home gym flooring recommendation

[maks71]

Folks,

I will be moving to new home soon and I'd like to dedicate a
room (22x20 feet) on 2nd floor (above garage) for my home Gym.
I don't have any room for this down stairs.

I'm planning to put a Treadmill, Stationary Bike/Eliptical and
a light weight training machine ( similar to
http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/bsolid/exm1500sbig2.jpg).

I already have a carpet with 6lbs padding. What kind of
additional flooring is recommended to

1) Protect the flooring , ditribute the load
2) Reduce the noise from equipment.

Thanks in advance for your answers.

Mak

[Lurfysma]

On 15 Apr 2007 18:11:35 -0700, maks71@gmail.com wrote:

>Folks,
>
>I will be moving to new home soon and I'd like to dedicate a
>room (22x20 feet) on 2nd floor (above garage) for my home
>Gym. I don't have any room for this down stairs.
>
>I'm planning to put a Treadmill, Stationary Bike/Eliptical
>and a light weight training machine ( similar to
>http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/bsolid/exm1500sbig2.jpg).
>
>I already have a carpet with 6lbs padding. What kind of
>additional flooring is recommended to
>
>1) Protect the flooring , ditribute the load
>2) Reduce the noise from equipment.
>
>
>Thanks in advance for your answers.
>
>Mak

I did just that last year. We enclosed a balcony and made a
small exercise room. I have a recumbent bike, a hyperextension
machine, a bench, and some dumbbells and plates. I plan to get
a cage sometime.

The architect said we would not need any extra flooring for
that. I over-estimated the the cage and weights. No problem.

As for noise, the bike is almost silent. Your treadmill will
be more of a problem.

--

[Steve Frei]

<maks71@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Folks,
>
> I will be moving to new home soon and I'd like to dedicate a
> room (22x20 feet) on 2nd floor (above garage) for my home
> Gym. I don't have any room for this down stairs.
>
> I'm planning to put a Treadmill, Stationary Bike/Eliptical
> and a light weight training machine ( similar to
> http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/bsolid/exm1500sbig2.jpg).
>
> I already have a carpet with 6lbs padding. What kind of
> additional flooring is recommended to
>
> 1) Protect the flooring , ditribute the load
> 2) Reduce the noise from equipment.
>
>
> Thanks in advance for your answers.
>
> Mak

Rubber mats are the best floor protection. They come in
different forms, but the classic is 3/4" thick, 4' x 6'
sheets. They are available from farm supply stores as horse
stall mats - same thing, half the cost of a fitness store. For
your purposes, they might be more than what you need, but you
can't go wrong with these. For a bit more money, you can get
them in interlocking rectangles, but the 4' x 6' sheets can be
cut with a utility knife.

These won't do much to distribute the load, however.

-S- http://www.kbnj.com