Wood Flooring for Yoga Studio

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Author Message Jerome J. Lazar, RA, CCS, CSI, SCIP Senior Member Username: lazarcitec Post Number: 1250 Registered: 05-2003 Posted on Friday, February 13, 2015 - 09:22 am:    Any of my colleagues can tell me the best wood flooring for a room to be used as a Yoga Studio? I VISITED THE CONNORSPORTS website, but Yoga was not listed as a sport they cater to, and I am not a Yoga person, I assume wood is the best surface, any Yoga fans out there? J. Peter Jordan Senior Member Username: jpjordan Post Number: 798 Registered: 05-2004 Posted on Friday, February 13, 2015 - 09:49 am:    I am going to go out on a limb here and suggest that you may be going overboard. Yoga is not an impact activity such as dance or aerobics not does it require the resiliency you need for sports like basketball, volleyball, or racquetball. This is not to say that it wouldn't be a great idea to do a "sprung" wood floor if this were to actually be a multipurpose room. As I understand it, each person will have their own mat so you might even think about a standard resilient floor. A good compromise would be a relatively inexpensive resilient athletic floor. You might also think maintenance. One of the problems with some of these facility is that no one thinks that cleaning is needed other than a typical janitorial cycle (at the end of the day). The floor should probably be cleaned after every activity and possible disinfected. I would call some of the sports flooring reps. While yoga is not on the radar at the website, I would be willing to bet that the reps have done a few. Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEEDŽ AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 1965 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Friday, February 13, 2015 - 09:51 am:    Did you try calling Connor? (I think you'd want some spring to the floor, but wouldn't need a whole lot since you're not playing a contact sport) And there's also resilient sport flooring that might work well. Musson Rubber and Mondo flooring come to mind. Colin Gilboy Senior Member Username: colin Post Number: 395 Registered: 09-2005 Posted on Friday, February 13, 2015 - 09:56 am:    Most of the yoga studios I have visited have wood floors - most recently a bamboo wood floor. I think the wood floors are more for aesthetic than functional reasons. The only exceptions are hot yoga studios - I have no idea of what type of flooring they use. Must take the high temperature (105 deg) and 40% humidity and then back to room temperature. Colin Gilboy Publisher, 4specs.com 435.200.5775 - Utah 800.369.8008 Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEEDŽ AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 1966 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Friday, February 13, 2015 - 10:06 am:    Bamboo would be the last choice I'd make. A friend has a bamboo floor in her kitchen / dining space, and it stains with every drop of moisture unless it's wiped up immediately. It looks terrible. Can't imagine what sweat would do to it. Jerome J. Lazar, RA, CCS, CSI, SCIP Senior Member Username: lazarcitec Post Number: 1251 Registered: 05-2003 Posted on Friday, February 13, 2015 - 10:06 am:    Good points, I've asked the ID for their input as well, the yoga floor is in a Luxury Apartment project with a huge amenity facility (much larger than I've seen in other apartment projects). I've worked on many clubhouses and amenity facilities for senior living projects, but in most of those projects the flooring was very high end, the ID wound up specifying the products, leaving me out of the mix. Jerome J. Lazar, RA, CCS, CSI, SCIP Senior Member Username: lazarcitec Post Number: 1252 Registered: 05-2003 Posted on Friday, February 13, 2015 - 10:09 am:    I've specified Connor Neo-Shock in the past, but that's maybe too much spring, good point Lynn I will call Conner and ask them. Jerome J. Lazar, RA, CCS, CSI, SCIP Senior Member Username: lazarcitec Post Number: 1253 Registered: 05-2003 Posted on Friday, February 13, 2015 - 10:36 am:    Spoke to Brent at Connor Floors in Texas, he recommended the standard Wood GYM floor or the Neoshock. Brent also mentioned that Hot Yoga and wood was not a good solution...kudo to Colin.