[Organizers] Fw: New Floors

Jack Mitchell via Organizers organizers at lists.sharedweight.net
Mon Jan 25 10:45:18 PST 2016


As others have said, it depends on what is under it, and what your budget
is.  The Charlotte Dance Gypsies inherited the dance floor from the
Palmetto Bug Stomp, and have installed and extended it in their current
hall.  It is plywood, with small slats of wood that hold the plywood off
the (concrete) floor, and then carpeting on the slats to pad them.  The
pieces of floor attach to each other, and not to the building itself.  They
then finished the whole thing.  It's a fabulous floor to dance on, makes
good sound when you stomp, and cost them something around $2000 to install
(volunteer labor).

Jack



On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 12:38 PM Suzanne Girardot via Organizers <
organizers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> The Emerald City Contra Dance in Seattle at the Phinney Neighborhood
> Center built a dance floor over (I think) linoleum and concrete some years
> ago. They used skilled volunteer labor and laid down a bamboo floor, which
> has been delightful to dance on. I think it is sprung somehow, but perhaps
> Amy Wimmer, one of the organizers, can say more about it.
>
> Suzanne Girardot
> Seattle
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Orin Nisenson via Organizers
> Sent: Jan 25, 2016 7:45 AM
> To: Jeff Kaufman
> Cc: organizers at lists.sharedweight.net
> Subject: Re: [Organizers] Fw: New Floors
>
> The new Grange floor is finished. The board in the photo is before it was
> laid down.
> Orin
>
> On Jan 25, 2016, at 10:43 AM, Jeff Kaufman <jeff.t.kaufman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> The new Grange floors are unfinished, right? That wouldn't stand up well
> to less careful groups spilling soda etc, which it sounds like Chrissy is
> needing to consider.
> On Jan 25, 2016 10:28 AM, "Orin Nisenson via Organizers" <
> organizers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> I would stay away from using laminate floors. I feel they are too thin
>> and will not last considering the abuse of contra dancing.
>> Others from the Guiding Star Grange will have to tell you what the
>> process was. Here is a photo of the before (result of 75+ years of dancing)
>> and new.
>> Orin
>>
>> <IMG_0195b.jpeg>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 25, 2016, at 9:53 AM, Mac Mckeever via Organizers <
>> organizers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>>
>> The trend seems to be for venues to go with laminate flooring due to cost
>> and low mainrtenance
>>
>> The surface is not too bad - maybe a little slick
>>
>> There is a padding called 'dance padding' that has pretty good reviews
>> from dance studios that have used it.  It looks like it might be just under
>> 1/2 inch thick.
>>
>> I have no actual experience with this setup (but I have danced on
>> laminate)
>>
>> Mac McKeever
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Forwarded Message -----
>> *From:* Chrissy Fowler via Organizers <organizers at lists.sharedweight.net>
>> *To:* organizers shared weight <organizers at lists.sharedweight.net>
>> *Sent:* Monday, January 25, 2016 8:36 AM
>> *Subject:* [Organizers] New Floors
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> A)  If you were giving advice, about replacing a 45'x55' wooden floor, to
>> the owners of the hall that you and another organization rent about 5x/mo
>> for traditional dancing, but that is also used for things like Bingo and
>> private events, what advice would you give?
>> (Wood type, installation methods, ballpark cost, finish suggestions,
>> care/maintenance etc)
>>
>> B)  If you were giving advice to the two dance groups about how to work
>> with the owners to be sure your interests in a danceable floor are factored
>> into the plans, what advice would you give?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Chrissy Fowler
>> Belfast ME
>>
>> PS  I know we might get helpful info from MontpelierVT's Capital City
>> Grangers (& friends of) and GreenfieldMA's Guiding Star Grangers (& friends
>> of).  Any other groups who've relatively recently replaced a floor?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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