Horner Sports Flooring

Since 1891 - The Oldest Name in Sports Flooring

Knowledge Base

What is an Economical Sports Floor?

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Economical Sports Floor

Economical sports floor from Horner Sports FlooringSports flooring is expensive. It is an investment. We recognize that not every customer has a budget to get the best possible floor system. We also recognize that not every customer needs the best possible floor system. So it is vitally important to understand what makes one floor more expensive than another.

Unless you are purchasing a ProKing® portable basketball floor, your new floor will essentially be assembled on site. Components will be delivered and skilled craftsmen will install the floor. Depending on the floor you choose, the number and type of components will vary. This affects the manufacturing costs and may impact shipping costs. This will also affect the time and cost to install the floor. More advanced and complicated floors take longer to install. Economical sports floors from Horner Sports Flooring provide safe, durable surfaces for competition.

Some floor systems, in order to meet specific standards (DIN, EN, PUR, etc.), have undergone rigorous testing and certification. This adds cost. Or, the floor system my be designed with specific enhancements like high load bearing, high air flow, etc. These also add cost. 

But lets make one thing clear, Horner Sports Flooring does not sell floor systems that are “good enough”. Every economical sports floor sold by Horner Sports Floor is the best in its price point. The maple on top of an economical sports floor is the same as that found on our high performance Zenith systems. Aesthetically, they are identical. As for performance, they are all designed to exceed customer expectations.

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What is Rebound Technology Flooring?

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Rebound Technology

Rebound Technology refers to how well a ball bounces from the floor. Devices are used to drop the ball from a predetermined height and measure the time between the first impact and second impact. Once this time has been determined the bounce height can be mathematically determined. This height divided by the initial drop height gives a percentage rebound. All other conditions are carefully controlled, such as ball pressure. 

Rebound Technology is a fundamental data point in most performance certifications.

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What is Performance Standard Certified Flooring?

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Performance Standard Certified Flooring

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Performance certified flooring has undergone rigorous testing by one or more third-party labs. Often architects will require these certifications in their specifications for flooring. This ensures a base level of performance for the floor. Flooring that is not certified, is not defective or substandard, it simply means it has not been tested. All Horner Sports Flooring provides a high level of performance. If it didn’t, we wouldn’t continue to manufacture and offer it to our customers.

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What is Uniform Performance Flooring?

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Uniform Performance Characteristics Flooring

Uniform performance characteristics refers to a floor’s measurable performance criteria. These include, but are not limited to, ball bounce, floor deflection, coefficient of friction (surface), vibration dampening, etc. A floor with this designation excels in providing very uniform statistics in these areas, across its entire surface. The “feel” of this floor will be the same everywhere. To many, the difference, if any, will never be noticed, however, to a professional or collegiate athlete, any variation may be noticed and impact their performance.

Horner Sports Flooring take uniformity in its floors very seriously. We continually test, measure and improve all our floors in this critical area.

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What is a Variable Performance Floor?

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Variable Performance Flooring

Variable performance flooring is a flooring system that can be tuned to a specific use or preference. By using a different underlayment or resilient pads, specific characteristics of a floor can be changed. For instance, a competition floor may be tuned to return the maximum amount of energy to the athlete while a practice floor made be tuned to reduce injury and fatigue. The laws of physics dictate that not every desirable characteristic of a floor can be met simultaneously, however we can meet most of the ones important to the customer and their needs.

A variable performance floor system is designed to allow changes to specific specifications as dictated by the customer.

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