Floating Floors for Drum Room - Pics

[gatorhaus]

Here's my pics of the floating floor

http://www.geocities.com/gatorhaus/float.html

hopefully the link works.

larry

 

[Michael Jones]

Cool!
That looks remarkably similar to the CAD file you posted.
I hear you're supposed to use dessicated or kiln dried sand.

 

[lunatic]

Good pics, man! What type of rubber did you use and where did you get it?

I bet that was a lot of sand too!

 

[John Sayers]

larry - I would have thought you would have laid the plastic vapour barrier down first and then build on top of that??

cheers
john

 

[gatorhaus]

I actually laid down the plastic in each pocket and wrapped the sand up in each one(like wrapping a present).

The rubber if just plain stuff called carpet runner. Its sold as Carpet Runner at Lowe's it comes 36" wide on a big roll and sells for $4 a foot. (I usually buy a 10ft piece and cur in into 3 1/4 inch strips with some shears and I end up with ruber material at about 30-40 cents a ft.

larry

 

[Michael Jones]

larry - I would have thought you would have laid the plastic vapour barrier down first and then build on top of that??

cheers
john

If you have a vapor barrier under your slab, would you still need one on top of it?

 

[Son of Mixerman]

Yes. Concrete absorbes moisture from the air and retains some moisture even though you would think it wouldn't after it hardens. Even after 30 years my concrete recently transfereed some moisture to some finished maple stock and warped it. Wood directly on concrete will soak up the moisture in the concrete like a sponge. But... If the floor is floating, and the pucks or whatever spacers you use are thick enough you wouldn't have to. I used treated wood on all sections that are along my foundation plus 1/8" thick closed cell foam. Just in case of something being spilled or if the carpeted aread need steam cleaned as some point.

Peace,
SoMm

 

[longsoughtfor]

Looks great Larry - Are you concerned about moisture getting into the 2x4's ?

Kevin.

 

[Michael Jones]

SoMm - Come to think of it, they did lay a vapor barrier down when they installed the Pergo floors in my home.

Treated wood along the foundation is required by code. At least here it is.

 

[John Sayers]

yes I agree with SoMm on this one. The sand isn't going to absorb the moisture up from the concrete as much as the timber will. I'd lay down a vapour barrier first.

cheers
john

 

[gatorhaus]

ok maybe I'll have to redo, I thought the vapor barrier was for the sand that is what I was concentrating on. I didn't put one down for the walls either. But my walls are floating (as is my floor is) on the same rubber material.

What's the prognosis doc?
I cant fix the walls, how critical is it if the wood is not contacting the cement. can I live with it? I was very meticulus (sp?) about making sure the wood didn't touch the cement (no sound shorts)

larry

 

[gatorhaus]

bump

 

[John Sayers]

I've been pondering this one Larry - Your 2 x 4's have a vapour barrier already in the rubber seal you've added so they are OK. On further thought I have decided that your method is the correct one because I would suggest that if you just poured the sand in between the 2x4's over time it would creep under the timber and slowly lift the whole structure. But with your method this is avoided I think.

cheers
john

 

[gatorhaus]

Thanks John,

I was pondering also, (that maybe I screwed up big time) But I did wrap the sand, yeah I was originally going to just pour it and decided not to, I thought that the vibrations on the frame would cause the sand to run everywhere (even if I caulked everything, since the floor is not hard mounted it will move)

Thanks again for you pros, not treating me like the complete amateur I am.
larry