[Greenbuilding] Noise between floors

[William Updike]

We sell cork underlayment for sound attenuation as
well as organic wool carpet padding and also natural
rubber padding.  Maybe your local green building
stores sell the same.

Cheers,

Bill Updike
Regional Sales Representative
Nature Neutral, Green Building Supply
www.NatureNeutral.com
434-284-1946

--- "Dusch, Jim E" <Jim.E.Dusch at maine.gov> wrote:

> This generic mitigation question is a good one for
> new and existing
> construction since most of the products I have been
> aware of are (1) not
> very effective unless installed in new construction
> and (2) the more
> effective they are, the less "green" they are. 
> 
> To the extent it's considered env. friendly, I have
> wondered about ATF
> application of Icnene between joists to dampen heel
> strike as well as
> ambient transfers.  Also, if carpet padding works,
> what do folks
> consider to be green and proven brands.
>  
> 
> & -----Original Message-----
> & From: greenbuilding-bounces at listserv.repp.org 
> & [mailto:greenbuilding-bounces at listserv.repp.org]
> On Behalf Of Jefro
> & Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 1:46 PM
> & To: Alan Abrams
> & Cc: greenbuilding at listserv.repp.org
> & Subject: [Greenbuilding] Noise between floors
> & 
> & Is this the same thing as (or similar to) sound
> board? 
> & 
> & We have a similar "drum" situation in the house we
> are 
> & building, with bedrooms over kitchen & living
> room.  We 
> & milled our own beams and thus have left them
> exposed as 
> & joists, with a 1-1/8 sturdi-floor subfloor.  
> & The plan right now is to put a wood floor over
> that and then 
> & a good thick rug in each bedroom.  From the
> bottom, between 
> & the big joists, I'd like to add 1/2" sound board
> and then 
> & exposed paneling, or something fancier if more
> time 
> & materializes out of thin air. 
> & 
> & However, I have zero faith that any of this is
> going to stop 
> & the "drum" 
> & effect.  It isn't the end of the world, but if
> there is 
> & something inexpensive I can use to mitigate it,
> I'd be 
> & happier doing it now than later.  How much would
> an underlayment help?
> & 
> & Alan Abrams wrote:
> & > Woodstalk was a high quality
> not-quite-structural panel 
> & manufactured 
> & > (or at least distributed) by Dow, using
> agricultural waste material.
> & >   
> & 
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