Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Noise in common house

[Rob Sandelin (floriferous]

After construction we installed 4 large carpet squares to cover the wood
flooring. It made a substantial improvement on the noise. We get the carpets
cleaned every once and while and since they are in 4 parts, we also
occasionally roll them up out of the way for dancing or other bare floor
activities. It has turned out to be very cost effective noise control for
us.


Rob Sandelin
Naturalist, Writer
The Environmental Science School
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-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander Robin A [mailto:alexande.robi [at] uwlax.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 9:09 AM
To: Cohousing-L
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Noise in common house

Want to second and third this! I have a hearing loss and my wife has spinal
cord damage that makes a lot of noise stressful for her. In the cohousing we
lived in, we had to stop going to common meals altogether because of
acoustics. The community made an after the fact attempt and put up sound
absorbing tiles on the ceiling but the improvement was modest and not
sufficient to allow me to hear there during a noisy meal.

Robin Alexander



From: Mary English
Sent: Tue 10/24/2006 2:32 PM
To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Noise in common house


On Oct 24, 2006, at 12:12 AM, Tree Bressen wrote:

> And when you get to the design phase, remember to make sure your
common
> dining room is.......
> comfortably without noise and crowding driving everyone crazy. 
And someone replied
It must be built into the budget early or you will never get them in later.

That is absolutely true. Almost every community "value engineers" out (read
eliminates for those not familiar with the jargon) the soundproofing or
noise control features initially designed for the dining room.  This is one
of the biggest mistakes you can make.

To have a usable meeting/dining room, it have to have comfortable acoustics,
and that means some method of sound control. Do anything in your power to
keep the money there for that important feature.

If not, you will have problems getting people there for meals, and
functions.
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