Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Soundproofing between stacked units in cohousing

[S. Kashdan (skashdan]

Here at Jackson Place Cohousing in Seattle, Washington, we have some units 
in our common house. Some of those units are located on the floor below our 
common areas, and the soundproofing between the common areas and the units 
underneath is not that good. The residents can hear people walking, chairs 
moving, etc. We also have some units that are connected side-by-side in 
other buildings. The soundproofing between them is also not that good. One 
neighbor complains about hearing her next-door neighbor's children running 
on the stairs inside that neighbor's unit. The stairs inside that neighbor's 
unit have rug material on them. But, the sound of the children's feet 
pounding comes through the wall. Another neighbor recently told me that she 
is sometimes awakened by her next-door neighbor snoring... The sound comes 
through the wall.

I think that every new cohousing community should put a lot of effort into 
soundproofing for both making sure that common areas are comfortable for 
people with hearing difficulties to be in and for giving people more quiet 
in their individual homes.

Sylvie Kashdan

Jackson Place Cohousing
800 Hiawatha Place South
Seattle, WA 98144
www.seattlecohousing.org
info [at] jacksonplacecohousing.org

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <rhmorrison [at] aol.com>
To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 8:06 AM
Subject: [C-L]_ Soundproofing between stacked units in cohousing



  This is a tangent on Sharon V's recent posting about the very hard time 
they had getting expert help on retrofit sound deadening for their dining 
room.
  For cohos that have stacked units (that is, one unit over another), how is 
the soundproofing between these units? Here at Mosaic Commons we have two 
pairs of stacked units and the soundproofing between the stacked units is 
very poor. Sharon V wrote recently that there is a similar issue with 
soundproofing between their stacked units (at Takoma Village).

Bob Morrison
Mosaic Commons Cohousing
Berlin, MA

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