http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1.html The concept of a floating room in a room starts with the floor installed over the existing floor. The ‘floating’ floor will consist of 5 layers. 1” mineral wool insulation and rubber ‘pucks’ 3/4” tounge and groove particle board sub flooring laid on layer 1. T & G glued together 5/8” drywall glued and screwed to layer 2 3/4” tounge and groove particle board sub flooring glued and screwed to layers 3 and 2 Traditional T&G oak flooring attached to layer 4 (Possibly nailed and glued) Mineral wool is horrible stuff for the lungs. I found that even seconds without a mask cause me respiratory issues. It is very easy to cut tho which was needed to place the 200 pucks. The pucks are 1ft apart under where the walls will go, but 2 ft grid across the rest of the space. The First layer of subflooring slides a bit and flexs a lot. But if gets much more rigid as the layer are added like a giant sandwich. I added the layers maximising bonding positions (i.e. joins not in the same places) http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1.html#0 6ea4b2e9-86d5-4f13-8b09-c171b5469fb5 http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1_files/Media/IMG_1349/thumb.jpg http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1_files/Media/IMG_1349/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Laying out the mineral wool and pucks in a 2 ft grid</p></div></div> http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1.html#1 53f65693-07ed-47cc-84fa-a88dfb98be86 http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1_files/Media/IMG_1350/thumb.jpg http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1_files/Media/IMG_1350/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Edges where the walls will go 1 ft puck spacing</p></div></div> http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1.html#2 9d46e1bb-e4fd-4faa-8d12-fbea41a43fbd http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1_files/Media/IMG_1354/thumb.jpg http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1_files/Media/IMG_1354/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Placing layer 2 on later 1</p></div></div> http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1.html#3 bb1e0c3e-b764-43d7-8e10-bc6a06f11bb9 http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1_files/Media/IMG_1355/thumb.jpg http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1_files/Media/IMG_1355/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Close up</p></div></div> http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1.html#4 abfb73db-36a2-478b-a30c-5f522d605189 http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1_files/Media/IMG_1356/thumb.jpg http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1_files/Media/IMG_1356/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">These are HVAC antivibration devices we are calling ‘pucks’</p></div></div> http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1.html#5 589c8e8b-657a-47f1-a5b5-742126d50f68 http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1_files/Media/IMG_1357/thumb.jpg http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1_files/Media/IMG_1357/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Cork and rubber</p></div></div> http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1.html#6 b202b49e-c2b0-4afb-9e15-8575c396f132 http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1_files/Media/IMG_1358/thumb.jpg http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1_files/Media/IMG_1358/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Layer 1 and 2 complete</p></div></div> http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1.html#7 0878721a-9a4e-455e-a745-caa761eecfb8 http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1_files/Media/IMG_1359/thumb.jpg http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1_files/Media/IMG_1359/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Spreading carpet glue and laying drywall on layer 2</p></div></div> http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1.html#8 9f34c39f-bc7e-48b8-a678-a01703787378 http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1_files/Media/IMG_1360/thumb.jpg http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1_files/Media/IMG_1360/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Messy, sticky job</p></div></div> http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1.html#9 b005b28d-0246-483c-b3ed-eb2af359b18e http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1_files/Media/IMG_1361/thumb.jpg http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1_files/Media/IMG_1361/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Layer 3 complete</p></div></div> http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1.html#10 6c6a3337-ef82-434e-8ad5-02503b0a4d79 http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1_files/Media/IMG_1362/thumb.jpg http://www.experientiastudio.com/Experientia_Studio/Floor_1_files/Media/IMG_1362/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Crossection shows layers 1 - 2 and 3.</p></div></div>