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A comprehensive guide to suspended flooring: materials, structure, and installation.

2025/09/25
A comprehensive guide to suspended flooring: materials, structure, and installation.

Whether you're upgrading your basketball court, creating a safe space at an amusement park, or eliminating clutter in your garage, suspended flooring offers both practicality and flexibility.

However, many people wonder before purchasing: Is the material reliable? What's special about the structure? Will installation be complicated?

Today, we'll provide a comprehensive understanding of suspended flooring from these key perspectives, uncovering why it's adaptable to a variety of indoor and outdoor settings, and why color customization is possible.

1. Material: High quality is the core of durability, achieving both environmental friendliness and performance.

The durability of suspended flooring begins with material selection. Our product utilizes high-density polypropylene (PP) as its core material—a highly environmentally friendly material with three key properties:

Weather-resistant: resistant to sunlight and low temperatures, it withstands frequent use on outdoor basketball courts without damage.

Common oil and water stains in garages can be cleaned with a simple rinse, eliminating the need for frequent waxing and maintenance.​

Safety and Cushioning: The material's inherent slight elasticity, combined with its suspended structure, effectively absorbs impact. After paving in an amusement park, the risk of injury from falls can be reduced by 60%, making it more suitable for children's activities than concrete or ordinary tiles.

From factory to customer, a one-stop shop ensures high-quality products are delivered to customers.

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2. Structure: Modular design hides ingenuity, the key to adaptability to multiple scenarios.

Floating floors can flexibly adapt to diverse scenarios, such as basketball courts, amusement parks, and garages. The key lies in their installation, which features two key design highlights:

Easy-to-join: Some flooring styles feature precise "male and female" clips along the edges, allowing for easy connection like building blocks. No glue or nails are required, making them easy to install even by those without renovation experience. Furthermore, a 1-2mm expansion joint is created at the clips to prevent warping caused by thermal expansion and contraction, ensuring stability for both indoor and outdoor use. Bottom drainage grooves: The floor's bottom isn't flat, but rather features staggered drainage grooves. This allows for rapid drainage when it rains outdoors, allowing the basketball court to be used again within 30 minutes without water accumulation or slippery conditions. Even spills in the garage can flow through the drainage grooves to the floor drain, preventing accidents caused by slippery surfaces.

This structure also facilitates color customization: You can choose a single color (e.g., team-specific red for the basketball court, stain-resistant dark gray for the garage) or create a pattern (e.g., a cartoon-like blue and green combination for an amusement park, or a school emblem for a school playground). We offer a variety of standard color palettes, and we also support custom patterns, making the flooring a visually appealing addition to your space.​

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3. Installation Process: 3 Steps, Quickly Implemented for Both Indoor and Outdoor Use

Many people worry about installation complications and the need for a professional team. However, the modular design of the floating floor simplifies installation into just three steps: preparation - joining - finishing. A single person can complete a 20-square-meter garage in just one day.

Basic Preparation: First, clean the floor (as long as it's flat and free of sharp protrusions, concrete, tile, or wood floors can be laid directly without demolishing the existing surface). Then, use a tape measure to plan the laying direction based on the dimensions of the space (for example, for a basketball court, lay along the long side for a more organized look).

Jointing: Starting in a corner, align the clips on the first floorboard with the slots on the second. A gentle tap secures the floor. If it's a basketball court, you can also mark lines on the floor with chalk beforehand to ensure alignment after joining, ensuring a smooth and enjoyable workout. Final Inspection: After laying the floor, press down on the snap-on joints to confirm they are not loose. For outdoor use, secure the edges with pressure strips (optional accessories) to prevent them from accidentally lifting.

We provide customized installation solutions for different scenarios—for example, for amusement parks, we recommend two layers (for added cushioning), while garages can add padding in the load-bearing areas. This ensures optimal floor performance for each scenario.

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4. Scenario Verification: One Floor Meets All Indoor and Outdoor Flooring Needs

After understanding the material, structure, and installation, consider its "scenarios of suitability":

Basketball Courts (Indoor and Outdoor): Non-slip and wear-resistant, with a ball rebound rate close to that of professional wood flooring (over 85%), eliminating the need for "sticky balls" or "slippery feet" during play. Customized team colors enhance court visibility.

Amusement Parks: Vibrant colors (available in macaron and cartoon colors), safety and cushioning ensure peace of mind for parents and appealing to children. Flexible assembly allows for layout adjustments to suit the shape of the ride. Garage: Oil-resistant and easy to clean, the floor becomes instantly tidy after installation. It can also be divided into "parking" and "tool areas," creating a more upscale look than concrete.

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5. Choose the right suspended floor for worry-free, long-lasting performance

After reading this, you should understand that the advantages of suspended flooring go beyond ease of installation and maintenance. They also lie in the durability of high-quality materials and the flexibility of modular construction. Color customization elevates it from a "practical item" to a "personalized element," allowing for a customized solution for both commercial and home spaces.

If you're still struggling with color selection, or would like to learn about installation considerations for a specific setting (such as an outdoor basketball court), please leave a message or private message us. We'll provide free color swatches and scenario templates to help you easily select the right suspended floor.

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