Completed 2024
The Witton
Indooroopilly, Brisbane
Two boutique residential buildings with a rooftop pool and terrace overlooking the river and city.
- Builder
- Mosaic Construction
- Architect
- Rothelowman
Photo: Mosaic Property Group
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Rubber gym flooring
Rubber gym floors for residents’ gyms in apartment towers, retirement communities and education facilities, laid over acoustic isolation layers so dropped weights stay in the gym and not in the apartment below.
A gym floor has two jobs.
It has to protect the slab and the people using it, and in a residential building it has to stop the thud of a dropped dumbbell travelling through the structure. A gym above apartments, or next to a lounge or a pool deck, is one of the hardest acoustic problems in a building.
We install whatever quality rubber gym flooring is specified, from rubber rolls across the whole room to thicker impact tiles in free-weight zones, over the acoustic isolation layer specified in the acoustic engineer’s report.
Seams are tight and fully bonded, edges and transitions are ramped so there’s nothing to trip on, and the slab underneath is prepared first, because rubber shows every hump and hollow beneath it. See also acoustic flooring.
- Rubber rollsRolled rubber flooring for full gym areas. Recent installs include Regupol everroll Classic and Ultimate.
- Impact tilesThicker rubber tiles for free-weight and lifting zones, such as Regupol FX75.
- Acoustic isolationRubber laid over isolation underlays such as Regupol Sound and Sonus Core, to the acoustic report.
- Bonded seamsRolls and tiles fully adhered with tight, bonded seams for a continuous floor.
- Ramps and transitionsSafe, ramped edges to adjoining floors and doorways.
- Floor preparationSlab ground and levelled before installation so the finished floor sits flat.
How we install a gym floor.
The acoustic report and the way the gym will be used decide the system.
Check the specification
Rubber, thickness, impact zones and isolation layer confirmed against the acoustic report.
Prepare the slab
Moisture tested, ground and levelled so the rubber and underlay sit flat.
Set out
Roll direction, seam positions and impact tile zones planned around the equipment layout.
Install
Isolation layer and rubber installed and adhered, with seams bonded and edges ramped.
Hand over
Floor protected until the equipment arrives, with cleaning and care information.
Gym floors on our projects.
Residents’ gyms in apartment towers and training gyms in education.
Completed 2024
In delivery
Cienna Varsity Ridge, Stage 2
Varsity Lakes, Gold Coast
Stage two of a multi-tower community, with resort pool, rooftop lounge and residents’ facilities.
- Developer
- Homecorp
Photo: Homecorp
Completed
TAFE Queensland, Robina Campus
Robina, Gold Coast
A multi-level fitout of TAFE Queensland’s newest campus, recognised as Australia’s first sustainable vocational education and training campus. Commercial training kitchens, hair and beauty studios, lecture rooms, a gym, classrooms, and a conference and bar level for events.
- Client
- TAFE Queensland
- Builder
- Shape Australia
- Designer
- AEQ Architects
- Client project manager
- EY
Image: Shape Australia
Common questions.
How thick should gym rubber flooring be?
It depends on how the gym will be used and what’s underneath it. General training areas often use rubber rolls, while free-weight and lifting zones need thicker impact tiles or an isolation layer. In residential buildings, the acoustic engineer’s report sets the system, and that’s what we install.
Will rubber flooring stop weights being heard below?
Rubber on its own helps, but in apartment buildings it’s usually laid over an acoustic isolation layer designed to reduce impact noise. The performance comes from the whole system and the slab, which is why the acoustic engineer specifies it.
Rolls or tiles?
Rolls give a near-seamless floor across a large area and suit general training and cardio. Tiles are thicker and suit heavy drop zones. Many gyms use both, with tiles under the free weights and rolls everywhere else.
Which gym flooring brands do you install?
Whatever quality rubber gym flooring is specified. Recent installs include Regupol everroll rubber rolls, Regupol FX75 impact tiles and Regupol Sound and Sonus Core isolation underlays.