Gyms are very important to people who are particular about their health and who love bodybuilding. A person who frequents gyms will tell you that flooring is very essential and also is a major contributing factor when it comes to gym ratings.
The gym’s flooring contributes immensely to the satisfaction and user experiences of gym patrons. Just like any other gym equipment, flooring is equally important and to a greater extent the most important as it is the most used in gyms, be it your light workout routine exercises or heavy weight lifting.
Some gyms especially commercial gyms have high traffic from users and are prone to heavy impacts, so it is important to invest in the right flooring for your gym, yes flooring for a gym is an investment as it contributes to your customer base maintenance.
Gyms are exposed to heavy impacts, liquid spillages from water, juice, and sweat so when choosing the right flooring one should consider these factors and more.
Gym Tiles
Gym tiles are found in form of rubber and are now more and more widespread because of their versatility, ease to fabricate, and other important features. Rubber tiles can be found in
- Rubber Interlocking tiles
- PVC Rubber Interlocking tiles
- Rubber insertions these tiles come in large sheets and they are usually thicker and costlier as well, the thicker they are the better and the safer.
- Checkered Rubber Flooring tiles- many of these are not interlocking thereby requiring adhesive when laying them, their checkered surface provides extra grip to users
- Rubber Tyre Flooring – these tiles are made from heavy-duty crushed recycled tires excellent under heavy-duty equipment and do not give in to heavy impacts.
Advantages of Rubber Gym Tiles
Quick and Easy Installation
Gym rubber tiles are easy to install, the interlocking teeth or fasteners are designed to fit into each other, and no adhesive is required. The installation can be done with no special tools at all just a tape measure, a straight edge ruler, and something to cut the tiles with and you are good to go.
Durable and resilient
Rubber tiles have an outstanding resilience, they are resistant to chemicals and are water absorbent at the same time. Gym rubber tiles can withstand heavy traffic, they do not stress under heavy usage.
Rubber floor tiles are at the same time very durable, when setting up your garage floors or renovating you should consider rubber tiles as they will give you value for your money. Once rubber tiles are installed they can be removed only because one now wants a new design not that the tiles are deformed, stressed, or stained.
Gym rubber tiles are impact absorbent they can absorb the impact of weight lifting and drop and at the same time protect your subfloors.
Sound and Noise reduction
Rubber flooring like normal carpeting is a noise absorbent flooring, footsteps, rope skipping and other similar sounds are absorbed by the rubber flooring,
Versatile and Flexible
Your gym can be used for other activities as well, as the tiles are multipurpose, your gym is not limited to one activity, rubber tiles are also flexible and can be fabricated, bent, or cut to fit wherever you want to have it fit.
In a gym area depending on the activities happening at a particular area, different types, thicknesses,es or designs of rubber tiles can be fitted and still look very nice and easy to work on.
Easy to Clean and Maintain
Rubber tiles are the easiest of all the floors to clean and maintain, they do not require any special cleaning tools like hoovers and vacuums to clean, a mop and water go a very long way to clean it no waxing is necessary.
The tiles are very easy to maintain and to make them continue looking good.
Nonslip
Rubber gym tiles are naturally slip-resistant, they provide users with extra grip for their safety which makes the rubber tiles very ideal for gyms.
We understand safety and we understand all types of flooring. For your best gym tiles do not hesitate to get in touch with us for a free quote and advice.
