Foam flooring provides such a high level of versatility that it’s a popular selection for homeowners, retail locations, and commercial installations. With its lightweight design, the installation process for foam is far easier versus some other types of flooring.
At Greatmats, we offer multiple types of foam flooring that emphasize cushioning, firmness, insulation from cold subfloors, slip resistance, or durability. Foam appears in almost any color, and some foam tiles can mimic hardwood. Various texture patterns are available, too, giving foam the ability to fill numerous use case scenarios.
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Ideas Before You Buy Foam Flooring
Tips & considerations for purchasing foam flooring:
Before starting your search for the ideal foam floor, there are a few important factors to take into account. Each of these will be specific to how you will use the floor. The blogs below provide information and tips about what to consider when purchasing foam as a flooring option, which are usually in the form of interlocking tiles.
- Learn which foam floor mats are the most versatile in terms of the many way you can use these foam mats. There are many foam mats available at Greatmats, but these are the most popular, affordable and versatile products.
Learn More: What Is The Most Versatile Form Of Foam Mat?
- If you plan to use foam floor tiles as flooring, you need to account for interlock loss when calculating how much flooring you need. Find out what interlock loss is and why you need to be aware of it.
Learn More: How to Measure Flooring & Account for Interlock Loss
- Many of our customers are confused about whether foam mats can be used in situations where they’ll be exposed to water regularly. Find out how to determine if your foam flooring is waterproof.
Learn More: Are Foam Mats Waterproof?
- Learn why the density of a foam mat matters when you are looking for foam flooring with fall protection and what the best products are with fall ratings.
Learn More: What Is The Density Of Foam Mats?
Top 10 Questions
Below are the most popular questions we've received about dance flooring. Click the question to get a detailed answer and explanation on these topics.- How Do I Clean Foam Tiles or Mats?
After removing dust and other particles from the surface of the tiles, damp mop the flooring. Use a basic household cleaner diluted with water to disinfect and clean the foam floor mats. Allow them to air dry. - How Do Polyethylene, EVA, and Polyurethane Foam Mats Differ?
EVA foam delivers firmness and cushioning that’s similar to rubber, creating a durable style of foam flooring. PE and PU foam deliver far more cushioning than EVA foam, compressing to absorb the force of the impact. - How Do I Keep Foam Mats From Buckling?
EVA foam tiles often have temperature sensitivity, meaning the foam expands and contracts as the temperature in the installation area changes. Higher temperatures cause expansion and tend to affect the tiles more than lower temperatures. Following certain installation tips can minimize the effects of expansion. - What Type Of Foam Tiles Can Be Used Outside?
Because EVA foam tiles have waterproof capabilities, they work nicely for a temporary flooring option outdoors. Puzzle-style foam tiles are easy to assemble and disassemble, so you can use them in a temporary outdoor flooring layout multiple times. - Should You Put Interlocking Foam Mats Under a Pool?
Placing an above-ground backyard pool directly over dirt and grass may lead to punctures or discomfort when walking on the soft base of the pool. Foam tile mats can generate a sturdy base for the pool, creating a barrier between the surface of the pool and the bare ground. - What Are Some Tent and Campsite Flooring Ideas?
Laying a tent or sleeping bag directly on the ground at the campsite isn’t the most comfortable option. Instead, you could install foam puzzle mats that create a sturdy, cushioned base that makes sleeping under the stars far more comfortable. - What Are the Best Soundproofing Floor Mats for Kids’ Rooms?
Allowing kids to play inside the home is great, but the noise they generate can disrupt your work-from-home time or relaxing time. Foam flooring significantly helps to cut down on the noise generation, while also providing a cushioned space for the kids to use that protects them from falls. - What Is the Best Flooring for Dog Training?
When looking to create a safe and durable flooring space for dog training or dog agility classes, foam, rubber, and artificial turf all work well. Interlocking EVA foam mats deliver excellent padding, traction, and waterproof capabilities that protect both the dogs and the handlers. - What Are the Best Basement Playroom Flooring Features?
Creating a kids’ play area in the basement of a home is a great use of this space. And adding foam flooring tiles to the space to cover the concrete subfloor creates a safer and more comfortable space for all kinds of kids’ activities. - How Do I Keep My Foam Mat From Sliding?
