I think I understand the "in situ rubber" part, I think for badminton a poured urethane system would be more economical. We aren't using a poured system flooring.
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i see. so back to the basic. 70s Sidek brother Malaysian ghetto style, concrete flooring. wooden pole and a string at the net!
the photo was taken about 1.5 months ago. What do you find is so bad with the polyurethane interlocking tiles?
But its still PU, eh? Then its got to be something like regugym if as bad-voucouver says, its not mats, and not in-situ...
they are quite ghetto looking. and they move around and warp. i was at SG2 a couple of weeks ago and they already have a few places where the tiles bulging up. they also need padding underneath as they themselves sitting directly on concrete will be quite stiff.
then my flooring could not be polyurethane interlocking tiles as the badminton vancouver floor needs to be pleasing to the eyes. Agreed on the padding anytime there is concrete involved.
good guess visor, although floating hardwood floor like VRC would hardly be different and special. Doesn't hardwood floor get slippery when dusty and wet?
no, vrc power sanded the hardwood floor and left it unvarnished, which makes it surprisingly grippy with rubber soles... and the floating floor absorbs impact quite well so that knees and ankles are spared of jarring shocks
it doesn't really need to be different and special for the sake of being different and special. it just need to be quality floor that your future customer will like and thus will come back to BV. good qualities that most badminton player will look for are: - suspension. a lively suspended floor is the best - grippiness. the top layer need to be grippy and stays that way other factors include: - look. must look professional. nothing is worse than a homemade ghetto look. but however if the floor is good per above, people won't care as much. - longevity. you are in this for 5, 10, 15, 20 years. better invest now than have to fix it later - cost. to me, suspended wood floor with court mat is the best for the first 4 factors but unfortunately will cost quite a bit more than the alternatives. but of course, if you have already gone all the way to build the shell specifically for badminton, the extra cost of the flooring might not be that much in the grand scheme of things.
It will also be great if the place has a bubble tea bar/restaurant as well. Mitchell Island is kinda remote from Richmond downtown area. A small bistro to service patrons on breaks from their games might be a good idea. As for lighting, it must be bright but not so bright as to blind the player when he looks up at the shuttle. Have you thought of redirected lighting? Perhaps having brighter lights but reflected onto the ceiling might do the trick?
Drove over the Knight St. Bridge (to Richmond) last night and saw the Badminton Vancouver court (warehouse). Really visible if you happen to look at it on your right (west side of the bridge). I might play some night games at Badminton Vancouver to try it out. Coming from Burnaby so it will save me about 10-15min of drive time going through Richmond (to get to ClearOne). But I will continue to play on the weekend at ClearOne. The advantage of ClearOne is that after playing in the morning, you can go to the many asian malls/food courts for lunch. So many options. I don't know too many eateries near Knight and SW Marine Drive (especially asian food).
Air conditioning is a MUST for summer season. We just quit going to ClearONE Poco starting July. Our experiences on their grand opening last year in a hot summer day was a total nightmare.
I doubt that is gonna happen. It'll be costly to air condition a warehouse. Night time should be fine.
Night time is even worse because hot air accumulates. Best time will be the morning. From our experiences, it was like playing badminton in a huge sauna room and if you don't take a break after 2 games the chance you got pass out is pretty high. Well, I definitely will take a note on this if they don't have air-con, nothing personal.
