What I Learned Going From Residential to Gym Work

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I had been in the residential wood flooring business for about 10 years when the Great Recession hit, and we started doing gym floors just to stay in business. A few years later, we purchased our biggest gym floor competitor, and we’ve never looked back! Today we have three to four crews traveling throughout the Rocky Mountain West doing sports floors, and it’s a business I’m passionate about.

In the following pages I explain some of the things I learned about making the transition from residential work to gym floor jobs. This description will only scratch the surface of the many facets of commercial construction; installing a gymnasium floor in a large commercial project is as different from installing residential wood floors as it is different from doing roofing. The actual work is not that different, but in commercial construction, process is key. The process and administration must be attended to! My goal is not to discourage anyone, just to shed some light on the process. The installation of gymnasium floors (like anything else in life) has abundant opportunities for any ambitious individual willing to serve their customers with high-quality products!

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