There are many areas where rubber mats also known as rubber tiles are installed. Rubber matting is also used for the following areas:

• Gym flooring
• Garage flooring
• Flooring warehouses
• School classroom flooring
• Kids playing area
• Creches
• Airport walkway flooring
• Workshop’s flooring
• Studio flooring
• Showroom flooring
• Exhibition flooring

Gym floor rubber matting is the best types of flooring that can be done to a gym because of the following reasons:

• Offer high impact protection especially on the heavyweight section
• Offer some protection to injury for users
• Offer durability of the primary floor underneath
• Can be installed even on top of the carpet to offer more comfort to users

Rubber matting is recommended for gym flooring than any other tiles for the following reason:

• Ceramic or porcelain tiles are brittle that they can easily break especially when used in a gym where weights are often thrown down thereby making it the single best overriding fact to use rubber matting for gyms.
• Comfortability, rubber matting offers some form of comfort than hard conventional tiles which would aid to injury of the users
• Acoustic protection, rubber interlocking mats offer a reduction in noise impact when weights fall than ceramic or porcelain tiles that aid to noise expansion
• High floor protection, rubber matting protect any surface underneath to damage than conventional tiles

Rubber matting is the process of rubberizing any floor area for protection reasons. They are various reasons why people should consider rubber matting than any other type of matting like carpet, ceramic, or porcelain matting

• Rubber matting protects floors from dirty by collecting dirty itself
• Offers comfort
• Offer durability
• Offer acoustic properties
• Offer high fire retardant

There are many areas that sell rubber matting in Johannesburg, many of whom are not manufacturers. Many rubber matting suppliers that are manufacturers supply these rubber mats at very affordable prices.

Rubber matting is supplied by resellers are very expensive. There are a few companies that supply rubber matting in Johannesburg that are also manufacturers.

Retailers offer a wide reach in terms of rubber mats supply in South Africa than manufacturers because of limited distribution channels by manufacturers.

The choice between a rubber mat and a rubber mat roll boils down to the following factors

• Cost
• Application
• Preference

Cost– generally rubber matting is inexpensive as compared to the rubberized mat roll but it should be noted that rubber rolls are easier to install than rubber matting

Application– it is preferred to install rubber rolls in the domestic household than the rubber mats and vice versa it should be preferred to install rubber mats in industrial areas than rolls

Preference– Those who prefer an aesthetical appearance will choose rubber rolls over rubber mats.