Monthly Archives: Jun 2021

Many building materials are noncombustible. Examples of noncombustible building materials include brick masonry, concrete blocks, cement, metal and sheet glass. Our wetpour rubber flooring solutions as other common materials used in construction as, for example, wood are considered flammable and when used on indoor building projects they need to be compliant with construction rules and standards regarding safety andContinue reading “Flammability Class on indoor wetpour rubber flooring projects”

The world population does not stop growing despite the COVID disruption and this is seriously affecting the environment. Ensuring sufficient food, clean water and prosperity for the next decades requires impactful actions worldwide.One of the ongoing international public initiatives to achieve this is to move from a linear to a circular economy. Until only aContinue reading “The circular economy challenge for rubber flooring installers”

Vulcanization is a process that converts the plastic characteristic of an EPDM compound from deforming under a certain force to becoming an elastic thermoplastic that returns to its initial position after deformation by said force. Thus, vulcanization creates a permanently elastic and thermally stable product that we call a rubber or elastomer. Through this vulcanizationContinue reading “Sulphur or peroxide vulcanized EPDM?”

Binder is the component with the highest impact on the cost of a wetpour (poured-in-place) rubber flooring but also on the end quality achieved.With the enormous price competition of our business segment, specially at some countries, I have seen installers trying to save costs in multiple ways and one of them has been, in someContinue reading “Saving on the rubber flooring by reducing the percentage of binder used?”

Playgrounds have been in lockdown in near all Countries in Europe and probably Worldwide. At those countries at which they remained open they probably had time restrictions or some accommodation limits due to COVID pandemic. Now that things are improving with vaccination over a wider range of ages, public authorities are starting to open theseContinue reading “Playgrounds after COVID lockdown times”

When testing the absorption capability of a safety surfacing at playgrounds we need to manage two concepts that are used to calculate the Critical Fall Height (CFH) of the surface. Even if you, as installer, are usually subcontracting this kind of test to a lab or inspector, is good you have a basic understanding ofContinue reading “What is HIC and gmax?”