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Sports Flooring Specifications

Sports Flooring Specifications - Technical

The links below will provide all the information you will need to properly spec a Horner Sports Floor for your project. In addition our sales staff is always available to assist with your specifications.

When you use Horner’s flooring specifications, you ensure that your project specifications include a high quality sports floor. Specify a floor from a brand your clients know and respect. Specify a Horner Sports Floor.

Horner Sports Flooring Specifications

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Slab Depression Specificatons

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Wood Floor Systems for Given Slab Depressions

Matching a Floor System to Your Slab Depression

Working with a pre-existing slab depression? Horner Sports Flooring has dozens of floor systems of various thicknesses. Below are our common floors and their overall thickness. If you can’t find what you are looking for, call us and one of our staff engineers can assist you in putting together a floor/pad combination that will work. Even if your specifications call for 33/32 flooring and you only have room for 25/32 flooring, our Long Life™ flooring option can make it happen.

Use the input below to highlight floors that have an overall thickness matching your slab depression. Enter you slab depression using the following format, example “2-1/2” or “76mm”

Slab Depressions

AllWood (All-Wood)
Depression	Flooring Thickness	Pad Used	Sub-Floor
2-1/2" (64mm)	25/32" (20mm)	No pad	1"x6" SPF
2-3/4" (70mm)	33/32" (26mm)	No pad	1"x6" SPF
2" (51mm)	25/32" (20mm)	No pad	Plywood
2-1/4" (57mm)	33/32" (26mm)	No pad	Plywood
1-7/8" (48mm)	25/32" (20mm)	No pad	OSB
2-1/8" (54mm)	33/32" (26mm)	No pad	OSB

BPS
Depression	Flooring Thickness	Pad Used
2" (51mm)	25/32" (20mm)	7/16" (11mm) BPS
2-1/4" (57mm)	33/32" (26mm)	7/16" (11mm) BPS
1-13/16" (46mm)	25/32" (20mm)	1/4" (6mm) Foam
2-1/16" (52mm)	33/32" (26mm)	1/4" (6mm) Foam

BPS LP
Depression	Flooring Thickness	Pad Used	Sub-Floor
1-5/8" (41mm)	25/32" (20mm)	1/4" (6mm) Foam

CRP
Depression	Flooring Thickness	Pad Used	Sub-Floor
2-1/8" (55mm)	25/32" (20mm)	7/16" (11mm)
2-3/8" (60mm)	33/32" (26mm)	7/16" (11mm)

Echo Panel
Depression	Flooring Thickness	Pad Used	Sub-Floor
2-1/8" (55mm)	25/32" (20mm)	7/16" (11mm)
2-3/8" (60mm)	33/32" (26mm)	7/16" (11mm)

Fixed Sleeper
Depression	Flooring Thickness	Pad Used	Sub-Floor
3-1/8" (79mm)	25/32" (20mm)	No pad
3-3/8" (86mm)	33/32" (26mm)	No pad

LS Laminated Sleeper
Depression	Flooring Thickness	Pad Used
2-3/4" (70mm)	25/32" (20mm)	3/4" (19mm) Safe™
3" (76mm)	33/32" (26mm)	3/4" (19mm) Safe™
2-1/2" (64mm)	25/32" (20mm)	7/16" (11mm) Safe™
2-3/4" (70mm)	33/32" (26mm)	7/16" (11mm) Safe™

MPC Multi Purpose Channel
Depression	Flooring Thickness	Pad Used
3" (76mm)	25/32" (20mm)	Any depression over 3"
3-1/4" (83mm)	33/32" (26mm)	Any depression over 3"
For new install spec 3-3/8" (86mm) depression for 25/32 flooring
For new install spec 3-5/8" (92mm) depression for 33/32 flooring

Safe
Depression	Flooring Thickness	Pad Used
2-11/16" (68mm)	25/32" (20mm)	7/16" (11mm) Safe™
2-15/16" (74mm)	33/32" (26mm)	7/16" (11mm) Safe™
3" (76mm)	25/32" (20mm)	3/4" (19mm) Safe™
3-1/4" (83mm)	33/32" (26mm)	3/4" (19mm) Safe™

Safe 1
Depression	Flooring Thickness	Pad Used
3-1/8" (79mm)	25/32" (20mm)	7/16" (11mm) Safe™
3-3/8" (86mm)	33/32" (26mm)	7/16" (11mm) Safe™
3-7/16" (87mm)	25/32" (20mm)	3/4" (19mm) Safe™
3-11/16" (94mm)	33/32" (26mm)	3/4" (19mm) Safe™

Safe 2
Depression	Flooring Thickness	Pad Used
2-7/16" (62mm)	25/32" (20mm)	3/4" (19mm) Safe™
2-11/16" (68mm)	33/32" (26mm)	3/4" (19mm) Safe™
2-1/8" (54mm)	25/32" (20mm)	7/16" (11mm) Safe™
2-3/8" (60mm)	33/32" (26mm)	7/16" (11mm) Safe™

Sta-Loc 2
Depression	Flooring Thickness	Pad Used	Sub-Floor
1-1/4" (32mm)	25/32" (20mm)
1-1/2" (38mm)	33/32" (26mm)

