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   DaveMason2 | Nov 22, 2002 09:21pm | #1

    My thinking is that if you insulate it do it for sound rather than heat retention. Since you will be heating the whole place anyway you will need a heater for the office if you insulate the floor or not.

    As far as material goes I would use fiberglass.

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   Piffin | Nov 23, 2002 07:02pm | #2

   You don't say how you will heat the office above. You don't want vents to let the heat carry all that shop dust and noise through. If no heat supply in the upper floor, You don't want to stop heat from rising though. Noise insulation is what you need. Fibre glass claims to help with a high density product. Putting strapping to the bottom of the floor joists for hanging the rock to will significantly slow the transmission of those vibrations through the material..

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