A Ramp Or Entrance In The Sault Takes Lake-Effect Snow And Thousands Of Feet
Rubber surfacing gives a ramp, a front entrance or a walkway a surface that grips in slush, drains through itself and does not crack under the freeze-thaw of a Sault winter. A clinic on Great Northern Road, a seniors' residence in the east end, or an office downtown near Queen Street takes the same squall snow as a backyard and ten times the foot traffic. Concrete at those entrances is scaled and salt-pitted within a decade.
Rubber surfacing is quoted and poured to the same standard as a home job, and it is scheduled for the hours the door is closed. A splash pad or a pool surround at a park or a hotel is the same rubber surfacing trade in a brighter colour.
A Horse Barn Aisle On Bare Concrete Is Hard On Legs And Slick When Wet
Rubber surfacing in a barn aisle, a wash stall or a standing area gives a shod horse a surface that does not slip when wet and is easier on its joints than concrete. Acreages out toward Goulais River, Echo Bay and Prince Township keep horses in barns whose concrete aisles ice over at the door all winter and stay wet all spring. Poured rubber surfacing drains, can be hosed, and does not shift the way stall mats do.
The same material goes on an arena entrance, a mounting block area or a walkway between the barn and the paddock. There are no seams, so a hoof has no mat edge to catch on and urine has nothing to get under.
What A Commercial Or Equestrian Rubber Surfacing Job Involves
We pour rubber surfacing on a commercial or equestrian site once the old surface has been pressure washed or ground to bare, clean, dry material, with the cracks repaired and the slab primed. Granules and binder are mixed beside the job and go on by trowel at the thickness the quote states, which on a ramp or a walkway is three-eighths of an inch to half an inch, and thicker under a wash stall or a play area. Edges are finished flush to thresholds, drains and doors.
Rubber surfacing on a commercial site is planned around the business: a ramp is poured after closing and walks the next morning, and a barn aisle is poured while the horses are turned out. Colour, a contrasting edge line or a slip-resistant top layer are chosen from samples at the site visit.