Setting up a gym is one of the most exciting developments for both a home and a commercial gym, especially for people who are health-conscious, buying the exercise equipment, the weights, and everything seeing your gym slowly taking shape.
A lot of people, however, overlook the flooring aspect of the gym, as long as they have space and a roof it is good enough for them. They can be termed as the most used equipment in the gym and yet highly neglected or overlooked.
A good flooring brings out the best gym experience ever, the gym is stressful and tiresome so the flooring will at least give them comfort under their feet or comfort when they are laying down and doing their workout routines.
There are quite a number of flooring and matting options for gyms available, at the same time there are some factors you should consider when flooring or refurbishing your gym floors.
Listed below are some of the floors options for gyms either a home gym or a commercial gym
- Eva foam floor
- Rubber Tyre floor
- PVC rubber floor
- Wooden floor
- Epoxy gym floor
- Rubber insertion floor
- Artificial grass floor
- Checkered rubber floor
- Rubber insertion floor
All these options have their Pros and Cons when it comes to gym flooring. We will however at rubber flooring in detail as it is coming popular and is being installed in most modern gyms the reason being because of its obvious benefits and versatility.
There are various types of rubber floors which we will be looking at as below,
Rubber tire flooring
This rubber is made from recycled heavy-duty vehicles tires forming a heavy-duty flooring sheet. These mats are usually used in commercial gyms on their heavy equipment zones, they are ideal in such kinds of areas because they are very strong and do not strain under the heavy equipment even if heavyweights are dropped on the ground little or no impact at all on the subfloor.
Rubber tire floors are highly impacted absorbers and at the same time are chemical resistant. Rubber tire floor tiles are very flexible can be cut to size to fit any area.
PVC Rubber Flooring
This option is very common with most commercial gyms because of a number of factors. PVC rubber floor tiles are easy to lay, no special expertise is required, they are affordable as compared to other options of floorings, easy to clean, easy to maintain, and also resistant to most chemicals.
PVC rubber tiles are resistant to impact as well though not to the same extent as the rubber tire flooring. This type of flooring is ideal for light to medium weights, they are also very durable, comfortable on the feet, and are shock absorbers as well.
Checkered Rubber floors
This type of flooring has a volatile surface, which provides extra grip to users and increases the ant slip capability of the floor, though no longer very common as it is being replaced by a modern type of rubber flooring.
Checkered rubber floors are very safe to work on, the mats are waterproof absorb moisture, and have a high level of impact and shock absorbance properties.
A list of floor types has been given above and only got in detail the rubber flooring options as they are depending on a number of factors are the best-suited flooring for gyms
Rubber flooring is versatile, comfortable, flexible, hygienic and a cost-effective option of flooring. A gym is prone to spillages of water and juices even a seat can find its way on the floors the prons being that it is easy to clean and is ant-slip you can easily wipe it off and continue with your workout.
Rubber floorings and matting comes in multiple colors which one can use to lighten up your gym.
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