Roppe Rubber flooring
Over the weekend we were able to get the rest of the painting done, and install our white rubber flooring. We purchased our flooring from Big D flooring, the local Roppe distributer. While there is nothing really unusual about rubber flooring, they looked at me really weird when I asked for it in snow white. A quick call into Roppe confirmed that we were doing something a little out of the ordinary. They said that they had never done a floor tile in snow white before. While I have a hard time believing that, I do know that the floor turned out nice. Some of the seams turned out a little more visible than I had hoped for, but we haven’t given it a good cleaning yet, so it may improve. The install went pretty good. It basically consisted of spreading down some glue with a notched trowel and then setting the tiles in place. To finish things off I rolled the whole floor with a 100 lb floor roller. The bad news is that I was too tight with my measuring, and we ended up 3 tiles short. Luckily all the tile under the cabinetry is in place, so it won’t hold us up at all.
Rubber flooring available from your local Roppe dealer for $6 a square foot plus install.
The kid approves.
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It looks great, I am really interested to hear how it holds up in the long run. Do you have pets? I worry that white would be a disaster with our two cats.
Yeah, hopefully it performs as well as it looks. I wonder if rubber flooring gets hot and cold with the outdoor temp? Does it tear or scuff? If so, can it be easily fixed? I assume you couldn’t buff or polish it out and would have to replace the piece entirely. I ordered samples and again, they look great and would certainly be soft underfoot but I wonder about its longevity and wear and tear. Please keep posting!
i wonder if a rubber wall in a bathroom would be weird.
Actually, I think these tiles with their round dots would make a cool bathroom wall. Weird, yes, but also cool.
love roppe rubber flooring. haven’t seen it in white before, but LOVE it! way to be bold and original. and I would love to see it on bathroom walls. very cool idea
I have seen this used in a dark gray but it was in a bathroom floor looked pretty cool. I wonder if White will scuff?
Is this the same stuff found in the South Towne Mall elevators in Sandy? They have it in black.
Is it still pretty easy to clean (mop, sweep) with all the raised portions of the surface?
I took the elevator in my building yesterday, for the first time in the five years that I’ve worked here (we only have three floors). On the floor was this same tile in dark grey! It looked really good.
The only thing keeping me from getting these is the fear that pet hair will stick like crazy, between the rubber and static.
Are the rubber floors over radiant heat? I’m thinking about doing this in my living room, but I’m concerned that the rubber won’t conduct enough.
Ours isn’t over Radiant, so I don’t know. I don’t think it would be a problem though…
Creede, how’s the floor holding up? How do you feel about the visibility of the seams (no big deal, yeah you can see them, tiles are starting to peel up, etc.)? I’m getting ready to install these (probably in Smooth in a light-medium grey) in my kitchen remodel. Thanks for the info!