Basement Help

Hi there,

I taped industrial gym mats that I bought at a fitness store; i.e. Fitness Warehouse, Fitness Experience. It's been 5 years, and it's held up great!

Good luck.

Two options come to mind. Get extra padding and carpet and wrap the poles, or get foam from a craft department and wrap the poles. Both work, you just overlap the edges and staple together

If it's not a really thick pole, you might be able to use pool noodles, and they would be colorful.

If it's bigger than that, I'd go with the suggestion of the vinyl wraps. The kind I am thinking of is like gymnastic mats that have velcro at each end, then it would fasten itself.
You might be able to buy one that doesn't have folds, then wrap it around once or twice.

When you pad and carpet the floor, have the installers do the same with the poles. There are adhesives that will stick the carpet to the pole and Whala there you go bumpered poles!

Good Luck

I know they make a product called pipe wrap for keeping exposed pipes warm in the winter but I don't know if this would work for you. What about building a play table for coloring activities around the pole? Just a thought.

A friend of mine had custom-made vinyl pads made. I remember that she said it was expensive, but I can't remember where she found the company that did it. Here's a site that has pictures of padding similar to what they had installed: http://www.gymwallpadding.com

Oh, here's another site that has a different solution: http://www.phunzone.com/Boing/index.html

Hi -

We didn't do anything fancy. We just purchased big pieces of foam rubber and tied them around the posts. It worked pretty well - and, we can keep moving them up the pole as our daughter gets taller!

Good luck -
E.

I have seen both pads and carpeting, as some people have already mentioned here. I have also seen a few people who have framed out the area around it and put up drywall and painted it to match. However, if you are worried about your kids running into it, and already about to have carpeting done, it would probably be easiest (and possibly cheaper) to have carpeting put on there at the same time.

E. ,

I had the same problem with my sons , my husband and I tried pipe wrap and it worked fpr a short time but then my son figured out it came a part if he picked at it. We ended up taking the wrap off and I can say they have not hit thier heads at all . Head to your local hardware store and ask them for some ideas.

Good luck !!

My daughter's preschool had that problem. I think a dad who does plumbing covered them with the dark gray foam that is used to cover/insulate hot water pipes. I don't know what he did to attach it, maybe duck tape!

I have seen people wrap mats around them. Did you ask at the hardware store?

E.

They have cushion wraps for pillars. I know my Dad just had them put on his pillars when he had his carpet laid.

Gods Blessings
D.

I have seen them carpeted.

I have seen people litereally carry the carpeting up and around the poles. I am not sure how they do it (I wonder if you could even add the carpet pad...) but you could probably ask the people who are installing the carpet. You would just need to buy extra.

I would carpet them or as a previous post suggested, build a little table around them. But then of course if they are crawling underneath that might pose a problem.