03-21-11, 08:17 PM | ||
Join Date: Apr 2002
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My dh said we should put commercial grade rubber interlocking mats in our workout room. He put them in a blue and black checkerboard pattern on a diagonal from the far corner of the room. It's really comfortable to me but I guess a "floating" or raised wood floor would be top of the line but very expensive. He got a certain percentage of seconds for our mats and used them for cutting in on the borders and in the closet. We saved a lot that way. I think we got 20% seconds. They might have one smudge and you are cutting them for borders anyway. Horse mats sound great if the price is right. My dh said Fluffydogfan got a REALLY good price on her horse stall mats. He is extremely impressed by the 350 lb barbell. HTH HTH! |
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03-21-11, 08:39 PM | |
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Corona, CA
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How funny...just yesterday I was thinking that I should look at this thread again, and lo and behold, it got revived today!
I'm almost ready to buy the flooring for my garage. I'm still leaning towards the plyorobic rubber flooring, so I'll post my opinions on it after I've installed it. I'm not too worried about the smell because it will be in the garage, which is generally closed off from the rest of the house. My main concern is that it will be difficult to do complex choreography because of the traction. I am going to try to find some horse stall mats first, just to see if they might work for me. I hope so, because I could save a lot of money that way. |
09-05-11, 11:19 PM | |
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Corona, CA
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I'm reviving this thread because I finally installed some rubber flooring in my garage. I ended up going with this option: http://www.rubbercal.com/Revolution.html. I only found this manufacturer because I was looking for something I could buy locally to avoid exorbitant shipping charges. Turns out my whole order weighed about 875 pounds and we don't own a truck, so I ended up paying for shipping after all.
Anyhow, my husband and I installed it ourselves this weekend. We put it directly over concrete with no adhesive. It wasn't exactly fun, and we had to take a utility knife to some of the little connector pegs to get them to fit into the holes in the adjoining tile. But now that it's done, I really like it so far! It feels like it has enough give for high impact cardio, but it also is able to support my squat rack. I will probably get another layer of thick rubber to put under the treadmill, since the constant pounding might wear down the spots on the floor where the treadmill legs sit. |
09-06-11, 09:02 AM | |
Join Date: May 2004
Location: SoCal
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OH! i'm so jealous! that stuff is awesome! we thought about getting this and doing the same thing (picking it up) but ya... not at 800+ pounds!
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09-06-11, 09:17 AM | |
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Colorado
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I was thinking about this again over the weekend when my extra piece of carpet kept bunching up while doing kickboxing - ugh!!! This thread popping back up is a sign, I must do something! Anyone try portable dance flooring? I was thinking about a 9' x 12' area of something like this: http://www.snaplockdancefloors.com/maplexl.html
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