Gym and fitness floors for Dallas Fort Worth studios and training spaces
The Floor Fathers Epoxy Flooring Co coats floors in gyms, fitness studios and training spaces around Dallas Fort Worth: the open floor, locker rooms, entries and the areas under the mats. Call to talk it through, or send the basics and ask for a walkthrough before the quote.
Gym and fitness floors: example floors
Example photos of finished commercial floors, shown for the look. Not photos of a specific past job. Ask for photos of comparable work on the walkthrough.
What matters on a gym floor?
Grip, cleaning and staying open. Members sweat, spill and drop weights, and the work is planned around the class schedule, with prep, the system and its cure time deciding when each area is used again.
Most gyms use a coated floor around and under the rubber, not instead of it. Where the mats go, and where they do not, is part of the walkthrough.
Grip when it gets wet
Texture is broadcast into the coating at entries, locker rooms, showers and around the water station, where floors get wet.
Easy to clean
A sealed, seamless floor with no grout lines mops clean. Bring the cleaners you use to the walkthrough so the topcoat is matched to them.
Work around class times
Areas can be done after hours, over a weekend or one zone at a time, on a schedule set by the prep, the system and its cure time.
A floor that looks the part
Solid colors, flake or metallic finishes for the front desk, studios and the open floor members see first.
Under the mats
Coating the slab under rubber flooring seals it against moisture and makes the mats easier to lift and clean under.
Which system fits a gym?
Flake or a textured solid color for locker rooms and entries, and a hard-wearing coating for open floors and the slab under the mats.
Heavy free-weight areas usually stay on rubber. The coating goes around them and under them, chosen for how each area is used and cleaned.
How is a gym floor priced?
Per project, after a walkthrough. The existing floor, the system the space needs and when the work can happen change the cost more than the size does.
Ask for the price and the schedule in writing before anything is booked, so you know when each area is back in use.
The existing floor
Old coatings, tile, adhesive or oil-soaked concrete all add removal and prep.
The areas
Locker rooms and wet areas need texture; open floors and studios are chosen for the look.
Scheduling
After-hours, weekend or phased work changes the labor plan.
How does the project run?
Walkthrough
Someone walks the space with you, asks how it is used and cleaned, checks the slab and talks through the schedule. Ask for the price and the schedule in writing before anything is booked.
Moisture test
The slab is tested before a system is chosen, because moisture coming up through concrete is the most common reason coatings lift.
Prep
Old coatings and adhesives come off, and the surface is diamond-ground with dust collection so the system bonds into the concrete.
Repairs, drains and edges
Cracks and joints are repaired, and coving and drain details are built where the space needs them.
Coating system
The base, the texture or color and the topcoat go down, zone by zone if the schedule calls for it.
Handover
You walk the floor and get care instructions and the times when each area can take people, equipment and full use.
Tell us the color you like when you ask for your quote. We ask for a photo of your garage and send back a preview of your own floor in that color, before anyone starts work.
- Your garage, your color, before you decide
- Flake, metallic or solid
- Free with your quote
Questions owners and managers ask
Can you coat the floor without closing the gym?
Often, yes. Work can be booked after hours, over a weekend or one area at a time, with classes moved to the part of the floor that is open. Cure times and odor decide what is possible in each area, so the schedule is set on the walkthrough and put in writing before booking.
Is a coated floor slippery when it gets wet?
It does not have to be. Texture is broadcast into the coating where floors get wet, such as locker rooms, showers, entries and around water stations. More texture means more grip and a little more work to clean, so the amount is chosen area by area on the walkthrough.
Does the coating go under rubber gym mats?
It can. Coating the slab under rubber flooring seals the concrete, keeps moisture and odor from building up underneath and makes the mats easier to lift and clean under. Heavy free-weight areas usually stay on rubber, with the coating going around and under them rather than replacing them.
