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concrete floors and the effect they have

gabagoo

gabagoo

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I have been on the main shop floor for about 3 hours and came back upstairs to the printing area and all of a sudden I just feel so whacked out.

I realize that standing on concrete drains you of energy.

What can we do economically and easily while working on vehicles to solve this dilemma.

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BROWNDOG

BROWNDOG

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lowes sells cushioned flooring pads by the foot, i just picked up a 8' x3' 1/2" a couple bucks a foot, makes a huge difference, saved quite a bit of exacto blades aswell
 
SlightlyChilled

SlightlyChilled

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Or card board the mats are nice way nice but cardboard is cheaper. For most its the cold floor just pulls the heat from your feet.
 
TheSnowman

TheSnowman

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Cardboard really does do the trick. We did a job in the winter in this shop, and had a ton of cardboard from unpacking products. Some of us were on cardboard, and some of us were just on concrete. Everyone on concrete had cold feet, literally. It's only a temporary fix...but it works great.
 
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speedmedia

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Man. I am only 32 but I did a job the other day on a wrapped vehicle and I was flat wore out after that. My bones hurt and I felt like I got hit by a truck!!! Sprint/Summer hurry up any days now!!

Looking at some ideas for out in the sho in the install bay to see if we can help not be so bad.

Thanks,
Kurt
 
WB

WB

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Get some good shoes and used rubber mats if your standing in 1 spot for long periods.. Our shop area is about 2000sq. ft. of concrete I'm on it all day long. Maybe I'm just used it.
 
UFB Fabrication

UFB Fabrication

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We have some areas in the shop that guys are standing in one place or area for a long time. We have a combination of stuff. For clean areas we have commercial floor mats about 3'x6' that get drug around. We also bout this stuff used to line the floors of horse trailers from a farm supply place. Its this reclaimed rubber tire stuff about 1'' thick in 4'x8' pcs. Then we have a few mats made just to stand on they are kinda pricey. Our neon bender has her whole shop done with the horse mats. I am a even bigger whimp and wear Redwing boots with high dollar insoles even if my butt is parked in the office most of the day.
 
Mosh

Mosh

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+ on the foam squares. We have them where my guys stand and print shirts 16 hours a day. they never complain so it must work.
 
ProWraps

ProWraps

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<OP moment>

you all sounds like ole ladies! im 34, a year out from getting two screws and a wire in my leg and im up and down all over vehicles all day on concrete. the fact that im fat and drink doesnt help.

f*ck george bush.

</OP moment>
 
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Salmoneye

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I approach this from a different angle. I wear Scandinavian clogs. Chefs wear them, doctors wear them, machinists wear them. Being Danish I have worn them off and on my whole life. I used to have a job where we would stand on concrete 15 hours a day 7 days a week for three months in a row. Without the clogs I never could have done it, it isn't because they have cushion but is in the shape of the arch. 'Dansko Professional' are the ones that the doctors wear. They take a little bit to get used to but I guarantee they will be the only things you wear when your feet hurt.
 
OldPaint

OldPaint

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op moment huh? WELLLLLL, ill tell ya sunny..............got 15 year in the auto parts business, and it was 5 1/2 days of 8-9 hours on my feet ON CONCRETE .............and found a great pair of shoes, does the trick!!!!!!!! behind the counters they had a thick floor mat.....but the rest of the store and the garages i went to were all concrete. worked in a steel mill, concrete floors! now a days i just luv the feel of dirt under my bare feet.
i can tell ya if you set a charged CAR BATTERY ON A CONCRETE FLOOR.....................it will drain it!!!!!!
 
G-Artist

G-Artist

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If you don't need to wear steel-toe boots or shoes then any foot wear with soft rubber or crepe sole will do just fine.

I don't know if you can find them anymore but shoes that had a sole that looked like they were a series of notches were the best I ever wore - worked at a GM parts plant and ran my ass off all day on cold and hard concrete. Those shoes kept a spring in my gait all day. Luckily for me, GM paid a bit of the cost because they were steel-toe.

In my shop we have several layers of fatigue mats per work station and a few extra in the corner so the short/tall guys can adjust their working height by adding or subtracting. All that supplimented by scrap cardboard which is an excellent insulator.

If your feet are cold, wear a hat. It helps a lot.
 
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