There’s no place where hardwood floors can’t make a big difference. The classic appeal of wood flooring makes it the preferred choice in flooring for any occasion. Even your favorite team is going to benefit from hardwood floors. For over a century, we’ve been using maple wood for performance-enhancing sports floors for gymnasiums and sporting arenas.
Requirements for sports floors
Whether it’s high school dodge ball or college basketball, a sports floor should be tough, durable, and safe. Sports floors need to be able to take a beating day after day, morning, noon, and night. And on game days, it’s going to be carrying the weight of the entire student body, including parents, teachers, and visitors.
Another critical element of a sports floor is to keep it aesthetically clean and straightforward. Although small variances are allowed, you don’t want the flooring to distract from the court and boundary lines that are drawn for the various sporting event. A rustic reclaimed floor may give your gymnasium an element of surprise, and it will most likely be a significant distraction for players. Keep the installation pattern, colors, and textures as neutral as possible.
Maple wood sports floors
Nothing is tougher, harder, and more durable than maple wood. Maple is the go-to wood used for sports floors. Combined with a tough floor finish, maple wood can withstand hours upon hours of constant foot traffic without scratching, scuffing or breaking.
Shock resistance
One of the essential elements of the sports floor is shock resistance. Good shock resistance will protect the floor, but it will also protect your athletes and student. Sports floors should also help athletes perform better, and with a floor that has plenty of flexibility, it will allow athletes to run faster, jump higher, and avoid injuries. Maple may be tough, but it is flexible, giving you the right amount of shock absorption to minimize the impact on the body.
Subflooring
Before you install maple wood for your sports floors, you need to prepare the subfloor. For sports floors, the subfloor needs to meet all the requirements, helping the floor resist the heightened activity of a gymnasium or sporting event. A subfloor will need extra padding that will protect your floors, but also give it the right consistency to serve its purpose.
Call T&G Flooring for an estimate on your gymnasium sports floor installation.