Sport Flooring Standards

There are guidelines for sports flooring safety which are detailed in specifications from the american society for testing and materials astm f2772.

Sport flooring standards. Pur standards in sport floor project specifications mfma is advising the architectural and specification writing communities that the use or acknowledgement of din in project specification for sports flooring should be eliminated in favor of the pur athletic floor standard. Non compliant class 1 class 2 class 3 class 4 class 5 shock absorption below 10 10 to 21 22 to 33 34 to 45 46 to 57 58 vertical deformation synthetic sport floors. Standard specification for athletic performance properties of indoor sports floor systems. Resilient floor covering standards astm s resilient floor covering standards are instrumental in specifying and testing the physical and mechanical properties as well as in providing the installation procedures for resilient flooring which includes linoleum vinyl composition tile and sheet vinyl among others.

For further technical details relating to flooring systems under bs en 14904. Flooring applications sport we have been the specialist of pvc sports floorings since 1947 with our brand taraflex worldwide leading brand of indoor sport floors. No one knows more about how a floor should perform and how it should be installed than mfma members. 2006 surfaces for sports areas indoor surfaces for multi sports use specification refer to appendix 1.

Print version of the mfma sports floors grading rules the maple flooring manufacturers association mfma provides these grading rules including proposals on care as a guide to specifiers architects end users and other professionals. Mfma accomplishes this mission through the development of quality and performance installation best practices education and by promoting the use of quality maple and sports flooring products. These standards were developed in 2009 and establish the minimum criteria for indoor sports floors in north america. Work with a true sports flooring manufacturer.

Request a certificate of compliance. We have broadened the variety of our offer for athletic surfaces with our connor brand of hardwood sports floors and sportcourt tiles for outdoor play areas. Mfma s mission is to be the worldwide authoritative source of information about maple sports flooring and related sports flooring systems. Standard test method for determining vertical deformation and area deflection of area elastic point elastic combined elastic and mixed elastic sport and dance surfaces.

Performance standards the selection of sports floor products can be problematic.