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

[Lawrence Lile]

Yup, there are tradeoffs to everything.  

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From: Clarke Olsen [mailto:colsen at taconic.net]
Sent: Mon 3/5/2007 9:46 PM
To: Lawrence Lile
Cc: Tom Wiprud; greenbuilding at listserv.repp.org
Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Detailed Green and Lumber saving Techniques(Builder's Guide to Cold Climates)



   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...........