CLIMBING WALL FLOORING FOR BOULDERING, HOW TO
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- What foam to use for your own flooring in a climbing gym. I designed the flooring, aka Crash Pads, for Clarksville Climbing bouldering gym and this is the foam that work for us.
Foam was Purchased from Wisconsin Foam
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ILD is the rating of a foam's firmness measured as follows. A 50 sq inch (8" diameter) round pressing surface is pressed into the foam until the foam defleccts 25% of its original thickness. example: a 4 inch pad gets deflected 1 inch. The force to maintain that 25% deflection is the ILD rating in pounds. The test is a little more involved but that's the key measure.
IDF: is the firmness of the foam. The higher the IDF the more pound per sq inch it takes to compress the foam. The lower the IDF the softer the foam is.
Density: How durable a foam is.
For example, 1lb density foam would last you a year or 2. Meanwhile 2lb density could last you up to a decade depending on how much use it gets.
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Maybe it’s IFD? Indention Force Deflection, is a measurable representation of how firm or soft the surface of a piece of foam feels.
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I just about to buy mine thanks for the share with the water damage. Happens to me 2 month ago. Will consider doing the same think on the bottom layer! Sad to see you need to leave your building.....
Thanks climber dad! Hope all goes well. God bless!
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Great videos, can u do a short video showing how to attach the triplex panels to the metallic structure of the gym walls? it's has been a doubt that i have always had
First ever first for me? Hehe
Watching the video with a unit conversion table
Can you share about how you prevent the foam from moving. I noticed there are some wooden frame around the sides of the foam.
Nice video
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I think u should interchange the position of the bottom two foams
Normally with crash pads the top layer would be closed cell foam and some gym do that also. That is so the impact gets spread out over the open cell more and catches you fast. Because this is 12" thick we don't need such a fast (jarring) catch. It worked great.
I had one guy fall flat on his back from the top of the wall and no issues. Do that over a closed cell first setup and you'll be there for a while.
Great video dude! Helpful to learn the densities of the foam and the thicknesses. I have a question, do you think a similar set up (closed cell firm-open cell soft- closed cell firm) would work for portable bouldering mats? And what depths do you think I should go for? I am looking to build my own bouldering mats and mainly use them in one area so they dont need to be super portable and light, but do you think this set up would work?
With outdoor pads my open is they need to be more firm than indoor pads because of thickness, there is less there to catch you. I've sandwiched some open cell with closed cell in a crash pad before because the open cell I ordered was way to soft and it helped, still not as nice as the Kinetic Newton pad :)
@@climberdad Ok perfect. Thank you for your advice. So I am thinking of making 1 pad that is 1.5m wide and 1.2m length and 200mm thick, with a stitched hinge in the middle, as a trial run to see how it goes. I am going for an open cell (FIRM) 25mm thick, then 150mm of open cell (SOFT) and then another 25mm open cell (FIRM) and wrap it in ripstop tent canvas. What are your thoughts on that? Do you think all open cell will be too soft? I tried it out at the foam shop jumping onto it from as high as i could jump and it felt ok, but I am open to opinions and criticism. Thanks again Climber Dad!!
Every pad I know of has open cell foam under closed cell. Sounds like you're on the right path
Where did you go to research/purchase this stuff? I'm wanting to convert my garage to a home-gym and the floor is tripping me up. I'd like to have a running dialogue with you if you're willing to share some knowledge. Been watching your videos for a long time, used many of your techniques for making my own holds. Thanks for being on the Tube!
Wisconsin Foam is where I purchased it. I did my own testing, research.
I've started doing consulting work at $50 per hour but my schedule is pretty full. If you're interested shoot me an email at theclimberdad@gmail.com
@@climberdad Do you happen to remember about the cost per square foot for the finished flooring? Is it cost effective compared to bouldering flooring from the big companies? Thanks!
I would need to do another cost analysis (prices on foam can change a lot) and I'm not going to do that for free. You can do it though, the videos on my channel should give you enough info to start calling around and getting new numbers. :)
Hello. What about the mat cover? How do you install it?
For this gym? With pain and lots of time and repairs.
Depending on the size you need this is the best way I've ever seen a DIY solution
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What about a home gym? 😯
It depends on budget, design and end user. I've done mattresses, couch cushions, regular crash pads, used carpet padding (dirty, don't do it) and quality foam. You get what you pay for and if you can get good stuff.