Cost, winter, colour, thickness, cure time, bases, cracks, maintenance, playgrounds and timing are covered below.
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In this region rubber surfacing over an existing garage floor, patio, walkway or deck commonly runs from about $8 to $16 per square foot, depending on thickness, colour and how much preparation the base needs. Playgrounds run from about $15 to $30 and up per square foot because they are several times thicker. Very small jobs carry a set minimum. What you actually pay is the figure on the written quote, and that quote follows the free visit.
No. Salt does to concrete what it does not do to rubber. Brine drains through the porous rubber and hoses off in spring, and the slab underneath stays sealed. That is the main reason we pour so many garage floors and front steps in Oakville.
Rubber surfacing comes in solid colours and blends built from EPDM granules, which are coloured all the way through. Sand, tan, grey, slate, blue-grey and brown are the usual outdoor choices; brighter blues, greens, reds and yellows go on playgrounds. Black SBR is the low-cost choice for garages and gyms. Samples come with us on the visit.
On a patio, pool deck, walkway or set of steps the rubber surfacing is about half an inch thick, occasionally a shade under. Garage and gym floors go thicker, three-quarters at the most. Playgrounds are much deeper: a low toddler set needs an inch and a half, tall equipment needs four inches or beyond, because the drop sets the depth.
The surface takes foot traffic the morning after it is poured. Give it about two to three days before a car goes on a driveway or garage floor, or before heavy equipment or furniture goes back on a patio. Cool or damp weather stretches the cure a little.
Rubber surfacing can be poured over concrete, asphalt, interlock pavers, flagstone, stamped concrete, sound wood decks, compacted stone and existing rubber. The base has to be sound, swept, dry and bare of sealer, of paint and of oil. What is there now is kept underneath as the base, so nothing is demolished.
Rubber surfacing bridges hairline and settled cracks that have stopped moving, because it is flexible. A crack that still opens and closes with the seasons has to be cut and filled first, or it will show through. Oakville's clay ground makes both kinds common, and we tell you which you have at the visit.
Sweep it, hose it, and use a mild detergent for spills. Do not use harsh solvents. Shovel snow with a plastic-edge shovel. Every several years a fresh coat of binder brings the colour up and extends the life of the surface.
Thickness for a playground is set by the tallest spot a child can stand on, not by a guess. A low toddler structure needs a thin cushion; a school-size structure with a platform at six or seven feet needs a cushion layer of two to four inches under the coloured top. Send us the equipment spec and we put the thickness on the quote.
Outdoor work is poured from roughly late April to late October, when the surface is about ten degrees and rising and there is no rain during the cure. Garage and basement floors are poured in any month. Most backyard jobs are done in one or two days, and spring pool deck bookings fill first.
Each service page covers thickness, colour and preparation for that surface.
We pour a seamless, porous rubber surfacing layer over concrete, Kool Deck, pavers and stamped concrete around backyard pools in Oakville. Each surface we pour is fully insured. Nothing is torn out: the existing deck becomes what the rubber surfacing bonds to.
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We pour black and speckled rubber surfacing over garage slabs, driveway aprons and front walks in Oakville so salt, tires and shovels land on rubber instead of concrete. Each surface we pour is fully insured. Most garages are done in a single day.
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We pour poured-in-place rubber surfacing for Oakville daycares, schools, churches, parks and backyard play structures, at a thickness set by the height a child can fall from. Each surface we pour is fully insured. Colours, patterns and games can be built into the surface.
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We cover cracked patios, uneven walkways and worn front steps in Oakville with a seamless rubber surfacing layer that bridges the old cracks and grips in the rain. Each surface we pour is fully insured. The old concrete, pavers or wood stays as the base.
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We install poured rubber surfacing floors for garage gyms, basement studios, outdoor fitness pads, school weight rooms and condo fitness rooms in Oakville. Each surface we pour is fully insured. The floor is one seamless piece with no mat edges to curl or trap sweat.
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We pour rubber surfacing for restaurant patios, seniors' residences, hotel pool decks, condo common areas, school grounds, barn aisles and wash stalls across Oakville and the farm belt north of Dundas Street. Each surface we pour is fully insured. Commercial work is quoted by measured area with the thickness in writing.
View Commercial and Equestrian SurfacingGive us whatever details you have, and we will follow up by phone to settle on a visit date. A name plus a number is enough to get going. Calling is fine as well, at +1 289-307-8671.
