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I have a ton of square footage with more mats on the way for my gym, but the floor is an old cement floor with a horrible surface. I'm looking for good ideas on how to level them out before I put more mats down. The wrestling mats aren't as hard to level, But I will prolly get some more tatami style mats for one section to save money.
Any ideas or experience that could help would really be appreciated, Thanks!
Put down a layer of osb its cheap as hell just make sure its not getting too wet when you clean your mats.
You can always put a layer of carpet padding in there as well.
Not exactly an answer to your question but its interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehb7tfvrXe8
There are two methods I've used as a contractor. The first is self-levelling concrete, known as gypcrete. The second would be to rip plywood to level out the mismatched joints
OR GO OLD SCHOOL like me. Run down to your local carpet store and tell em you want their old used padding. Layer it so its as soft as a crash mat, stretch a tarp over it w/ bungee cords and get your jits on!
There are two methods I've used as a contractor. The first is self-levelling concrete, known as gypcrete. The second would be to rip plywood to level out the mismatched joints
OR GO OLD SCHOOL like me. Run down to your local carpet store and tell em you want their old used padding. Layer it so its as soft as a crash mat, stretch a tarp over it w/ bungee cords and get your jits on!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdgbr5rKWhg
It's very easy to use this product to level your concrete floors! After leveling your floors there's many options to finishing the floor.
how many square meters do you have pal and whats the condition of the floor like do you have to just want a smooth floor or is it full of pot holes what ???
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Originally Posted by Clinton lawrence
http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/a.../gymphoto2.jpg
It is kinda like the instructional video above, but its really bad on the left side of the gym. The right side isn't too bad so I'm not too worried about it over there.
by the looks of it i would just grind it smooth using a 30 grit and a 120 it will just smooth it out nicely and expose any stones you have in the floor thats only going off these pictures if you have any more detailed ones i of the major problem area i can work some thing out for ya