Prevent Your Gym Floors from
Poor Installation
Do you have a maple gym floor that you suspect was installed improperly? If so, we can help you! Whether it is the paint, finishing, improper subfloor installation, or faulty maple flooring installation, Gym Floor Inspectors can help you prevent installation problems! We also can legally prove where problems occurred on poor installations.
Preventing Gym Floor Installation Problems
You can easily prevent poor installation by finding the right contractor and hiring Gym Floor Inspectors to oversee the contractor’s work via our installation inspection service. Gym Floor Inspectors will take the weight off of your shoulders, making sure the contractor follows the manufacturer’s specifications and guaranteeing a proper installation of your maple sports floor.
Prevent Gym Floor Buckling
More times than not, maple sports floors buckle due to lack of moisture control. Most floors expand and buckle because the installer did not take to account the change in humidity. On the other hand, your gym floor could have too many gaps in it because it was installed at too high of a moisture content. Hitting the right moisture content is an integral part of installing your sports floor, and Gym Floor Inspectors can guarantee the job is done correctly. We can also inspect a floor to prove where a floor has buckled or expanded due to installer error, which in many cases it is!
Steps of Inspections
Process
Gym Floor Inspectors analyze contractor’s qualifications before signing a contract with a flooring installer. Then, once the contract is signed, we inspect each step of the process to ensure the contractor is doing that which is agreed upon.
Below is a list of steps we inspect during the installation process:
- Slab Installation
- Subfloor Installation
- Maple Flooring Installation
- Sanding and Sealing
- Paint and Finishing
Should a New Gym Floor Be Independently Inspected During Installation?
An independent inspection doesn’t have to wait until a new gym floor develops a problem. Having the installation evaluated while construction is underway can help identify concerns before they’re concealed beneath subsequent layers of the flooring system.
Gym Floor Inspectors can act as an owner’s representative throughout a new maple sports floor installation. Their process can begin by reviewing contractor qualifications and continue through multiple stages of construction, including the slab, subfloor, maple flooring, sanding and sealing, painting, and finishing.
This approach allows installation practices to be compared with project requirements and manufacturer specifications while the work is still accessible. Moisture conditions, subfloor construction, expansion provisions, and finishing procedures are particularly important because mistakes in these areas may not become apparent until after the facility begins using the floor.
Because Gym Floor Inspectors is independent from flooring manufacturers and installation contractors, the evaluation isn’t tied to selling a particular flooring product or additional installation work. The goal is to provide the facility owner with an objective assessment of how the new flooring system is being installed.
Why Should Gym Floors Be Inspected During Installation?
Florida’s humid climate makes moisture planning particularly important when installing maple athletic flooring. The moisture content of the wood, indoor environmental conditions, expansion allowances, subfloor installation, and other construction details can influence how the finished system performs after the project is complete.
We can act as an owner’s representative during installation to independently evaluate the work as it progresses. Our process can include reviewing contractor qualifications and inspecting important stages such as the slab, subfloor, maple flooring, sanding, sealing, painting, and finishing.
Identifying a concern during installation can be considerably different from investigating it after the gym has opened and a problem has already developed. Because we are independent from flooring manufacturers and installation contractors, our responsibility is to evaluate whether the work is being completed properly. This gives schools, universities, architects, and facility owners an additional level of oversight while their flooring investment is being installed.
