hospital bed
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Topic: hospital bed
Posted By: janice
Subject: hospital bed
Date Posted: 11/06/07 at 12:42pm
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A local hospital has offered to loan me a bed for The Outsiders but it's too heavy for my stage. Has anyone ever constructed a hospital bed and could give me some pointers? ------------- Janice |
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Posted By: JoeMc
Date Posted: 11/06/07 at 8:53pm
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Welcome janice! Do you mean it it is too heavy to shift about or your stage won't take the weight? I would imagine it is the sh*ting your posting about. Well you could stick it on a truck [rostrum with castors] or shove castors on the bed legs. But being a hospital bed it would be mobile anyway? ------------- [western] Gondawandaland "Hear the light & see the sound! TOI TOI CHOOKAS {may you always play to a full house!} |
Posted By: janice
Date Posted: 11/07/07 at 9:23am
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The weight of the bed is too heavy for my stage. There is the risk it will crash through the floor (those things weigh a ton). I'm looking at building a hospital bed and I was hoping someone had some ideas. I've got white sheets and a mattress. I just have to build some type of frame to elevate the bed off the floor to a waist high level.
------------- Janice |
Posted By: vickifrank
Date Posted: 11/07/07 at 10:26am
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Will they loan you a gurney? Gurney's are much lighter than real beds, moveable, and have the side bars--to give it that real hospital look. Also scaled much smaller for a smaller stage.
Another idea....for the sick being cared for at home they rent beds that are similar to hospital beds. I'm sure they are a scaled down version.
Final idea. You may be able to buy a cheap bed frame on wheels and add the side guards from a medical supply store. Many kids with disabilities and older infirm people (like me--OK, I'm not THAT old, just feel that way some days) have sides of beds that add to existing beds to prevent falling out. I believe you can get those at medical supply stores in US--even rent them.
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Posted By: janice
Date Posted: 11/07/07 at 10:38am
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Those are great ideas. Thanks.
------------- Janice |
Posted By: JoeMc
Date Posted: 11/07/07 at 10:59am
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Actualy just checking out your website & looking at the the weight
there would have been on whole structure during 'all for the best', I
think you may be being over worring;- http://mjct.org/sitebuilderImages/All%20for%20the%20best.jpg - http://mjct.org/sitebuilderImages/All%20for%20the%20best.jpg As the weight of the hospital bed would be spread over about at least 18 square feet. even if it was a fully nechanised bed with automatic drive posion motors fitted. Looking at the stage deck, wich looks like being T&G flooring & the the thickness of the stage flooring, on the over hang edge on the apron. I believe you could drive a car over it. However you know your space & structual condition of the stage, ultimatly you have to assess the risk, as in duty of care. So I will pull my head in! To produce the bed. Basicly all you need is either an ordinary bed, mounted on a riser [rostra] to give the reqired height. Or make a 6' x 3' rostra & tart it up with a head & tail boards. I'm sure you could find something suitable fosicking about a Op Shop or salvage yard, if it is an old style Iron Com bed, You might find you have risers/rostra you can utalise. However you might find a friendly builder who could quickly check out the stages structure for free or a couple of comps. Maybe one of the parents may be qualified to check it out? Hope this helps janice.  Chookas ------------- [western] Gondawandaland "Hear the light & see the sound! TOI TOI CHOOKAS {may you always play to a full house!} |
Posted By: garryfox91
Date Posted: 4/19/11 at 7:15am
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hello all, |
Posted By: didj1028
Date Posted: 4/19/11 at 11:19am
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honestly if your stage couldn't hold up a hospital bed I'd frankly say you have bigger issues than what else to use. Not sure I'd want to act or put scenery on that stage.
------------- Geoff Ehrendreich Waterloo Community Playhouse Waterloo IA |