Hello everyone,
A friend of mine has very sensitive feet and body due to various injuries and illnesses. She is looking for a new place to move into because the concrete floor under the carpet at her apartment is too hard for her. She has installed padded wooden platforms in her apartment which are a couple of feet wide and less than a foot high but she says that they don’t solve her problem because of the concrete underneath. In fact she believes that whatever she puts on the floor is not going to solve her problem as long as there is concrete underneath. She has been spending about a thousand dollars a week to see a chiropractor and an osteopath but won’t be able to continue doing this because her insurance company is no longer willing to pay them. She believes that the only type of floor that works for her is a wooden floor with a crawlspace underneath.
However, moving is expensive and it’s difficult to find an affordable place with wooden floor in the area where she wants to live. She is also highly allergic to molds and dog waste so she wants to live in a place that has never had a dog.
She also says that she has tried all kinds of shoes but they don’t make that much difference.
I still believe that it is possible to solve the problem by installing a different type of platform. However, since she seems to be the only one who can feel the difference it may be difficult for others to solve the problem for her. Perhaps if we have a measuring instrument sensitive enough to measure the distance the platform moves away from the ceiling in her apartment as she walks around this will make it easier to solve the problem. I got my electrical engineering degree from the University of California San Diego and live about 2 miles away so I could contact their structural engineering department but it may be difficult to set up an earthquake measuring instrument in her apartment.
What do you think would be the best way to construct platforms in her apartment that simulates plywood floor with a crawlspace underneath ? We can use a combination of wood and different types of padding, springs, airbags, etc. Even though she says that she has already tried everything I think we may be able to do better if we have good measuring instruments.
She says that walking on wet sand feels good for her so one solution may be to install sandboxes in her apartment. We can cover the sand with tarps so she doesn’t track it all over the place. If the sand has to be wet we may be able to use sealed plastic sand bags.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions you may have.
Indy J
A friend of mine has very sensitive feet and body due to various injuries and illnesses. She is looking for a new place to move into because the concrete floor under the carpet at her apartment is too hard for her. She has installed padded wooden platforms in her apartment which are a couple of feet wide and less than a foot high but she says that they don’t solve her problem because of the concrete underneath. In fact she believes that whatever she puts on the floor is not going to solve her problem as long as there is concrete underneath. She has been spending about a thousand dollars a week to see a chiropractor and an osteopath but won’t be able to continue doing this because her insurance company is no longer willing to pay them. She believes that the only type of floor that works for her is a wooden floor with a crawlspace underneath.
However, moving is expensive and it’s difficult to find an affordable place with wooden floor in the area where she wants to live. She is also highly allergic to molds and dog waste so she wants to live in a place that has never had a dog.
She also says that she has tried all kinds of shoes but they don’t make that much difference.
I still believe that it is possible to solve the problem by installing a different type of platform. However, since she seems to be the only one who can feel the difference it may be difficult for others to solve the problem for her. Perhaps if we have a measuring instrument sensitive enough to measure the distance the platform moves away from the ceiling in her apartment as she walks around this will make it easier to solve the problem. I got my electrical engineering degree from the University of California San Diego and live about 2 miles away so I could contact their structural engineering department but it may be difficult to set up an earthquake measuring instrument in her apartment.
What do you think would be the best way to construct platforms in her apartment that simulates plywood floor with a crawlspace underneath ? We can use a combination of wood and different types of padding, springs, airbags, etc. Even though she says that she has already tried everything I think we may be able to do better if we have good measuring instruments.
She says that walking on wet sand feels good for her so one solution may be to install sandboxes in her apartment. We can cover the sand with tarps so she doesn’t track it all over the place. If the sand has to be wet we may be able to use sealed plastic sand bags.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions you may have.
Indy J
