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Treating Floor in New Construction - Reducing Footfall and Vibration

Looking for some good ideas/solutions to treating my new dedicated music room's floor.  The room will be fairly large at 22w x 29L, built on the main floor of the new house with a basement below.  My current room is in my basement with concrete floors so footfall is never an issue.

I have asked the engineering firm to give me some recommendations on making the floor stronger structure wise; not sure what they will suggest, maybe floor joist on more narrow centers, say 12 inch vs 16.  

Have you tackled this issue?  What about mass loaded vinyl (MLV); would a layer of heavy vinyl between the OSB floor boards and carpet pad help?  Use two layers of OSB flooring and glue them together?  Ideas?

stickman451

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Carpet? Carpet pad? Your're thinking wall to wall carpet right?
I did cork flooring in my basement listening room @ $3.29 PSF from Lumber Liquidators + installation (you can do it yourself in about a day).
I laid a black moisture barrier over the cement floor & then the cork flooring.
1,000 SF cost me around $5K with tax, delivery & moisture pad- Wall to wall carpeting would have cost me around $3K & I would probably be replacing it now.
It's soft, quiet, very durable (25 year warrantee) & wont have to be replaced every 5-7 years.
It's also a "green" product.
BTW - It looks fantastic!
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