Sports Flooring Comparison Tips
- Safety
- Coefficient of friction
- Multipurpose applicability
- Maintenance
- Life cycle cost
- Durability/Preservation of properties
- Warranty
Common misconceptions when comparing sports floors
- Floors of equal thickness do not necessarily offer equal levels of shock absorption - compare shock absorption values not thickness to determine the quality of a sport floor
- Shore-A hardness is not a measure of shock absorption, but only a measure of surface hardness - a hard surface wear layer combined with a cushioned backing can offer superior levels of shock absorption
Sports flooring comparison tips
- Shock absorption and floor construction normally have little or no effect on ball bounce - almost all synthetic sports flooring and hardwood floors offering higher levels of shock absorption pass ball bounce requirements
- Use life cycle costs instead of installed costs to determine the true cost of a sports floor
Reputable sport flooring manufacturers should be able to submit certification of the shock absorption values for their sports floor from an independent testing laboratory approved to perform such testing
This can be an invaluable tool for architects when comparing different sports floors.
Life cycle costs
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