Re: Floating floors and magnesite

@williamW said:
I’m with JimmyT on this one.  Nothing is as quiet as quality carpet.  I’m yet to hear a reason to install hard floors that benefits the strata community, only reasons that benefit the individual installing the hard floors.  

Noise transfer is greater, complaints are more likely, heartache and stress for the affected resident/s and more work for the strata committee.  

The installation company will tell you what you want to hear to secure the sale.  

The batons need to be secured to something sturdy, like the concrete slab rather than the 40 year old crumbling magnesite. The magnesite will do little to assist in noise insulation.  

I didnt see any comments here by JimmyT? and I think there is a reason they call iit floating floor. That’s because it floats over the sub floor and is not fixed to anything.  My question was not intended to evoke personal opinions i was merely asking for sound testing data as most tests I  have seen are done directly on concrete sub floor.  FYI  I think JimmyT has floating floors.