It’s September 1st! We’re officially open to the public again! Our Member Soft Open went just like a dream (I almost said “swimmingly;” it’s hard to avoid water vocabulary around here).
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Path to Reopening Update 4
We are almost there. We fixed the too-excitingly broken filter housing in Room 4! Our little UV boats, after testing and modification, don’t capsize in the whirling whitewater that is a float tank cleaning cycle! We’ve been figuring out how the new cleaning and sanitizing procedures work in the time constraints between float appointments!
Continue reading Path to Reopening Update 4Path to Reopening Update 3
We’ve been hard at work getting Float ready to reopen to the public! Just as a refresher, this is the general checklist we’ve been working through.
Continue reading Path to Reopening Update 3How Floating Dissolves Stress
Even without the existential malaise of living through global crisis, our modern way of life tends to exert a lot of pressure on most people. As mental health research evolves, it’s become apparent that what we call “stress” can actually cause a lot of health problems; not just physical problems like heart disease and high blood pressure (although those are certainly significant), but also mental health issues like PTSD, depression, and eating disorders.
Continue reading How Floating Dissolves StressPath to Reopening Update #2
Our UV sanitation lights are finally here. Exciting! I’m currently charging them all up for testing. We also built a prototype of the little boat they’ll ride around in during the filter cycle and tested that. All of the tanks themselves are actively ventilated, and the rooms each vent directly outside, which mitigates one of the big worries with indoor spaces and coronavirus. The UV lights are meant to kill anything left behind in the tank.
Continue reading Path to Reopening Update #2