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Dojo Floor in a House...?
I will be acquiring a 2 family home and I want to use the downstairs level as a dojo. It will be an open floor plan(of course) and my living space will be upstairs.
I want to build a wooden floor, which is traditional and proper for the training, ie - stomping, throws, falling, etc. NOT like "jumping from the top rope" type stuff.
Past students have built floors out of 3/4" plywood on concrete and also on frames. I was wondering how it would work if I used PW as the sub-flooring and using finished 3/4" Finished PW, cut to give the floor a "plank" look.
Do you think that a floor like this could withstand the punishment? Could this even be a good idea?
I believe this is a Finished Plywood Floor and I think it looks great -
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid...
I would like to keep the cost down. I don't know if there are any alternatives -
Karate, I know. Carpentry? NOT! Well, I know some basic stuff but I'm no carpenter.
Anyone have any other ideas or alternatives?
Your advice will be greatly appreciated.
Baby Boomer - The floor is not cement, it is wood on the beams with sub-flooring. The wood on cement floor was one done in the past. When I started training 34 years ago, we trained in the basements of tenement buildings as we could not afford a store front.
I would not subject my students to that... trust me! :)
Did you see the floor on the link? Done in 3/4" Plywood - the lines where drawn on with a sharpie and the floor was varnished.
I will be reinforcing the floor if possible to take the extra punishment and make the floor as forgiving as possible.
Thanks for your concern.
Dojo floors are made in exactly the same way as dance floors.
I'm not building a floor on top of the floor, but making the whole floor like this.
My idea is to use Finished Plywood - probably a nice red oak finish, and cut them into plank size, varnish and sealant, and secure that to the sub-flooring.
This is going to be the first floor apt of a two family house. No furniture and of course, no shoes.
I'm wondering if I will have to reinforce the joists by bridging or sistering.
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I actually did this once years ago when I built a 24 x 36 dojo onto the side of my old home (wish I would have never moved). We bought solid oak planks flooring (tounge and groove) that snapped together. Underneath was concrete so we purchased a vapor barrier layer and bought some 1/4" minicel foam (foambymail.com) and laid that down underneath the floor as we built it. Every single Karate Sensei that I had visit loved our floor. It was like a spring dance floor but better. Once the floor was installed we sanded it down and used a high grade commercial polyacrylic to harden the top coat. It was great but way more than what I had set out to pay. Good luck.
- PegathaLv 71 decade ago
Hopefully a carpenter will answer your questions about whether the floor can take a beating. My question (as a dance student, and daughter of a dance teacher) is whether your joints can take the beating, if the bottom layer of your floor is cement. In dance, the preferred floor is actually suspended wood, which has some give to it (therefore easier on the joints). Maybe you could get the same effect with a layer of foam over the concrete. Anyway, best wishes on your project. A home dojo sounds like an awesome idea.
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Dojo Floor in a House...?
I will be acquiring a 2 family home and I want to use the downstairs level as a dojo. It will be an open floor plan(of course) and my living space will be upstairs.
I want to build a wooden floor, which is traditional and proper for the training, ie - stomping, throws, falling, etc. NOT like...
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The widest part of the stripes lies on the floor leaving a half inch gap between the PW cover and the existing floor.PW should be planed inch thick which works out to 3/4 inch.Use as is or cover with the 1/2 inch interlocking yoga and play school mats
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