[Greenbuilding] Detailed Green and Lumber saving Techniques(Builder's Guide to Cold Climates)

[Clarke Olsen]

   If noise transmission is a concern..... the folks upstairs
   will be walking on the drum head of the first floor....
   Clarke Olsen
   Spencertown, NY

On Mar 5, 2007, at 2:11 PM, Lawrence Lile wrote:
> 5.  Have a second floor?  Skip the sheetrock on the first floor 
> ceiling.
> Use joists on 48" centers with toungue and groove 1-1/2" flooring.  
> It's
> the ceiling below, the floor above.  It costs more than plywood to put
> in, but the whole system is way cheaper than sheetrock, subfloor,
> carpet, and so forth...........