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sp00ki
Sep 29, 2009, 5:29 PM
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I'm starting construction on our home wall shortly.
The last detail i have is padding for the floor... since there will undoubtedly be a lot of solo (no spotter) climbing taking place, sufficient padding is necessary for the floor.
I'd like to pad out the entire area to be on the absolute safe side. The floor is just above 12' x 16' in size with about 7'x5' around one of the corners; the walls will go as high as 12' or 13', so i need something substantial.
initial searches put all of the flooring in excess of about $500.
If i have to pay it i will, but before i make any decisions i'd like to put the question out there to see if anyone else was able to do something creative or had a resource that could make this portion a bit more affordable.
Thanks guys!
*before anyone says it, no-- i don't trust a crash pad for bouldering solo. the last thing i want is for me or my guests to feel unsafe or possibly hurt him/herself while throwing for a hard finish in my home.
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unrooted
Sep 29, 2009, 6:11 PM
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A gym in Ogden UT used multiple layers of carpet padding with carpet over the padding. I thought it made for one of the best bouldering floor padding next to the giant pads used at the front in SLC.
I think you will need like 10 layers, which will probably be around $500, but maybe you can find a carpet store going out of business?
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bill413
Sep 29, 2009, 7:41 PM
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Carpet padding & carpet remnants are good...contact an installer & see if they will let you have stuff that they are removing for free or cheap. If you go that route, you do have to inspect it for nails & staples that got pulled up with it.
Mattresses are also an option as additional padding under known drop zones.
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shimanilami
Sep 29, 2009, 7:56 PM
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It seems to me that a carpet on top of carpet padding does basically the same thing as a crash pad, which was designed for the purpose. (Why re-invent the wheel?)
Another option is a foam pit, like those used in gymnastics training facilities. The downside is that you'd probably need it to be a couple of feet deep, so you're climbing space would be cut short.
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sp00ki
Sep 29, 2009, 8:12 PM
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I was looking at costs for carpet pads... unfortunately because of the stacking, the prices wind up getting to right about where the foam + cover does even at the "rock bottom" quotes.
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rschap
Sep 30, 2009, 5:24 AM
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I had a friend that worked as a carpet layer and he hooked me up with some carpet and padding that he ripped out of a house. I got enough for 7 layers of padding and one layer of carpet for free. He was glad I took it because he didn’t have to run it to the dump. I’d call around to different installers.
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rrrADAM
Sep 30, 2009, 12:58 PM
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I used "jig saw" foam... 2 layers, and I have lots left over. My wife got the stuff from Cosco, and enough for 3 layers was only $150. It's similar to the stuff some people put in children's playrooms.
It has a diamond plate type surface, looks great, and is easy to put in and cut to size... It's even easy to keep clean, as we can sweep and mop it.
We have 2 left over toddler mattresses and a cordless crash pad, and putting the crash pad on top of the mattresses laid side by side works perfect in that I have even come down and landed on my hip, and it was cush.
See what it looks like in this thread:
http://www.rockclimbing.com/...post=2143844#2143844
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granite_grrl
Sep 30, 2009, 1:39 PM
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Here's what we have: Two layers of carpet padding and carpet (stuff we pulled up from other rooms when we moved into this house), two mattresses under the 25degree wall, then our three crash pads under the 60degree wall which we can move around depending what we're working.
Frankly, fancy padding would be good, but as long as your wall isn't horribly high (ours is in our basement) then you can make do with padding you can scrounge up.
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lodi5onu
Sep 30, 2009, 2:22 PM
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sp00ki wrote: I'm starting construction on our home wall shortly. The last detail i have is padding for the floor... since there will undoubtedly be a lot of solo (no spotter) climbing taking place, sufficient padding is necessary for the floor. I'd like to pad out the entire area to be on the absolute safe side. The floor is just above 12' x 16' in size with about 7'x5' around one of the corners; the walls will go as high as 12' or 13', so i need something substantial. initial searches put all of the flooring in excess of about $500. If i have to pay it i will, but before i make any decisions i'd like to put the question out there to see if anyone else was able to do something creative or had a resource that could make this portion a bit more affordable. Thanks guys! *before anyone says it, no-- i don't trust a crash pad for bouldering solo. the last thing i want is for me or my guests to feel unsafe or possibly hurt him/herself while throwing for a hard finish in my home.
"Bouldering solo" I love it...we're talking about a home wall here man. How high are the walls in your home? more than 10' ? A boulder pad and/or mattresses would more than do the trick for 99% of home walls
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bill413
Sep 30, 2009, 3:41 PM
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lodi5onu wrote: sp00ki wrote: I'm starting construction on our home wall shortly. The last detail i have is padding for the floor... since there will undoubtedly be a lot of solo (no spotter) climbing taking place, sufficient padding is necessary for the floor. I'd like to pad out the entire area to be on the absolute safe side. The floor is just above 12' x 16' in size with about 7'x5' around one of the corners; the walls will go as high as 12' or 13', so i need something substantial. initial searches put all of the flooring in excess of about $500. If i have to pay it i will, but before i make any decisions i'd like to put the question out there to see if anyone else was able to do something creative or had a resource that could make this portion a bit more affordable. Thanks guys! *before anyone says it, no-- i don't trust a crash pad for bouldering solo. the last thing i want is for me or my guests to feel unsafe or possibly hurt him/herself while throwing for a hard finish in my home."Bouldering solo" I love it...we're talking about a home wall here man. How high are the walls in your home? more than 10' ? A boulder pad and/or mattresses would more than do the trick for 99% of home walls
Not if he's traversing out past the pad.
