It depends on where the hard flooring is going. We replaced carpeting with hard flooring in heavily trafficked areas, but most of the library is still carpeted. Jennifer's comments about the mats are invaluable. Shoe wear is important, too, whether or not the library is carpeted. Under that carpet is a thin mat and... concrete.
Dale Dale Ricklefs, Library Director Round Rock Public Library 216 E. Main Street, Round Rock, Texas 78664 512-218-7010; 218-7061 (fax); 669-1753 (cell); [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------- Please note that our spam blocker blocks many emails, especially yahoo, gmail, and similar sites. You may get a "mailbox full" message. This means you have been blocked. Please call at one of the numbers above if you are having problems getting through. Thank you! From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jennifer Patterson Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 12:59 PM To: Laurie Mahaffey; [email protected] Subject: Re: [ctls-l] FW: Carpet or not Carpet Yes, carpet helps tremendously with noise. In fact, if you carpet the walls and ceiling, you'd be in great shape, sound-wise! But the most important thing is your staff's legs and feet...Concrete is a killer for the veins and arteries in your legs and the bones and connective tissue in your feet. We should all guard the health of our legs and feet! It's also important to have rubber mats at each station behind the Circ desk, if you're standing. I "worked the desk" for a big percentage of my working life, and always wore crepe or rubber soled shoes, as well as standing on carpet. My legs and feet aren't perfect, but they're a lot better than most people my age! Jennifer John Patterson Continuing Education Coordinator Central Texas Library System, Inc. 512-583-0704 x16 ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Laurie Mahaffey Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 9:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ctls-l] FW: Carpet or not Carpet Does your library have carpet? Do you have suggestions for Ann for her new library? Thanks. Laurie Laurie Mahaffey, Deputy Director Central Texas Library System, Inc. 1005 West 41st Street Austin, Texas 78756 www.ctls.net<http://www.ctls.net> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 512-583-0704 x18 800-262-4431 x18 ________________________________ From: Ann Brock [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:40 PM Subject: Carpet or not Carpet Don't most libraries have carpet? We are having a discussion about just having the concrete floors and no carpet. I worry about noise. Doesn't the carpet help with the noise reduction? What is your opinion? Thanks for your help, Ann ************************************ Ann Brock Director Bertram Free Library P. O. Box 243 Bertram, TX. 78605 512-355-2113 512-355-3323 fax
