Gym flooring protects your floor from dropped weights, stops your equipment getting scratched or damaged and absorbs impact. It also adds soundproofing, insulates your space and acts as a non-slip surface to train on. It's not the most glamorous purchase, but it's absolutely essential.

20mm is the minimum thickness we recommend, and is ample for insulated home gyms. Go for 30mm tiles in uninsulated garages or commercial spaces. 40mm easy-clean tiles are our most durable option, and are only really needed if you're expecting seriously heavy drops or 24/7 traffic.

No. The thinnest tile we sell is 20mm, as 10mm doesn't offer enough protection in most cases. It can be tempting to go for the cheap option to tick flooring off your list, but when you're dropping heavy, expensive equipment on the tiles, they need to be able to handle the impact.

In an insulated garage, 20mm tiles are enough. In an uninsulated garage, we recommend upgrading to 30mm tiles, as the added thickness will prevent them from shrinking slightly in cold weather.

Yes, our 30mm and 40mm tiles are suitable for temperature-controlled gyms with high traffic.

Easy-clean tiles have an EPDM top layer that makes them easier to clean, while standard black rubber tiles have a rougher, more grippy texture that makes it harder to get dirt and blemishes out of. Most customers go for the easy-clean finish as, true to their name, they're easier to maintain, but some people look specifically for the rough texture of plain rubber tiles.

Ramp edges are sloped rubber cuts that run along the exposed edges of your flooring, providing a gradual step up to the surface. Corner pieces round the edge where two floor tiles meet.

Yes, gym flooring is safe to lay over vinyl. If your gym isn't on the ground floor, take care when dropping weights.

We don't recommend it. Carpet is rarely level which will give you an uneven training surface. Beyond that, the sheer weight of gym equipment will ruin your carpet when the time does come to remove the floor tiles. You should only lay gym flooring over a hard, level surface like concrete or vinyl.

No, our flooring is suitable for conditions ranging between -10°C and 30°C, and underfloor heating can push it above that range. Laying our tiles on underfloor heating voids the warranty.

Start in the centre of the room and work outwards, as walls are rarely straight. Lay whole tiles in a brick pattern until there's no longer room for a whole tile, then measure the remaining gaps and cut a tile down to size for each of them.

No, the tiles themselves are reassuringly heavy and won't move once they're in a brick pattern. For extra stability, all of our floor tiles come with plastic connectors to secure them into each other.

Use a Stanley knife and make sure you have some spare blades, as the thick rubber will blunt the ends quickly. Our installers tend to get through one blade every 10 tiles.

Our 20mm and 30mm tiles are 1m x 1m. 40mm tiles come as two 0.5m x 0.5m tiles.

Gym floor tiles are heavy, with even our 20mm tiles weighing 17kg each. A 30mm tile weighs 25.5kg, while a 40mm tile (0.5m x 0.5m) weighs 17kg.

20mm tiles can shrink slightly in cold weather, which is why we don't recommend them in uninsulated garages. They'll expand again in the summer and the slight gap won't affect your training. 30mm and 40mm tiles are very unlikely to shrink.

Hoover to remove any dust and debris that you've brought in on your shoes, then mop the tiles with a general floor cleaner diluted in water. Don't use bleach or industrial cleaners, as they can damage the rubber. We've covered how to look after your gym floor tiles fully on another page.

With regular cleaning, rubber gym flooring should last for years, especially our thicker tiles.

All of our gym floor tiles come with a one-year warranty. Laying them over underfloor heating voids it.