The
ultimate sports floor must encourage optimum performance and
safety whilst being easy to maintain.
Based
on 22m solid beech wood boards (in three qualities - see opposite),
Junckers has a full range of flooring systems that all comply
with International standards and norms - click
here to see details of these standards.
Promoting
maximum performance, Junckers sports floors are designed to
deliver shock-absorption, resilience and ball bouce, making
them perfect for ball sports such as basketball and netball,
aerobics, dance, gymnastics and many other indoor sports.
At the
same time, the durability of the floors - combined with speocially
developed sport finishes - offers superior friction qualities
and therefore excellent protection against sports injuries.
The range
of floor systems includes multi-purpose and high-impact batten-systems,
portable floors and low elevation floating floors designed
specifically for refurbishment projects.
Many facilities
used for sport often play host to other events such as theatre,
conferences and concerts. A junckers sports floor can be designed
to support very high loadings, such as portable spectator
seating and bleacher seating.
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Junckers
SylvaSport grades
Each
of the Junckers undercarriage sytems is
available with the following 3 grades of
press dried solid beech flooring:
SylvaSport
Premium - is
the favoured surface for most sports
use, as it has the most natural look
SylvaSport
Classic - is
chosen for a very clean uniform floor
SylvaSport
Club - is
a rustic look chosen for cost effectiveness
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- Junckers
Sylvasport hardwood floors are manufactured
from two rows of 22mm thick solid European
Beech staves assembled into self-supporting
boards by means of a carefully machined
double dovetail joint. Tongue and grooved
on all four sides
- Being
solid hardwood throughought, you can rest
assured that the boards will not delaminate
and will last far longer than other area
elastic floors
- The
beech is press dried using Junckers unique
press drying process to make the beech
wood more stable and stronger
- The
uniform colour of the beech surface has
the perfect light reflectance thus reducing
the overall need for artificial light
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Line
marking
Naturally,
your Junckers sports floor will require
court markings to show the lines and
courts required to facilitate the
use of the hall for a potentially
wide range of sports.
Continental
will advise on all popular and minority
sports and the best way to layout
the lines so as to comply with regulations
whilst minimising the confusion potentially
caused by overlapping court markings.
Click
here for a discussion of court / line
markings
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Floor
protection
Your
Junckers or other type of sports floor
is designed primarily for sports use.
However, many facilities have to be
used for other activities such as
careers fairs, assemblies, drama,
parties and social events, bring and
buy sales, exhibitions etc. and you
will want to protect the floor from
spillages, outdoor footwear with grit
brought in on shoes and stiletto heels.
We
offer two types of protection depending
on the effect you wish to achieve
and the type of events you will host.
Either floor druggets or Jumbo Tiles
provide alternative solutions to this
important consideration.
Click
here for details of our sports floor
protection products |
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Standards
and norms
Solid
hardwood sports floors are designated as "area elastic
floors" to provide the spring resilience and shock absorbing
qualities neded for sports and dance use to minimise injury.
If the floor is too hard the athlete and user will be exposed
to early fatigue, and aching joints through to injury such
as sprains, joint and shin bone damage.
If too
soft, then ball bounce and running characteristics are compromised.
In the
UK, hardwood sports floors are governed by a number of recognised
standards:
- All
sports floors must conform to BS7044
Part 4 - this is the minimum Sport England
requirement, with which your floor msut comply if it is
part of a Sport England sponsored project
- A
higher more demanding standard for better quality sports
and dance flooring is DIN
18032 Part 2
- The
newest - and the best - standard is the European Standard
CEN 217.
This standard has brought together all the best eprformance
criteria from a number of current standards in the EU, including
BS and DIN.
All
Junckers systems fully comply with one or more of these standards.
They ALL comply with the minimum Sport England requirement
of BS7044 Part 4 compliance.
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