Poured rubber floors use polyurethane as its raw material.
Poured rubber floors are known for their seamless finish, durability and easy maintenance.
Though its installation requires a little bit of preparation.
Below is the step by step procedure to install a poured rubber floor: Step 1 First of all, you need to dig a trench for the concrete where the rubber flooring would be poured.
The depth has to enough for accommodating concrete and rubber together.
Step 2 Next, one by six foot boards need to be placed around the peripheral of the decided area creating a concrete form.
Fix them together with nails at their ends.
Step 3 Now, pour the concrete and smooth it out with a trowel.
As soon as the cement is dry, Crushed Aggregate Base (CAB) has to laid out.
It has to be minimum 3 inches thick and should support a 1/4 inch slope for drainage.
Step 4 The styrene butadiene rubber which needs to be blended with CAB provides a resilient rubber.
It has to be blended with Flexilon 1118 binder before being troweled into the CAB.
Step 5 Lastly, Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer has to be mixed with a polyurethane binder which would be troweled in a wheel barrel till the time its smooth.
Now pour it out within the decided area at least 3/8 inches thick.
In case the area is large, rent a mixer for mixing.
The rubber flooring would take near about 48 hours to set properly.