculated the whole pattern and size of panels ahead of time to fit around
> them.
>
> Melanie Mindlin
> Ashland Cohousing Community
>
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> > From: Holly McNutt <holly.mcnutt [at] gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [C-L]_ exclusive dinners vs community dinners- Mary Ann
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> > Mary Ann - If/when you find some good noise abatement solutions, pleas
> let me know Thanks, Holly
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