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GEORGETHEFLAILER
Sep 30, 2009, 4:20 PM
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The wall we built is a car and half garage, we went to a foam wholesaler here in town and they let us load up on all the open and closed cell foam from the scrap bin that we could haul away. We have about 6 inches of overlapping sheets and it is better than any gym surface ive seen.
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rrrADAM
Sep 30, 2009, 4:27 PM
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lodi5onu wrote: sp00ki wrote: I'm starting construction on our home wall shortly. The last detail i have is padding for the floor... since there will undoubtedly be a lot of solo (no spotter) climbing taking place, sufficient padding is necessary for the floor. I'd like to pad out the entire area to be on the absolute safe side. The floor is just above 12' x 16' in size with about 7'x5' around one of the corners; the walls will go as high as 12' or 13', so i need something substantial. initial searches put all of the flooring in excess of about $500. If i have to pay it i will, but before i make any decisions i'd like to put the question out there to see if anyone else was able to do something creative or had a resource that could make this portion a bit more affordable. Thanks guys! *before anyone says it, no-- i don't trust a crash pad for bouldering solo. the last thing i want is for me or my guests to feel unsafe or possibly hurt him/herself while throwing for a hard finish in my home."Bouldering solo" I love it...we're talking about a home wall here man. How high are the walls in your home? more than 10' ? A boulder pad and/or mattresses would more than do the trick for 99% of home walls
Before you poke fun at someone's wording,
you may want to work on your reading comprehension...
Look at the bold above, in both your question, and his original post. 
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lodi5onu
Sep 30, 2009, 5:54 PM
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rrrADAM wrote: lodi5onu wrote: sp00ki wrote: I'm starting construction on our home wall shortly. The last detail i have is padding for the floor... since there will undoubtedly be a lot of solo (no spotter) climbing taking place, sufficient padding is necessary for the floor. I'd like to pad out the entire area to be on the absolute safe side. The floor is just above 12' x 16' in size with about 7'x5' around one of the corners; the walls will go as high as 12' or 13', so i need something substantial. initial searches put all of the flooring in excess of about $500. If i have to pay it i will, but before i make any decisions i'd like to put the question out there to see if anyone else was able to do something creative or had a resource that could make this portion a bit more affordable. Thanks guys! *before anyone says it, no-- i don't trust a crash pad for bouldering solo. the last thing i want is for me or my guests to feel unsafe or possibly hurt him/herself while throwing for a hard finish in my home."Bouldering solo" I love it...we're talking about a home wall here man. How high are the walls in your home? more than 10' ? A boulder pad and/or mattresses would more than do the trick for 99% of home walls Easy there killer... Before you poke fun at someone's wording, you may want to work on your reading comprehension... Look at the bold above, in both your question, and his original post.
The dudes afraid of falling on a bouldering pad.
That's what they are made for.
To fall on.
From up to 20+ feet sometimes.
Your home wall isn't that high.
That's all
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sp00ki
Sep 30, 2009, 7:41 PM
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lodi5onu wrote: sp00ki wrote: I'm starting construction on our home wall shortly. The last detail i have is padding for the floor... since there will undoubtedly be a lot of solo (no spotter) climbing taking place, sufficient padding is necessary for the floor. I'd like to pad out the entire area to be on the absolute safe side. The floor is just above 12' x 16' in size with about 7'x5' around one of the corners; the walls will go as high as 12' or 13', so i need something substantial. initial searches put all of the flooring in excess of about $500. If i have to pay it i will, but before i make any decisions i'd like to put the question out there to see if anyone else was able to do something creative or had a resource that could make this portion a bit more affordable. Thanks guys! *before anyone says it, no-- i don't trust a crash pad for bouldering solo. the last thing i want is for me or my guests to feel unsafe or possibly hurt him/herself while throwing for a hard finish in my home."Bouldering solo" I love it...we're talking about a home wall here man. How high are the walls in your home? more than 10' ? A boulder pad and/or mattresses would more than do the trick for 99% of home walls
They're a little over 15'.
Did you miss the part about 13' high climbing walls, or were you too busy congratulating yourself about your epic reply?
there's a huge difference between falling on a crash pad with two spotters to move it/guide your fall and falling on a crashpad by yourself. i mentioned this very point in my first post-- there's no reason for risk if i can avoid it. the last thing i want to worry about is my girlfriend falling off of something and spraining her ankle (or worse) because she wanted to come over and climb the problem she set when i'm at work.
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TrungBouhon
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Dude, post an add on craigslist for used rug disposal(or something like the sort). Now stop watching the Giants on the god damn tube and meet me sometime.
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