Personally, I like random length flooring, but it's a matter of taste. Six foot lengths seem a bit short to me; you'll have a kinda busy looking floor. It shouldn't cost too much to have it delivered.

Insulayment deadens sound and provides some thermal insulation (though heat rises, so it's not that critical unless you're trying to keep the heat from escaping the story below). It's a nice touch, but I wouldn't pay an arm and a leg for it myself.

Spewy; think more of using the Insulaymen to keep the cold from coming up through the floor. It's $50 cents a sq. ft. and would cost us approx $400 xtra to use it. I agree with you about the random lengths and thanks for your reply. Does the insulaymen significantly quiet the floor? Paul F B

Remember, cold air doesn't rise. The only way it will "come up through the floor" is if it is drawn up (by a fireplace or a furnace return, etc.). It may make the room *below* the floor a little warmer.

It will quiet it some, but remember, you're still walking on a wood floor. There will just be very slightly less noise transmitted to the room *below*.

Paul, you don't say what is below the floor? Is it another room, a basement, a crawl space and no basement? I don't know of the product you speak of, but if there is an unheated basement or a crawl space below I would imagine it would greatly increase the warmth of the floor? Is that your intent?

I also agree with the posts above the if you go with the varied lengths, you will be much happier in the long run.
Mary Lu

Victory__tea2085-- I was intrigued by your question about pine floors, and I looked at your member page to see where you are from. As you described your land and trees and your love for planting and watching what you have planted grow, I got the most beautiful mental picture. I believe--in fact, I am sure--there is a God. I love nature, and I can see the evidence of a wonderful Creator in the smallest, most common of things. And He is evident, too, in those great and vast things that I can only ponder but never understand. Pardon me, but I get goose bumps when I think about just that one facet of God--our Creator!

I hope that your baby has arrived and that mother and child are well. I am sure that both your baby and your pine floor are beautiful! God bless.