fl ooring
When you tell your friends about the great new flooring in your club, you might see their eyes glaze over. But flooring is an important factor in our facilities. Both in terms of design and function it can turn your gym, studio or sports hall from the mundane to the sublime. Jo Talbot looks at four examples…
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starting from scratch Supplier: Gerflor Installation: Reddish Leisure Centre
eddish Leisure Centre opened in November 2010, a conversion of an old factory unit that now
houses a 70-station gym, studio, group cycling studio and four indoor third generation synthetic football pitches. Martin Harriman, head of operations
for Stockport Leisure Trust, needed to consider the usage and requirements for each area when commissioning supplier Gerfl or to provide the fl ooring. He says: “We wanted the reception
area to have a ‘wow’ factor, so we chose high gloss and matt marble tiles. “From reception, there are walkways
that go past the football pitches to the gym. Here, we have clients wearing studded boots so it had to be hard wearing, but it also needed to look good for our gym members. Gerfl or recommended the Creation Clic fl ooring for this purpose. It’s a loose-lay interlocking luxury vinyl tile (LVT) especially designed for high- end, high traffic areas like this. “In the main gym, cost along with
durability were our major considerations,
along with aesthetics. It needed to withstand the heavy weight stacks and also the high footfall along the routes around the equipment. We also needed it to be easy to clean because of the sweat and dust that we all know can accumulate in the gym. In addition, the colourways needed to co-ordinate with our Life Fitness equipment, which has cranberry red upholstery. As a result, Gerfl or recommended its Creation Wood LVT vinyl fl ooring in contrasting shades of brown; for extra durability, it ensured – before the fl oor was laid – that the free weights area was reinforced.” The group cycling studio was also given
a vinyl fl oor, as it’s durable and comes in a range of colourways and the club wanted a vibrant scheme, while the aerobics studio was fi tted with a top-quality Junckers sprung fl oor, for performance and safety. Finally, for the changing rooms, Gerfl or
recommended a combination of Creation Mineral Slate LVT and Tarasafe vinyl fl ooring, as both have non-slip qualities and are easy to clean.
Tarkett’s all-purpose Omnisports Excel Sports fl ooring was used for Centre AT7’s sports hall
on a budget
Supplier: UK Flooring Installation: Centre AT7, Coventry
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entre AT7 in Coventry was built by Coventry Sports Foundation, a registered
charity, to encourage participation in sports in the local area. It recently replaced its 22-year-old
sports hall fl ooring and, as a charity, wanted a fl oor that didn’t cost the earth but that did the job and would last another 22 years. Fee Smith, Centre AT7 manager,
says: “The hall is mainly used for volleyball and badminton, as well as some basketball and indoor cricket, so we wanted a multi-purpose fl oor that was hard wearing and easy to clean. We put the quote out for tender and UK Flooring was very reasonable. We even managed to negotiate so that we got top-end fl ooring for a reduced price.” UK Flooring selected the Tarkett
Omnisports range – specifi cally, Omnisports Excel Sports vinyl in beech wood effect. “Tarkett sports fl oors are a great product to work with. They’re really easy to install and give a professional fi nish. The Omnisports range is well suited to this type of mixed-use sports hall, as it provides 32 per cent shock resistance to help limit the risk of injury to players, whatever their sport,” says UK Flooring’s John Harris. “It also has a fibreglass mesh backing for reinforcement and durability, and a polyurethane TopClean XP surface protection for easy cleaning. It’s also got the green factor, as it’s made from 20–25 per cent recycled materials and can be recycled after use.” Smith adds: “We’re so pleased to
Creation Wood LVT was used in the gym as it can support the weight stacks and the high footfall
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have a brand new, high quality sports fl ooring for our main hall. It will make a huge difference for our customers.”
june 2011 © cybertrek 2011
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