TAC (Thrust-a-Cushion)
Depression	Flooring Thickness	Pad Used
2-5/8" (67mm)	25/32" (20mm)	3/8" (10mm) TAC™ pad
2-7/8" (73mm)	33/32" (26mm)	3/8" (10mm) TAC™ pad
2-7/8" (73mm)	25/32" (20mm)	5/8" (16mm) TAC™ pad
3-1/8" (79mm)	33/32" (26mm)	5/8" (16mm) TAC™ pad

TAC1
Depression	Flooring Thickness	Pad Used
3-1/8" (79mm)	25/32" (20mm)	3/8" (10mm) TAC™ pad
3-3/8" (86mm)	33/32" (26mm)	3/8" (10mm) TAC™ pad
3-3/8" (86mm)	25/32" (20mm)	5/8" (16mm) TAC™ pad
3-5/8" (92mm)	33/32" (26mm)	5/8" (16mm) TAC™ pad

TAC1a
Depression	Flooring Thickness	Pad Used
3-1/8" (79mm)	25/32" (20mm)	3/8" (10mm) TAC™ pad
3-3/8" (86mm)	33/32" (26mm)	3/8" (10mm) TAC™ pad
3-3/8" (86mm)	25/32" (20mm)	5/8" (16mm) TAC™ pad
3-5/8" (92mm)	33/32" (26mm)	5/8" (16mm) TAC™ pad

TAC2
Depression	Flooring Thickness	Pad Used
2-1/8" (54mm)	25/32" (20mm)	3/8" (10mm) TAC™ pad
2-3/8" (60mm)	33/32" (26mm)	3/8" (10mm) TAC™ pad
2-3/8" (60mm)	25/32" (20mm)	5/8" (16mm) TAC™ pad
2-5/8" (67mm)	33/32" (26mm)	5/8" (16mm) TAC™ pad
1-7/8" (48mm)	25/32" (20mm)	1/4" (6mm) foam
2-1/8" (54mm)	33/32" (26mm)	1/4" (6mm) foam
2-1/8" (54mm)	25/32" (20mm)	1/2" (13mm) foam
2-3/8" (60mm)	33/32" (26mm)	1/2" (13mm) foam

Vari-Cushion
Depression	Flooring Thickness	Pad Used
2-1/4" (57mm)	25/32" (20mm)	3/8" (10mm) TAC™ pad
2-1/2" (64mm)	33/32" (26mm)	3/8" (10mm) TAC™ pad
2-1/2" (64mm)	25/32" (20mm)	5/8" (16mm) TAC™ pad
2-3/4" (70mm)	33/32" (26mm)	5/8" (16mm) TAC™ pad

Zenith
Depression	Flooring Thickness	Pad Used	Sub-Floor
1-7/8" (55mm)	25/32" (20mm)	7/16" (11m) Eco™ pad

Zenith LP
Depression	Flooring Thickness	Pad Used	Sub-Floor
1-3/4" (44mm)	25/32" (20mm)	7/16" (11mm) Eco™ pad

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Work for Horner Sports Flooring

Work with Horner

Our employees don’t just work for Horner Sports Flooring, they work with us. Horner is a family owned and operated flooring mill that produces wood flooring primarily for the sports industry and school gymnasiums. Our high quality maple flooring and the flooring systems that use it, are found at many NBA, WNAB, NCAA and international events. Horner Sports Flooring has been in business since 1891.

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Looking for a new career? We would like to talk to you. We can offer the right candidates an opportunity to work with a world class business and live in an area most can only dream about. Our plant is located just 15 minutes from historic Houghton MI, home to Michigan Technological University. The Houghton Hancock area also offers world class boating, fishing, hunting and hiking. Consider making the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula home.

Horner Sports Flooring About Us

About Us - Horner Sports Flooring

Welcome to Horner Flooring, the oldest and longest-standing member of the Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association (MFMA), with roots dating back to 1891 – the same year the game of basketball was invented by Dr. James Naismith. Over the past century plus, Horner’s commitment to quality of both product and services has been demonstrated most importantly by our relationships. These include providing the NBA All Star Floor for 30+ years in a row, 20 plus years of providing special event flooring for the NCAA, Olympics Games and Common Wealth Games. Our track record of over 11,000 floors installed across the United States since 1980 alone continues to secure Horner’s place as the leader in the sports flooring industry.

Horner’s R&D continues to lead the industry with innovative sport floor systems for which Horner has been recognized for many decades. Horner’s cutting-edge flooring solutions continue to meet the needs of the most discerning customers, from elementary schools to NBA and Olympic caliber competition. Partnering with only the highest quality flooring contractors allows Horner to provide the essential assurance to architects and end users that the sport flooring system will be installed on schedule and maintained in accordance with the high standards prescribed by Horner.

Quality will Always Remain the Hallmark of Horner and its Dealer Network.

Our product line includes wood and synthetic systems that cover the gamut of surfaces for virtually every sports activity. All Horner systems are engineered for the very best in athletic performance, structural integrity, trouble-free maintenance and long lasting appeal.

Our goal has always been to be the best – and LEED documentation gives us another opportunity to demonstrate why Horner will always be an industry leader in sports flooring. By developing Horner’s own LEED logistics documents based on USGBC submittal forms, Horner has taken the guess work out of all LEED construction.

We welcome the opportunity to demonstrate to you first-hand, why Horner is recognized as the leader it is. This position in our industry has been earned. We look forward to earning your trust.

To learn more about Horner Sports Flooring and its products, contact us by calling 800-380-0119.

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