Discussions tagged diy build
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Sound Proofing Wall (Gym moved next door..sigh)
Dylan Brown
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Hey guys,
We are half way through our buildout and just learned a fitness bootcamp gym is moving next door. Obviously a major issue. The building managment is installing the proper sound proofing (as far as I know) per our lease agreement. I had t...
Float Newb
Non-inline waterbed heater alternatives?
Bret
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Hi All!
I am working on rehabilitating an 25ish-year old Float to Relax tank. It is a fiberglass hard-shell unit with an inner and outer hardshell on the bottom and a hard shell on the top.
In order to shore up the structural integrity of the water...
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Does normal polystyrene hold up under the weight?
Tom
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I want to use polystyrene for the insulation, seems the only viable option.
There are extremely strong polystyrene sheets from Dow chemicals. However I'm wondering whether it's necessary.
I have no idea how to calculate the pressure which will be a...
Float Newb
Building Float room
Hi,
I have been looking at various ways of building your own float room, so far I haven't seen one one using marine ply and resin/glass fibre. I am quite interested in opening a center in the uk but I found commercial rooms/tanks to be quite pricey....
Float Newb
Could you help me out with specifics?
alvar
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Hi All,
In designing a tank I\'m looking at the filtration systems. I\'d be ever so happy to have the brands and types of several well working
pumps,
filtration systems,
dosage systems
and/or UVC lights.
Lots of equipment doesn\'t hold up w...
Float Newb
Help with finalizing plans for my own tank
Hi guys, so im going to be building a float tank in the next few months and im thinking about making a fiberglass box and reinforcing it with wood. My question is will the wood reinforcing be nessecary or will (if built correctly) the fiberglass box ...
Float Newb
Self-adhesive splash guard for the wall?
Eric
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Hello Fellow Floaters~
I have the opening to my tank near a wall, and invariably it get a salty residue when people exist. Does anyone know of a self-adhesive roll of vinyl or some other material as an easy to clean splash guard? It would need to be...
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More flooring
colin roald
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Let's take another run at the flooring question.
Do you run a float center?
Are your floors concrete, or beam-and-joist?
How have you waterproofed your float rooms?
How long ago/how much traffic has it seen? Are you happy with how it's holding ...
Float Newb
Inside dimensions: larger VS more insulation
Karl
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Good day! Im at the point in construction where I'm about to fasten the first 2x4 to the 4x8 sheet of plywood.
I can't decide if the first 2x4s should be upright or on their sides.
upright: inside width in the tank before liner would be 43.5 inch...
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Homemade pod style
Luke
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So as I'm looking at our budget, and HOW MUCH MONEY we're alloting for approachable pod style devices, I keep remembering these cosmic cats I sat by at a float mixer after one of conference days. One was Jeffrey Bruno, who the next day delivered a ba...