[SML] Replacement floor choices

[Nancy Christian]

I would also like to avoid the what paint works best scenario we all have been going through. We did that a couple years ago. We settled on Sherwin Williams for the Black Box hardboard and back to Rosco Tough Prime for the Main Stage pine. Once we got extra coats on we didn’t have a problem with it staying down. We did initially after having the floor shaved down and resealed. The sealant fought the paint for more than a year.

Nancy

From: Steven Hood <shood_td at yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2018 10:11 PM
To: Stagecraft Mailing List <stagecraft at theatrical.net>
Cc: Nancy Christian <Nancy.Christian at vvc.edu>
Subject: Re: [SML] Replacement floor choices

I would go with a plyron surface. When you get a pucker, a bit of sandpaper should take car of it. If you get a divot from an aggressive tapper, a spot of bondo will fill nicely. We screen and repaint oirs once a year since we dumped the regular hardboard surface near 8 years ago. Haven't had to replace a sheet yet.
Hth,
Steven R Hood


On June 4, 2018 7:32:21 PM Nancy Christian via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net<mailto:stagecraft at theatrical.net>> wrote:
The set-up. I have two spaces. The older (38 yrs) main stage is 2”x3” sleepers on 3/8” permacushion pads with 2” x 6” T & G pine top from the proscenium line on up. The apron replaces the pine with ¾” ply and 26/32 maple on top.

The newer black box has ¼” double tempered hard board on two layers of ¾” ply on 2”x4” sleepers on ¾” Masonite “Super W” pads.

Both on a concrete slab. We don’t have traps.

The problem: The older floor is no longer level, the pine is basically flaking away as we pull up tape. All the T & G sound broken but we re-inforce joints twice a year with dowels at an angle. The dance department no longer uses the dance floor because  they have included tap and refuse to use a dance floor that can take heavy tapping. So they dance on the bare floor. The theater department is allowed to screw in but not paint the deck. The floor is failing and needs to be replaced.

In the Black box, the theatre dept can screw into the deck but must pre-drill but still leaves those puckering holes.

I’m afraid if I have the flooring replaced to a subfloor with hard board on top, we would be spending a lot of time fixing puckered holes after theater arts uses the space.

My quandary is: Do I replace with a T & G soft wood floor that is forgiving and patchable or replace it with the hard board floor?

We use the facility for absolutely everything the college and community can throw at us because we are the only facility in the area with a staff.


Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thank you for your time.

Nancy Christian
Technical Coordinator
Performing Arts Center
Victor Valley College
(760) 245-4271 ext. 2513

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Nancy Christian,
TD, Performing Arts Center | Performing Arts Center
Victor Valley College
18422 Bear Valley Road
Victorville, CA 92395
Office: Bldg. 54 Room 10
Email: Nancy.Christian at vvc.edu<mailto:Nancy.Christian at vvc.edu>
Phone: (760) 245-4271 ext 2513


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Victor Valley College
18422 Bear Valley Road
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Office: Bldg. 54 Room 10
Email: Nancy.Christian at vvc.edu
Phone: (760) 245-4271 ext 2513


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