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Geoff,
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At the high school shop where I sometimes help out, they have a floor just as you described and the exterior walking surface is of maple hardwood. I have never really stopped to think how that might reverberate the noise, but it probably does. I just posted a message to Scott Slater regarding his shop floor, and other than what I suggested to him, the only other thing you might consider is using those square rubber floor tiles that lock together, (I have a catalogue if your interested), or laying down those large square rubber fatigue mats. These rubber tiles would also serve as fatigue mats. Rubber is a good material for sound absorption, but because it is more dense and without airpockets trapped inside, it is not as effective as Styrofoam and foamrubber. The greatest thing about the raised floor at the high school shop is that they routed all the dust collection ducts under the floor, they don't have all those pipes going up to the ceiling to that get in the way when I'm swinging long boards around. I have often wondered what would happen if one of them became clogged, but I guess they would do the same thing plumbers do. In 4 years, I haven't heard of that being a problem. I haven't heard about the polycarbonate panels you mentioned, but would like to know more about them. Thanks, Natalie ----- Original Message -----
From: Geoff Shepherd To: felder-woodworking@... Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2000 5:44 PM Subject: Re: [felder-woodworking] Sound Proofing Materials Natalie, Thanks for posting about your experiences in sound proofing. This is something I need to do to my shop. Fortunately, it is detached from the house, but it faces the alley and is within 50 - 75' of my neighbors homes. So, I one of my goals is to keep the noise down so as to not irritate the neigbors or call attention to a shop full of tools (we get a number of questionable folks wandering through the alley at night). I plan to build a raised wood floor over the existing slab. Do you have any thoughts on what I could do to prevent the floor from becoming a sounding board? For windows, have you tried putting up polycarbonate panels? This is the stuff they make interior storm windows out of, and not only is it a poor heat conductor, but also a good sound insulator. It is often demonstrated with a radio blaring away inside the window. Screwed down, it could also be a good theft deterent since the stuff is just about unbreakable. ..Geoff To Post a message, send it to: felder-woodworking@... To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: felder-woodworking-unsubscribe@... Visit the group web site: |
