Rubber Flooring Products
Soft, safe and great for the environment

Protecting against slips and falls is only part of a comprehensive floor safety program. In some environments falls are expected and the flooring system has to be designed to absorb shock. Impact attenuation is the phrase used to describe the resilient characteristics of shock absorbing flooring materials. One of the best materials used to make resilient flooring is rubber recycled from worn out tires.

Recycled tire rubber is first shredded or chopped into small pieces.  Next all the steel and polyester fibers are removed, (for some applications a small amount of the polyester fibers are retained). This crumbed or shredded rubber is then turned into a variety of extremely useful products ranging from floor tiles to raw materials for roadways and running tracks.

Providing floor safety products and services is cornerstone of the Diamond Safety Concepts mission.  In keeping with that focus, we have recently added a number of recycled rubber products to the growing list of resilient and slip resistant flooring solutions we offer.

Rubber flooring materials have many potential applications. In its raw state crumbed or shredded rubber can be used under playground equipment, on paths and walkways and as a footing material in horse training rinks and arenas. When molded into floor tiles or pavers, recycled rubber creates a superior flooring system that is at the same time attractive, slip resistant, highly resilient and extremely durable.

In the recreation environment these materials are used in many ways. Rubber flooring products are commonly used under playground equipment and in exercise rooms or playrooms. Rubber tiles and pavers also make a terrific flooring system for anywhere people walk in spiked or cleated shoes, such as at golf resorts and in baseball dugouts. Other applications include ramps, walkways and decks in facilities such as waterparks, ski resorts and around skating rinks.

Rubber flooring materials have been used for years in the equine environment. Horses hate to walk on concrete and other hard surfaces. When a champion racehorse is worth millions of dollars, you don't take chances, so many of the finest horse breeding facilities have installed rubber flooring as a way to reduce the risk of a slip or fall. Used in stalls and wash areas rubber tiles or pavers reduce dust, and make the these areas easier to keep clean and attractive looking. Similarly, crumb or shredded rubber materials are commonly used as "footing" in training rinks and arenas. When mixed with sand or DG, the rubber particles create a soft but firm surface that reduces ruts and controls dust.

There are some applications where recycled rubber flooring materials may not be appropriate. For some athletic flooring applications the relative thickness and porous attributes associated with most recycled rubber materials my not be the best choice. For these applications and many more, we offer virgin rubber interlocking tiles from Pawling. Pawling is the leading manufacturer of interlocking rubber flooring materials in North America. The tiles other floor surfacing products offered by Pawling are among the highest quality and most versatile rubber flooring materials available today. The entire product line can be obtained from Diamond Safety Concepts.

Rubber flooring materials can be used in many ways and in hundreds of  applications. These products outperform most other other types of flooring materials available today. That alone should be enough to justify their widespread use. A more important consideration perhaps is the environmental benefit that comes from recycling tires into useful products. When dumped in a land fill, a worn out tire will last for hundreds, maybe thousands of years. For every recycled rubber tile or floor paver that is put to use, as many as three worn out tires are kept out of our land fills. What could be better than that?

Diamond Safety Concepts has gathered together some of the best Recycled Rubber products available on the market today. Please follow the links on this page for more information about the various products we offer. Bookmark this page and visit it often because terrific new products are being added all the time.