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I was just visiting a friend back east and the first thing I noticed when I opened the door to their beautiful loft was the gorgeous hardwood flooring. What did I notice next? The unbelievable noise I made with my boots as I walked across the floor. It was so loud it almost sounded as though the sound was amplified with a microphone and sound system.
I come from a home that has wall to wall carpet so perhaps I am more sensitive to sounds transmission. However, the noise seemed quite disruptive. When you put leather boots against hardwood flooring, you get quite a racket. Keep in mind these were real hardwood floors, not laminate which tend to be even more noisy when walked upon. For this reason, it is recommended to use some sort of flooring sound barrier under your hardwood floors. Otherwise you might be thrilled with the look of your hardwood floors but not so much the noise that is produced when they are walked upon.
Wholesale Flooring Pro posted on: February 28, 2011 These is a great point and not one that people often think of when choosing flooring and I know noise is a big concern for some people - usually after the fact. I wonder if the noise you noticed might also have been because it was in a loft - high ceilings with unusual angles can amplify the sound. Making sure you're choosing the right flooring for the space is definitely important - not to mention your excellent observation that you need to choose the right kind of installation. Thanks for bringing this up.
Laminate Flooring posted on: March 4, 2011I think that flooring sound barrier is a great solution for laminate flooring, since walking on this type of floor in shoes can be really loud...
Clark posted on: March 15, 2011I just got some gorgeouswalnut flooring which doesn't seem noisy at all
Justinrobert posted on: March 21, 2011The racket with hardwood floor also could be because of echoing sound in the house, I have hardwood floors in san francisco there is sound but not so intense
LONE TREE Oak Flooring posted on: March 23, 2011The hardwood floor designs look beautiful, but the noise part is the only disadvantage.
Jamy Spencer posted on: April 11, 2011The majority of problems with squeaking is actually a subfloor problem, which you have with any flooring. People commonly attribute this to hardwood floors because older homes with noisy subfloors are more likely to have hardwood floors.To fix the problem you have to secure the subfloor to the joists better.
Bamboo Flooring posted on: May 3, 2011Mostly hard surfaces create noise and hardwood floors are one of them. Exotic Wood Floors are good options.
Mike posted on: May 4, 2011Well yeah I agree.... we should use sound barriers and sub floor with some wax underlay paper. The end result I hope for is a limed wood plank floor that looks like it was in a 100 year old farmhouse.
Pat posted on: May 17, 2011I grew up in a large family of five boys with hard wood. My mom used throw rugs to help mitigate the noise of echos. I don't remember it being that noisy and think the rugs helped a lot.
Reclaimed Flooring Co posted on: May 19, 2011Installing an appropriate underlay between the wood floor and sub-floor will help to reduce the noise problem. Minimum of 3.5 inches of extra material would be fine.
New kitchen cabinets posted on: July 21, 2011This is excellent topic. I think the noise problem can be reduce by proper installation of floor. I have install a floor before 2 years and I didn't get any issues. But, Thanks for the excellent advice. This will surely help me in future.
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Empire Today posted on: August 1, 2011I agree with Jamy. Also any type of floor besides carpeting is going to be louder when you are walking on it with big boots on. I have hardwood flooring and dont walk on it with Shoes on, mostly because I want to keep it looking nice but also because of the noise. It is not loud at all when I wear slippers or just socks.
Heated timber floors posted on: August 29, 2011This is excellent topic. I think the noise problem can be reduce by proper installation of floor. I think the noise problem can be reduce by proper installation of floor. I have install a floor before 2 years and I didn't get any issues. Making sure you're choosing the right flooring for the space is definitely important - not to mention your excellent observation that you need to choose the right kind of installation. Thanks for bringing this up.
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Hi,
Its really an informative talk to discuss something about floorings and its related issues.Timber floors really create the noise pollution, but upto some extent it cab be avoided.
Great post!!!
Thanks
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Arav posted on: September 24, 2011Such noise on a hardwood floor. It's quite unexpected.As 1st one said, using consistent height may be useful.
Kent Parker posted on: October 8, 2011Typically, engineered wood products are made from the same hardwoods and softwoods used to manufacture lumber. That’s why I always prefer the engineered wood. web design
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refinishing-hardwood-floors-with posted on: November 22, 2011Hard wood floor often making the noise but it does,nt matter at all...
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Old floors on joist it was the way they did it back then east coast has alot of history and wood floors that part of country love it.wentzwood arizona
