Sport floor

The E-magazine about sports flooring provides a comprehensive introduction to flooring systems for gymnasiums, multifunctional arenas and outdoor installations. It explains which standards have to be met and which products are suitable for which purposes.

An indoor floor must fulfil norms, be suitable for sports and be used intensively over a long period with at the same time requiring low maintenance. But the visible part of the sport floor is only the surface of a multi layered system. The type of substructure provides for important sport functional characteristics. Furthermore, every indoor sports flooring must be treated according to guidelines with special agents. Special machines help with maintenance care and intensive measures.

As to outoor facilities, the cinder of bygone days makes way for synthetic. Even though a layman might not be able to distinguish one track from another, flooring systems comprise of a quantity of knowhow and functional features. And the maintenance catalogue should not be neglected in facilities with synthetic tracks.

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Indoor sport floors: Robust and diverse
An indoor floor must fulfil norms, be suitable for sports and be used intensively over a long period with at the same time requiring low maintenance. This does not cover all criteria.

The substructure: Decisive for the elasticity
The visible part of the sport floor is only the surface of a multi layered system. The type of substructure provides for important sport functional characteristics.

Overview of facts: Indoor sport halls

10 steps towards a successful investment: This is how you choose the right sports floor

Parquet: Wood combines an elegant appearance with sport functional characteristics

Linoleum: The modern multipurpose venue classic

PVC: Floor from a roll for permanent fitting or mobile use

Outside the norm: Special solutions for fitness centers

PUR coating: Individual adjustable sport floor from one mould

Rubber: The versatile rubber floor

Cleaning and maintenance of halls
Every indoor sports flooring has low-maintenance but it must be treated according to guidelines with special agents. Special machines help with maintenance care and intensive measures.

Mobile sport floors and covers
Playing areas can be installed in a short space of time nearly anywhere if there is a level ground.

Norms, rules, certificates
The construction and inspections are subject to DIN and other standards which ensure the functionality and safety of modern sport floors

Playing areas: Dimensions and marking
Only the lining makes floor a playing area where sport can be played according to its rules and competition regulations

Tennis courts
Tennis courts set very specific requirements for the floors they are played on. Which surface is chosen depends very much on different factors which vary from country to country as their preferences vary.

Track and court surfaces for outdoor facilities
The cinder of bygone days makes way for synthetic.

New Standards for The Caribbean:
Class 1 track in the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Trinidad and Tobago

Cleaning and maintenance in the outdoor area
The maintenance catalogue should not be neglected in facilities with synthetic tracks

„It is a huge mistake not to consult an expert”
Interview with Siegfried Pohl, expert for planning and construction of sports facilities

The sports facility: Planning, operation, concepts
A sports facility must not comply with conventional standards. Clever concepts can increase capacity. Where damages occur reconstruction is usually necessary

Sample calculation: Building costs for a track and field facility

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