will weights damage the floor?
735839
any weight will leave an indentation on this material, however as the weight in removed it will spring back, this may take sometime. It is important to have a solid sub floor under the mats. If you drop the weights to the floor it may still damage the sub flooring, they can withstand a limited amount. They should work well for your purposes.
735840
As others have noted, weights will likely damage the tiles. In short time, numerous permanent indentation marks were made by my dumbbells. I never toss my weights, but I'd estimate that setting weights down on the tiles that are more than 50 pounds is where damage might begin to occur. These mats are advertised as gym flooring; however, they are not suitable for a weight room. My solution was placing rubber mats on top of them. Rubber mats are much more expensive, but are what I'd recommend for somebody looking to set up a weight room.
735841
I am unsure about how much weight your weights weigh, but we had these in the garage and had several things on them; moved to another town and had them in a basement again with many shelves, kids play things, exercise equipment etc; moved one more time and didn't need them sold them at a garage sale, they still looked great and got almost what we paid for them.
735842
definitely, if put on directly. If you place the weights on something that can distribute the weight, you may be ok. I use a spare tile as a "mat" to put things on to protect the floor.
444486
no problem on a second floor of a residence..I would put some kind of rubber mat under it to help absorb any vibrations it may cause if the weight stack is dropped. As long as the equipment is used properly it won't cause damage..as far as it crashing through your ceiling and landing in the family room...I don't see it happening.
695169
No dumbbells should ever be dropped. This is what a-holes at the gym do when they want people to look at them and how much (usually not very much) they just lifted. This is dangerous, rude, and disruptive. Weights, as you can see on here, are very expensive, so why try to shorten their lives by dropping them? If you can lift the weight over your head, you can definitely lower it to the floor.The only thing worse at the gym than people who drop weights, are the gym owners and/or trainers who allow it to continue.
116944
If your floor is concrete there shouldn't be a problem. I also think that floorboards with adequate covering would also work. It's a great way to work out- go ahead place the order.
1499420
Yes. We use them on hard wood floors as well as tile floors in the utility room. The weight of the items will usually stop all movement and I mean all movement.
477654
I can't answer that as I don't have kids. I use it for dead lifting so the weights don't hurt the tile. It's not too thick but it's enough to prevent 400lbs from hurting anything when I set the bar back down. It's not a padded gymnastics mat though. It's dense hard rubber.
1391114
It doesn't seem to be a problem. It's a few inches of gap. It does not affect the bench. I will say this. It is not commercial grade gym quality bench. It can get a little wobbly when using heavy weight. I bench 225. It's great for dumbbells and the preacher curl is a huge plus but again a little wobbly with heavy weight. I find this bench to be one if best out there.
1819104
This should not be an issue. The mat is quite hard and impervious to denting, even to my 220lb torso.
1108063
Yes. It could damage your flooring? I use mine in my puppy room which is in my finished basement. I put a large piece of lino under it to protect floor.
1651036
Balance scales work on hard wood floors if you have them on carpets the weight of the scale will be off. I also find that if i place this on carpet even thin ones the weight is of
1429078
no, but I would recommend that the two short post you can put weights on there to keep it from walking across the floor.
542004
I'm not sure that I can answer the question. It actually didn't work for me, with my back problems, it was too heavy to lift. I gave it away soon after I got it. I don't think that it scratched the floor though. It is nice though, very stable, if you are able to move it around or it stays in one place.
923534
Not really. yes if the floor is flat but not level. If there are bumps or swalls no.
639944
I have my mat in my kitchen over hardwood floor and have had no issues with any damage to the flooring. It is a high quality mat.
573620
Yup, just don't drop them. I used them with oly lifts and deads (600lbs) with no problems. Dropped one on the floor....it broke in half lol.
566635
As mine are in the basement, I cut around the treadmill to minimize any bounce. The tiles can defintely withstand the equipment if you are utilizing for floor protection.
1921159
Not quite that low, but aren't u worried about the one end damaging the floor?