Rubber surfacing is found in many different environments, from playground surfaces to pool decks and gym floors. If you need flooring that’s rugged, durable, slip-resistant and impact-absorbent, rubber is the ideal choice.
Benefits of Rubber Safety Surfacing
Rubber safety surfacing offers many potential benefits compared to other safety flooring options, including:
- Readily customizable: Choose from a variety of colors and patterns to suit everything from pool decks to commercial or home gyms.
- Highly durable: Being impact-resistant, rugged and strong, rubber safety surfacing can handle high-traffic environments and the impact of heavy weights or exercise equipment.
- Good safety features: Rubber is heat-resistant and shock-absorbent, making it a good choice for pool decks, playground safety surfaces and other public spaces where property owners must meet exacting safety standards.
- Cost-effective: Once laid, rubber safety surfacing is easy to maintain and should last for a long time. The low total cost of ownership of rubber safety flooring makes it an attractive choice for property owners.
Types of Rubber Safety Surfacing
For outdoor environments or large commercial spaces, poured-in-place rubber is the most popular choice. This type of surface must be professionally installed, and it lasts for a long time and helps protect against water ingress and other issues.
An alternative option that’s frequently used for playgrounds is bonded rubber mulch or rubber playground tiles. These are an environmentally friendly safety flooring option available in a range of colors that offer an aesthetically pleasing, durable and convenient alternative to wood chips.
Applications
Softroc rubber safety surfacing can be used in a range of environments, including:
- Pool decks: Slip-free rubber is also ideal for pool deck surfacing. Rubber is easy to clean and maintain, and provides a good grip in an environment where the floor is likely to be wet for a large portion of the time.
- Gyms and workout spaces: Pour-in-place rubber can be a good choice for commercial or home gym surfacing. Rubber is soft enough to be comfortable for doing floor-based exercises, offers good noise-insulating properties and is impact-resistant. It can protect your floor from damage caused by dropped weights or heavy exercise equipment.
- Playgrounds: Mulch or rubber chips are Pour-in-place rubber surfacing is a good option for playgrounds, offering easy water drainage, good grip and cushioning to prevent injuries.
- Outdoor courts: Rubber is often used over asphalt in tennis courts and other outdoor sport courts. The properties of this material help provide some cushioning to athletes who are running back and forth and making rapid movements, and it can also improve grip.
Rubber is an incredibly versatile material. Softroc offers over 25 colors, 10 standard color blends and endless customizable color combinations, letting you create a visually appealing aesthetic and match or contrast against the rest of the environment.
Installation Process
If you decide to opt for pour-in-place rubber safety flooring, you need to have a substrate in place, such as asphalt or concrete, for the rubber to be poured onto. Our flooring installation professionals come to your site and assess the area where you’d like to have the floor installed, to confirm that it’s suitable.
If your floor is suitable, they clean and prepare the flooring, then mix the rubber with a binding agent before pouring it. The goal is to create a flat, seamless surface that’s free from tripping hazards.
Once the rubber is poured, it needs some time to fully dry.
The length of time it takes to install rubber safety flooring can vary. However, in many cases, we can complete the installation within 24 hours, so your new pool or outdoor space will be ready for use quite quickly.
Maintenance Requirements
Rubber flooring is easy to maintain. Day-to-day cleaning can be done simply by sweeping the floor or washing it with a diluted pH neutral floor cleaning solution. In addition, Softroc offers deep cleaning and resealing services for increased durability, rejuvenation, and longevity.
Rubber Safety Surfacing for Any Use Case
Rubber safety surfacing is beautiful, durable and versatile, making it an idealoption for pools, gyms, playgrounds and other public places. Softroc installs pour-in-place rubber flooring for a variety of use cases, and can complete many jobs in as little as 24 hours, letting you get your pool or gym up and running quickly.
If you’re considering investing in rubber safety surfacing, contact Softroc today to request a free estimate or book a consultation.