Foam flooring mats are susceptible to sliding across the subfloor in certain layouts. To prevent this, installers can try a wall-to-wall installation, can use a larger coverage space to increase the weight of the overall layout, or can use a non-skid underlayment between the subfloor and the foam tiles.
Best Foam Flooring Products
Premium Foam Kids and Gym Mats
Our Premium Foam Kids and Gym Mats product represents one of our most cost effective and popular flooring selections. These interlocking puzzle mats measure 5/8 inches thick and have more than a dozen color choices.
Home Sport and Play Mat
At 3/4 inches in thickness, our Home Sport and Play Mat delivers a high level of cushioning versus thinner foam flooring. It has a scuff-resistant texture that allows kids to wear shoes when playing without causing damage to the mats.
Home BJJ Mats
When martial arts athletes need maximum cushioning in a durable flooring layout, our Home BJJ Mats deliver with 1-1/2 inches of thickness. Additionally, these mats contain a tatami texture pattern on the surface that resists skin burns when athletes are doing ground work.
Wood Grain Foam Tiles
Foam flooring tiles are highly versatile in the look they can create, including our Wood Grain Foam Tiles. These interlocking tiles feature a surface pattern that resembles actual wood grain and wood stain colors, all without the hassle or cost of installing actual hardwood
Grappling MMA Mats
For foam tiles that offer a significant fall height rating, our Grappling MMA Mats are a trustworthy selection. Each of these mats measures 1-1/2 inches in thickness and offers a 4-foot ASTM fall height rating, as well as a tatami texture that doesn’t cause skin burns.
Customer Installations
Sara Carson Testimonial
While earning the Greatmats National Dog Trainer of the Year award, Sara Carson learned the importance of having a safe and durable flooring for dogs to work out. She used our 5/8-inch thick foam flooring to create a workout space in 2018, and she then installed our 3/4-inch thick agility mats when creating a larger space in 2022.
Dog Training Flooring: Dog Agility Mats
Grind House Fitness
As a training facility for multiple disciplines, Grind House Fitness needs a versatile type of flooring that’s safe and that looks great. The facility chose our 1-1/2-inch thick BJJ interlock mats for the cage to receive the most desirable mixture of value, durability, and cushioning.
Martial Arts Flooring: Home BJJ Mats
Anderson Invasion Cheer Team
At Anderson Invasion Cheer Team, the recent addition of the Greatmats flexible roll measuring 6 by 42 feet gave her cheerleading facility a seven-mat competition area. This mat helps to simplify practice times by providing a larger space for teams and by making it easier for cheer athletes to visualize their positioning on the larger floor.
Cheer Flooring: Flexible Roll Cheerleading Mats
Lakes Area Jump4Fun Indoor Amusement Center
For maintaining the safety of their clients, Lakes Area Jump4Fun Indoor Amusement Center sought a cushioned flooring that would look great and could help with fall protection. The owners appreciated the value and performance they received from our 5/8-inch thick foam flooring tiles, delivering amazing colors that match the theme of the center.
Kids’ Flooring: Foam Kids and Gym Mats
Customer Testimonial
Greatmats’ customer John wanted a type of flooring that resembled hardwood but that was easy to install and was also suitable for use in a basement rec room. We suggested our faux wood grain foam tiles, and John was thrilled to be able to complete the entire room’s layout in around two hours.
Basement Flooring: Wood Grain Foam Tiles
Kismet Yoga + Fitness
When seeking a great flooring that works nicely for hot yoga and hot fitness at the Kismet Yoga + Fitness Studio, the owners compared a number of flooring products. They ended up choosing martial arts mats from Greatmats, receiving plenty of cushioned thickness in mats that also survive temperature changes and constant foot traffic, resulting in an outstanding value.
Yoga Flooring: Premium Martial Arts Karate Mats
Jazzercise Cherry Hill
When seeking flooring for a new Jazzercise location, Jazzercise Cherry Hill owner Lisa Silver reached out to contacts she had in the Jazzercise community. Not surprising to us, many of them recommended Greatmats flooring to her. After installation, she loved the cushioning our foam flooring mats provided and the longevity she is seeing.
Group Fitness Flooring: Premium Martial Arts Karate Mats
Foam Flooring Installation & Maintenance Videos
How to Install 2x2 ft Interlocking Foam Mat and Tile Floors - Greatmats
How to Install 1x1 Meter Interlocking Foam Mats and Tiles
How to Cut Foam Mats in 4 Easy Steps - Greatmats