floor problem - help wanted!!

emotioncatcher started this discussion · 5/12/2011

hey veeners! after the may challenge i decided to wear more often high heels when i´m on my pole as it was so much fun. but now i´m going to move in another appartement with parquet floor which would get destroyed from high heels... any ideas how to solve this problem? i definitely don´t want to have to replace the floor when we will leave the appartement in some years... i hope someone can help me ^^

21 replies

Stevesgirl · 5/12/2011
What about getting different high heels? Instead of stilleto heels, what about a more "chunky" type heel?
JessesGirl96 · 5/12/2011
Maybe just get one of those clear office chair mats and put it under the pole?
chemgoddess1 · 5/12/2011
https://www.studioveena.com/forums/view/Bare_feet_on_horrid_floors_20110205091414 https://www.studioveena.com/forums/view/Heels_and_Carpet_2010-11-23_034731 https://www.studioveena.com/forums/view/Hate_carpet_What_can_i_do_20110309100339 Lots of great suggestions in the threads that I posted!
Kobajo84 · 5/13/2011
Can you build your own hardwood floor to place under your pole- like a removable dance floor?
emotioncatcher · 5/13/2011
thanks for all the great suggestions! @stevesgirl: this might work for others but i just love my stilleto heel too much ^^ @chemgoddess: i have those foam mats which were mentioned in one and once walked over them with heels and they couldn´t stand the pressure of the heel... they might get completely destroyed when i dance on them. but i liked the idea of just using a carpet which would be also cheap. i could cut a slot from the side to the hole in the middle and put it always away while the pole could stay. @jessesgirl: this is my favourite idea so far as there are even clear once you nearle don´t see and they might be good to walk on with heels! do you know wheather they slip on the ground? because i would could them like the carpet so that it would be removable. you all made my day! it was such a shock when my mother yesterday said to me " you know you can´t wear high heels in your new apartment on the parquet?"! but now i can´t wait to pole there!
emotioncatcher · 5/13/2011
@kobajo: love that idea. maybe my dad could do that for me. but i i don´t know how expensive that would be? i think i´ll first try the office mat as i can do this on my own and only cost about 10€ and i can cut it on my own. but for the future your idea would be more pretty =)
emotioncatcher · 5/13/2011
i just read in another forum something about a little piece of silicone to put over the heels which other dancers use to dance on parquet. does anyone know something about that?
emotioncatcher · 5/13/2011
http://www.heeldice.com/webshop/produktuebersicht here you can see them
chemgoddess1 · 5/13/2011
emotioncatcher, you should not be putting that much pressure on your heels. For a long time I had a piece of panelling that I bought at Home Depot under my pole.
amcut · 5/13/2011
I hate carpet floorwork. Can I lay a piece of linoleum down over my carpet, or is that a recipe for disaster?
amcut · 5/13/2011
Huge recipe for disaster. Chemmie, was that sheet of bathroom business stable? Maybe I could find a MASSIVE piece and slide along slide along. I swear I hate renting. I should just pull it up and dare them to complain about new hardwood floors.
emotioncatcher · 5/13/2011
it´s not a matter of the pressure with the foam mats, it´s just because of the shape... how expensive was the panel? i ordered now the special designed protectors for my heels as this might be the easiest solution, but i´m unsure wheather it´ll work
PennyGirl · 5/13/2011
Amcut ~ girl hardwood isn't the answer either hunny. I've got hard wood floors. I danced in heels like once and left all sorts of grooves in the floor from where my heels scraped the wood. My hubby was su upset at me. So now I have heels but I can't do anything that would cause them to drag or hit the floor. Mostly all I can do is climb and walk in a circle...totally sux! I wonder what the ideal floor would be cuz it seems nothing is really good at taking a stilleto beating....unless you have cement floors right? Boooo so who has floors that don't scratch at all???(excluding carpet lol)
Kobajo84 · 5/13/2011
Our studio has hardwood floors and we don't have a problem at all.
amcut · 5/13/2011
..that's strange! It must be a soft wood. I had hardwoods in my last home and my heels left scuffs that I could clean up, but no gouges... Of course, then I was complaining about my knees hurting from the hard hard wood. LOL
PennyGirl · 5/13/2011
Lol OUTCh! yeah I guess it is soft wood. I Always thought wood was just wood until now. Oh well to bad for me ;-)
PennyGirl · 5/13/2011
Lol OUTCh! yeah I guess it is soft wood. I Always thought wood was just wood until now. Oh well to bad for me ;-)
PennyGirl · 5/13/2011
Lol OUTCh! yeah I guess it is soft wood. I Always thought wood was just wood until now. Oh well to bad for me ;-)
PennyGirl · 5/13/2011
Lol OUTCh! yeah I guess it is soft wood. I Always thought wood was just wood until now. Oh well to bad for me ;-)
chemgoddess1 · 5/13/2011
I had mine under a lil mynx out in my garage for almost 3 years without it shifting. The panelling piece is 4x8. Don't see an issue on carpeting but I would probably put that carpet foamy thing between the two (like the shelf liner stuff). The panel was $20.
emotioncatcher · 5/14/2011
i think if the protectors won´t work i´ll get the panel. if it last only one year $20 would be worth it! @pennygirl: in the apartment i´m leaving, we have kind of pvc-floor. until now my heels didn´t make any scratches in it. it´s also good for dancing as it´s nor too slipperly neither too sticky and cold. but i think it doesn´t look really pretty ^^