flooring other than wood?

Is there any recommended flooring other than wood for good acoustic qualities? or at least a 2nd best or even third best. Thanks Maxy

I have a sealed , painted Concrete floor. It looks and sounds great in the rooms. It might have a slightly brighter sound than wood, but with the occasional throw rug out there for folks to stand on the overall effects seem to be the same. Check the pictures at my web site. www.tmixstudio.com Hope that helps, Tom

Tom, Great looking studio and thanks for sharing your experience. Cement may well be the way to go. Anyone else?

Check out etched staining... Makes the floor look kind of marbley... Very modern looking, very economical, extremely durable and easy to maintain.

You can use carpet over cement but I would not recommended for 2 reasons: it is harder to clean :lol: and acoustically it absorbs too much high frequencies. Also wood is so nice ! It makes your studio immediately look like a professional one :lol: :lol:

Bamboo is a nice alternative and is technically a grass... it's inexpensive, durable, and looks nice. It basically looks like wood, but an interesting type.

andrebrito wrote:

also wood is so nice ! It makes your studio immediately look like a professional one :lol: :lol:

Andre, A lot of beautiful professional studios are being built today with epoxied cement floors: take a look: http://www.weslachot.com/new/evergroove.html Sincerely, Rod

Rod , what are the advantages of epoxy cement over wood (parket etc etc...) ? costs ? Most top studios I've been had their floors made of wood but I'm in Europe, maybe they only use it in the States ? I have to ask Eric about this, he knows a lot more studios than I do

I think it's a trend over here in a lot of types of construction, not just studios. It's relatively inexpesive, looks great, very durable, and easy to maintain. I don't think there's much acoustic difference in most of the flooring options mentioned so far -- they're all basically reflective. --Keith :mrgreen:

A lot of beautiful professional studios are being built today with epoxied cement floors: take a look:

Uh ..... :roll: thats a stained concrete floor. It even says it in the desciption Z

spiderz wrote:

A lot of beautiful professional studios are being built today with epoxied cement floors: take a look:

Uh ..... :roll: thats a stained concrete floor. It even says it in the desciption Z

Yes it is stained - and the finish on top of that stain is an epoxy..... the stain in and of itself is not a finish (pretty much the same with woods). Rod

rod gervais wrote:

. . . it is stained - and the finish on top of that stain is an epoxy.....

This is exactly what I'm going to do. 8) Tom did the same thing on his "Lost Studios" build a couple of months ago... Looks terrific. :D --Keith :mrgreen:

Here's another stained concrete floor. Warren actually cut the concrete with a concrete cutter to create the tile effect. Cheers john

Looks fabulous, John! Who's Warren? What studio is this from? :roll: --Keith :mrgreen:

Im looking for a old floor tile . That they use back in the 70s and 80s. It call k36 parquet flooring. I use it to patch flooring with out changing the hole floor. It is called k36 9x9 Tung& Grove floor tile. Do you where i can get some. Phoenix flooring

Sure. You can get it right here.

What about PVC flooring? The flooring with high quality offers good acoustic qualities. Surely you need to hire preffessional flooring installers to do the work.

May I suggest cork. It's great on a concrete base and you can drop things on it they won't always break. :)