Horse Stall Mats

[Oblivian]

I'm thinking of buying a couple of these for flooring in my home gym. My gym is in a finished basement with older carpet that will need replaced at some point down the road. If I place these horse stall mats on top of the carpet, will the carpet get stained black from the horse stall mats? Should I place something under the horse mats? Also, any general info on how well these worked out for anyone who uses them would be great. Thanks in advance.

 

[Cap'n]

If you plan on using them, put a sheet of plywood underneath. Means the mats won't stain your carpet and you can more safely drop weights if need be.

 

[Oblivian]

No other input on using these? How about cutting these things to fit in odd areas, anyone done that? I'd hate to drop $150 and find out these were a bad idea.

 

[nomilkforsanta]

I used these to make a olympic lifting platform...they work fine and don't stain my garage carpet whenever i move them.

BFS BFS Area Mats (Stock)

 

[Oblivian]

I used these to make a olympic lifting platform...they work fine and don't stain my garage carpet whenever i move them.

BFS BFS Area Mats (Stock)

Awesome, thanks.

 

[Rare Chestnuts]

I'd recommend having at least one layer of plywood before you put rubber mats down.

 

[fat_wilhelm]

Cut 'em with a jig saw.

 

[Standard]

Cut 'em with a jig saw.

You just like the smell

 

[nomilkforsanta]

Cut 'em with a jig saw.

in my 8th grade wood shop class back in 1997, a Black family protested the name of the saw and we could no longer use the word "jig", we had to call it a "skill" saw.