Horner Sports Flooring

Since 1891 - The Oldest Name in Sports Flooring

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Collegiate Sports Flooring

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Collegiate Sports Flooring for Competition

Whether you are a Division 1, Division 2 or a Community College, Horner Sports Flooring has the perfect floor for all your installations. We have an extensive collection of systems to cover all of your needs, from basketball courts and weight rooms to theater stages and dance studios.

ProKing® Portable Basketball Floors

Collegiate Sports Flooring - ProKing portable basketball floors

Product Data Sheet

  • Fastest Put-down and Take-up
  • Lightest Weight Panels Available
  • Trusted Since 1974
Michigan State Spartans basketball floor - ProKing
Michigan State ProKing

Collegiate Sports Flooring for Other Facilities

  • Field Houses
  • Multi Purpose Rooms
  • Multi Sports Complexes
  • Weight Rooms
  • Raquetball Courts
  • Locker Rooms

Balanced Performance System (BPS) LP

cutaway image of a hardwood sports court showing the various components that make up a Fixed Resilient or Floating floor system

Product Data Sheet

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Michigan Tech SDC

SuperTuff Rubber Synthetic System

image of a SuperTuff vulcanized rubber floor square with an second image overlay showing a closeup of the interlocking edge.

Product Data Sheet

  • Tough Resilient Rubber System
  • Low Maintenance
  • Water Proof
Weight lifter in weight room with rubber floor
Weight Rooms

Contact us to set up a meeting with one of our flooring professionals, who will guide you through your options. They will also evaluate your unique situation to ensure you receive the best product for your needs.

Secondary Schools and Specialty Flooring

Top 3 Floors for Secondary Schools

Floors for Secondary Schools image of little girls shooting a basket.We take the safety and health of our little ones very seriously. Growing bodies need special protection so we have listed below 3 of our most recommended systems for young athletes. They provide a wide array of costs, but each is the highest quality in its class. Recognizing the wide array of environments secondary schools might provide, these systems also provide a spectrum of climate suitability.

The following factors should be considered when choosing a new or replacement floor:

  • Building's age and climate control system
  • The budget for the floor
  • How the floor will be used and by whom

Recommended Floors for Secondary Schools

#1 Horner Flooring Zenith Fixed Resilient System

cutaway image of a hardwood sports floor showing the various components that make up the Zenith LP, A Computer Designed Low-Profile System of a Fixed Resilient floor

Product Data Sheet

  • EN/FIBA/PUR compliant
  • Multil-Stage Resilience
  • Dimensional Stability
  • Attenuated Vibration
  • Most Versatile Multi-Sport System in the Marketplace
  • Partial Blocking System
  • Low Profile option
  • Continuous Air Flow

#2 CushionCourt (Optima™) Padded Polyurethane System

CushionCourt is a very popular floor for secondary schools. Used in gyms, common areas and cafeterias, the poured, seemless surface is tough and waterproof.

a cutout image of showing the base layer and four additional layers of CushionCourt, a polyurethane synthetic sports floor.

Product Data Sheet

  • Low initial cost/low ownership cost
  • No yearly coating required
  • Made from recycled rubber
  • High-performing
  • Seamless, no-fade surface
  • Environmentally friendly – no mercury
  • Multiple color options

#3 Horner Flooring SAFE Sports Flooring System

cutaway image of a hardwood sports floor showing the various components that make up the SAFE 1, a Fixed Resilient or Floating Floor System

Product Data Sheet

  • DIN/EN Compliant
  • Versatile application
  • Consistent play and ball rebound
  • Flexible performance options
  • Outstanding substrate airflow
  • Engineered sleeper
  • Economical
  • Industry standard system

Contact us and we’ll set up a meeting with one of our flooring professionals who can help you better understand all your options for floors for secondary schools. They will also evaluate your unique situation to ensure the choice of flooring is the best possible one.

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Wood Floor Systems for Given Slab Depressions

Matching a Floor System to Your Slab Depression

Slab depression Information Multipurpose Channel System - Harvard Floor

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 Sub-Floor
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 Sub-Floor
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 Sub-Floor
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 Sub-Floor
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 Sub-Floor
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 Sub-Floor
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 Sub-Floor
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 Sub-Floor
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 Sub-Floor
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 Sub-Floor
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 Sub-Floor
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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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.About Us - Horner Sports Flooring Summer League Floor 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.

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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.About Us - Horner Sports Flooring flooring in plant

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.

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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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Horner Mini Floors

The Horner Sports Flooring Mini Floor

For many years, Horner Sports Flooring has occasionally produced collectable Horner mini floors duplicating the graphics of the team’s new floor or a special event floor. Since then, these small, replica floors have pioneered a totally new category in sports memorabilia collecting. These floor replicas are especially popular with players and fans.

They are also a popular item to have autographed since they narrow down the time the signature was acquired.  Players find the flat, smooth surface easy to sign, leading to a strong, clean, impression.

The replica floor graphics are laid down on a  genuine piece of Horner tongue and groove, maple sports flooring, 3 inches wide, 6 inches long and 3/4 inches thick.

These small, collectable floors make a great way to raise funds ( see fund raising page here ) for a new floor. Contact our sales office to learn more about this program.

Mini Floor examples of some past floors:

A replica of the Detroit Pistons 2004 NBA Champions basketball floor shown on a piece of hardwood flooring by Horner Sports Flooring
A replica of the Los Angeles 2011 NBA All-Star basketball floor shown on a piece of hardwood flooring by Horner Sports Flooring
A replica of the Providence Friars basketball floor at the Dunkin Donuts Center shown on a piece of hardwood flooring by Horner Sports Flooring
A replica of the Brooklyn & New York 2015 All Star Basketball floor shown on a piece of hardwood flooring by Horner Sports Flooring

More Information:

Mini floors only replicate Horner Spotrs Flooring’s ProKing® floors. These floors are used primarily in the NCAA, NBA and for FIBA International competition. These floors are done for both regular use courts and special event courts.