Help with flooring under weights bench

Eldi_Dos

Niv said:

Eldi_Dos said:

Niv said:

Eldi_Dos said:

Look up City Electrical Factors (CEF), rubber safety matting, designed for use in electrical situations.
Not cheap but very long lasting, I had a piece to line the floor of the back of my vans, it lasted four vans and still had plenty of life in it when I passed it on.

Also try Screwfix part number 109KN which is on offer at the moment, although I have no personal usage of that product.

Thanks.  My query with this is, it may be great to protect against scuffs and normal activity , like walking, but would it be much use against a heavy weight dropping on it? It 'feels' like it would be too thin for that?

The matting that I see on the CEF site is 12mm thick which would be around the same thickness as the stuff used to floor the rear of the vans I had.

While it was in the van it had generators, waterpumps, road signs, pinch bars and sundry tools in and out of the van on a daily basis plus when on site the back of the van was used as a portable workstation, so it is pretty robust stuff and as I say still had plenty of life in it when I passed it on.

I only see 3mm and 6mm thickness on the CEF site. If you have a link I would appreciate it. 

Apologies, you are right it is 6mm on the CEF site, I was getting mixed up with the 12mm matts available in the Screwfix site.

Section62

Niv said:

The floor of the room is solid concrete with a good quality vinyl flooring which I would like to protect. I don't want to go OTT but equally I don't want to buy something that really isn't up to the job and end up damaging the floor. The area for matting is 2m x 2m
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As well as possible physical damage from dropped weights etc, I'd also be a little wary about the compatabilty of some protection products with the vinyl material - you don't want to use something for protection which then chemically reacts or leaves black marks.

I'd possibly use a sheet of 3-ply or cardboard as an underlay if there is any suspicion about the compatibility of the matting.  Including a 3-ply layer would probably also be better as a load/impact spreader.

Eldi_Dos

Good call to protect vinyl floor from whatever matting you choose. I was thinking along the lines of 5mm Wood Fibre Underlay Panels, easy to trim to exact size required.