Garage/Gym Rubber tiles

[londonbairn]

We are nearly finished decorating our garage. It's in a seperate block to our flat. It's got a solar power system with a large RV battery running 8 downlights on a suspended ceiling, a 24" 12V LED TV and an iPod dock. 12v fans on the way too.

We are converting it to a gym/cycle turbo training area. Want to put down some rubber tiles, struggling to find anything which looks nice (i.e. a bit of colour not black, grey or blue perhaps) which doesnt cost a stupid amount per m^2. Normally I would be generally agnostic to cost, but we've just spent >£30,000 refurbishing

Anyone got any suggestions? It's 5m x 3m.

 

[Morba]

thats a lot of refurbishment money for a small garage. I hope you have some amazing kit in there to make it worth it!

Anyway, matting isn't cheap, though tbh its a garage and has a solid floor, so you wont need much in terms of anything really special.

 

[kefkef]

You could try http://www.softfloor.co.uk/ and go for the Gym mats, couple of colours to choose from, and would do the 15m floor for £540. Not a lot when compared to what you have already spent. Also, do you need to do the whole floor? Matting under turbo trainers might be a bit wobbly, surely better off direct on the floor?

 

[londonbairn]

thats a lot of refurbishment money for a small garage. I hope you have some amazing kit in there to make it worth it!

Anyway, matting isn't cheap, though tbh its a garage and has a solid floor, so you wont need much in terms of anything really special.

£30k is for the flat, garage hasn't been too much (prob just short of £1k perhaps)

Indeed, but we want it to be a bit more "homely" with a softer floor

You could try http://www.softfloor.co.uk/ and go for the Gym mats, couple of colours to choose from, and would do the 15m floor for £540. Not a lot when compared to what you have already spent. Also, do you need to do the whole floor? Matting under turbo trainers might be a bit wobbly, surely better off direct on the floor?

Will have a look..We've found the turbos okay on a soft surface (we have 2 Tacx satoris running currently in our spare room on a gym floor mat)

 

[LiE]

Someone recommended looking into the stuff used in horse tables, it's the same stuff but cheper afaik.

 

[RoyMi6]

I'd highly recommend "128 square feet MARTIAL ARTS GYM JUDO INTERLOCKING BLUE 32 MATS". Do a quick Google and you can buy it now

They do other colours as well.

I bought two packs and they're great.

I train bare feet on them in my loft so perfect if you just want some cheap flooring.

 

[Retromatic]

I'd highly recommend "128 square feet MARTIAL ARTS GYM JUDO INTERLOCKING BLUE 32 MATS". Do a quick Google and you can buy it now

They do other colours as well.

I bought two packs and they're great.

I train bare feet on them in my loft so perfect if you just want some cheap flooring.

I'd agree here, this is what I used for my garage gym - does the job absolutely fine.

 

[kwerk]

Horse stall mats.