Top 10 Questions About Gym Floor Covers

1. What Are the 5 Best Protective Gym Floor Covering Options?
   Protecting Gymnasium Floors: For times when you need to place workout equipment, chairs, and tables over the top of a basketball floor, covering the hardwood can protect it. Carpet, vinyl, rubber, and tarps all can deliver the level of desired protection, while being easy to install and clean.



2. Can You Rent Gym Floor Covering Materials?
   Renting or Buying Gymnasium Flooring Coverings: If you only need to use gymnasium covers for the floor once a year or less frequently, renting probably will fit your needs. If you need these coverings more often, though, you probably will receive a better value over the long run by purchasing.



3. How Can I Install a Vinyl Gym Floor Covering?
   Options to Use Vinyl Coverings: When covering a large space like a gymnasium with a protective covering, the method of installation and layout is important, so you can save time. Our products include things like a rack with rollers or a rolling cart that can help you move the materials into place quickly.



4. Do Carpet Tiles Work for Gymnasium Floor Coverings?
   Gym Floor Carpet Covering: By installing carpet tiles as a gym floor covering, you are able to host events like cheer or color guard competitions without exposing the hardwood floor. Noise-dampening carpeting may work well for banquets or craft fairs held inside the gymnasium, too, protecting the basketball floor from spills.



5. Are Gym Floor Protection Covers Worth the Cost?
   Value From Using Covers: Schools and athletic facilities may invest quite a bit of money in a gymnasium, including in the hardwood athletic floor. But because a gym often holds many non-athletic events, having a protective covering available for such events can preserve the hardwood, protecting the school’s large financial investment.



6. What Is the Fastest Way to Remove and Store Vinyl Gym Floor Coverings?
   Rolling Storage Rack for a Gymnasium Floor Cover: When you use wide vinyl rolls as a gym floor covering, returning the material to storage can be a time-consuming process. We offer rolling storage racks that allow you to roll the strips back onto the storage rack in a short amount of time.



7. What Are Gym Floor Covers Made of?
   Best Materials for a Gym Floor Covering: Commonly, gymnasium flooring covers are made of plastic sheets, vinyl sheets, or carpet tiles. These are durable materials that are able to support the weight of heavy foot traffic, chairs, tables, choir risers, and desks, all while protecting the hardwood of the basketball floor from damage.



8. How Thick Are Gym Floor Covers?
   Proper Thickness for Coverings for Hardwood Gym Floors: For the majority of covering materials, the thickness is between 2 mm and 6 mm (or about 1/16 inches to almost 1/4 inches). Despite having a very thin design, which simplifies installation, these materials are extremely durable and protect the hardwood floor successfully.



9. What Are Some Gym Floor Covering Options?
   Ideas to Protect a Basketball Floor: Selecting the best option as a protective covering for a gymnasium floor depends on the way you want the covering to look and on the layout methods in use. Vinyl rolls are offered in a few colors, and they use a rolling rack to simplify storage. Carpet tiles look great and absorb noise, but they do take longer to install from a rolling cart than the vinyl rolls on the rack.



10. How Do I Avoid Scratches on My Basketball Floor?
    Protecting the Gym Floor: When looking to hold an event inside a gymnasium on the hardwood floor, you may worry about moving chairs and tables over the floor. Place one of our gym floor covering options over the hardwood, and it will prevent scratches.

Best Gym Floor Cover Products

Gym Floor Covering Carpet Tiles

Our Gym Floor Covering Carpet Tiles measure about 3.5 by 6.5 feet, meaning they can cover a large space in a short amount of time.

Vinyl Gym Floor Cover, 32 oz

Greatmats’ 32-Ounce Vinyl Gym Floor Cover exceeds all ADA and OSHA requirements to create a slip-resistant surface on the volleyball floor.

Vinyl Gym Floor Cover, 22 oz

The 22-Ounce Vinyl Gym Floor Cover from Greatmats consists of a polyester mesh with an ultra-durable three-ply fabric that is PVC coated.

Vinyl Gym Floor Cover, 18 oz

The lightweight 18-Ounce Vinyl Gym Floor Cover from Greatmats offers durability, but it’s available in a thinner material that’s easier to handle than some thicker coverings.

Vinyl Gym Floor Cover, 27 oz

Our 27-Ounce Vinyl Gym Floor Cover is one of the thicker gym floor covers we offer, and it meets all required codes for fire retardant materials.

Gym Floor Covering Customer Installations

Event Rentals, Inc.

When looking to add gym floor coverings to the products offered at Event Rentals, Inc., the company did significant research before deciding on Greatmats’ vinyl rolls, appreciating the large coverage size offered per roll.

Event Rental: Gym Floor Cover, 27 oz.

Upper Columbia Academy

After extensive research, administrators at the Upper Columbia Academy selected our gym cover carpet tiles for the stylish look they provide, as well as for their noise deadening capabilities.

Boarding School: Gym Floor Covering Carpet Tiles

American Fork High School

After opening a new gymnasium, American Fork High School reached out to Greatmats to find gym floor coverings that could allow it to host other events, such as color guard competitions, without damaging the hardwood.

High School: Gym Floor Covering Carpet Tiles

Colfax Schools

Colfax Schools contacted Greatmats to seek vinyl floor coverings on storage racks that could protect the hardwood floor in the new gymnasium during events like graduation, concerts, and holiday programs.

Storage: Vinyl Gym Floor Cover, 32 oz.

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