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I have been sewing knee pads for people who spend the working day on the floor: tilers, floor layers, electricians pulling cable along the baseboard, gardeners, anyone who kneels for hours. Ready-made pads usually fail in the same two ways. They are cut for one leg size, so on a thin leg they slide down to the shin and on a full leg they squeeze; and the padding is glued in for good, so when it flattens after a season the whole pad goes into the bin. I take measurements and build a shell that fits your leg, with the cushion as a separate part you can pull out and replace.
What I need from you is two measurements: the girth of the leg above the knee and below it, taken over the trousers you actually work in, and a word about your floor. For laying tiles in a flat I make a soft version with a wide foam insert and a rounded front, so it does not mark a fresh screed. For working on gravel, broken brick or a rough slab I add a hard cup over the contact zone, and the foam sits behind it. The shell is dense fabric with reinforcement where it rubs the ground, and on the inside there is a soft lining, because a seam right on the kneecap is the thing people give up on by the second day.
Straps are the part that decides whether you keep the pads on. I make them wide, elastic, with hook-and-loop and a silicone anti-slip band, and I place them above and below the joint, never a single tight band right under the knee: a tight band there presses on the vessels and the leg goes numb, which is exactly what makes people throw the pads off after an hour. Everything is adjustable, so you can loosen them as the leg swells by the end of the day. Please read the honest part too: this is everyday protection from a hard floor and small debris, not certified personal protective equipment. Where the site rules require certified knee protection, buy the certified item, not mine. And if your knees already hurt, that is a question for a doctor, not for a pad.
— measurements taken above and below the knee, one pair or a whole crew in a single colour;
— dense shell with a reinforced contact zone and a soft lining against chafing;
— pocket with a replaceable foam insert, thin and thick supplied together;
— hard cup version for gravel, soft version for tiling indoors;
— wide elastic straps with hook-and-loop and an anti-slip band, adjusted above and below the joint;
— shell washes separately from the insert, so the foam keeps its shape;
— repair and replacement of worn straps and inserts later, without remaking the pads;
— usual turnaround is five to nine days, a crew set a little longer.
What I need from you is two measurements: the girth of the leg above the knee and below it, taken over the trousers you actually work in, and a word about your floor. For laying tiles in a flat I make a soft version with a wide foam insert and a rounded front, so it does not mark a fresh screed. For working on gravel, broken brick or a rough slab I add a hard cup over the contact zone, and the foam sits behind it. The shell is dense fabric with reinforcement where it rubs the ground, and on the inside there is a soft lining, because a seam right on the kneecap is the thing people give up on by the second day.
Straps are the part that decides whether you keep the pads on. I make them wide, elastic, with hook-and-loop and a silicone anti-slip band, and I place them above and below the joint, never a single tight band right under the knee: a tight band there presses on the vessels and the leg goes numb, which is exactly what makes people throw the pads off after an hour. Everything is adjustable, so you can loosen them as the leg swells by the end of the day. Please read the honest part too: this is everyday protection from a hard floor and small debris, not certified personal protective equipment. Where the site rules require certified knee protection, buy the certified item, not mine. And if your knees already hurt, that is a question for a doctor, not for a pad.
— measurements taken above and below the knee, one pair or a whole crew in a single colour;
— dense shell with a reinforced contact zone and a soft lining against chafing;
— pocket with a replaceable foam insert, thin and thick supplied together;
— hard cup version for gravel, soft version for tiling indoors;
— wide elastic straps with hook-and-loop and an anti-slip band, adjusted above and below the joint;
— shell washes separately from the insert, so the foam keeps its shape;
— repair and replacement of worn straps and inserts later, without remaking the pads;
— usual turnaround is five to nine days, a crew set a little longer.
