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Corporate, Hospital, and other Room Dividers: How Stable Are the Room Dividers?

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    • CommentAuthorGuest
    • CommentTimeJul 24th 2008 edited
     # 1

    Hi,

    I am looking for room dividers for my hospital classroom.  I subdivide a private study area from a group discussion area.

    I teach some rather rambunctious patients while they receive treatment, and I am worried that a patient might tip over your room dividers.

    • How stable are they? 
    • Are they easy to tip over? 
    • What's the force required to tip them over?
    • Is there a particular length that is more stable than others?
    • What about heights?  Its a tall room, so I'd like to get some tall room dividers, but will the Tall room dividers tip over easier?

    I'm worried someone might tip the divider onto the other room and hurt my 10 - 12 year old students.

    Thanks,

    Dr. Marvin K. Rabinowitz

    • CommentAuthorKevin
    • CommentTimeSep 17th 2008
     # 2

    Great questions!  Screenflex portable room dividers are very stable.  Each room divider has a 29-1/2" wide steel frame at each end.  The width and weight distribution of the end frame provides much of the stability for the unit.  In addition, because of the full-length piano hinges on every Screenflex room divider, any force put on the unit is distributed throughout the entire partition, which helps increase the stability of the product.  Finally, our self-leveling casters adjust to minor variations in your floor, making your Screenflex room divider stand straight, even if your floor is not.

    Shorter heights and lengths are inherently more stable, yes, but the bottom line is we would not build something if it was not stable.  For your particular application, I might recommend a 6'-8" or perhaps 7'-4" height.  If you have a "tall room" (high ceiling) then you will probably not notice a big difference in sound absorption by moving up to an 8'-0" tall unit, instead of a 6'-8" or 7'-4" height. 

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