Epoxy + Sound/Vibration Dampening?

[chicohuahua]

So I've got a fairly new home, about 3 yrs old. I've dedicated a part of my garage for my gym equipment and weights. I drank the kool-aid and got into CrossFit, so a lot of my workouts involve dropping weights from chest level or higher.

I've always been concerned with the amount of noise/vibration when I drop the weights, as if I'm damaging the floors and foundation of the house. I only use rubber bumper plates- in fact I've tried all types of bumpers (never any iron plates). I even use 3/8" thick horse stall mats to try and cut down the impact.

If I'm lifting dead in the middle of the garage, the noise and vibration is crazy high. The closer I am to the walls or edges of the garage, the less severe the impact, and the weights seem to have a dead blow with little to no shuddering of the floor/walls.

Is there something wrong with my garage and the way the slab was poured? Does an epoxy or poly coating do an effective job at deadening noise and impact?

 

[Shea]

Is your garage slab on grade or is it suspended with something underneath? Is it fairly empty inside other than the equipment? Also, noise tends to amplify more from the middle of a room than from the sides.

A coating is not going to do anything to help in terms of the noise dept. If I could suggest, you might want to lower the weights under control to avoid the problem. There used to be a time some years ago when dropping weights was considered bad form, but these days it seems to have become more of a fad Just a suggestion

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Don't drop the weights.


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[Armorpoxy]

We carry a line of commercial grade gym flooring if you want info on it. These are gym tiles used in weight rooms of Division 1 teams and such and can handle the plates being dropped to protect the floor. Cost though is not inexpensive, contact us directly with size of area for pricing as there are minimums on this product line so we may or may not be able to quote the project.

https://armorpoxy.com/commercial/gym-flooring/

 

[risc]

Build a lifting platform. The gym I go to has giant holes in the concrete from dropping bumper plates on horse stall mats.

 

[Gittgo]

Get some 2x6'z and a sheet of plywood. Fill it with sand and cover it with heavy canvas.
When you get old you can remove the canvas and sit in your sandbox and build sand castles and stuff ! You drop 400 lbs in 6 inches of sand you aint gonna hear nothin

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Get some 2x6'z and a sheet of plywood. Fill it with sand and cover it with heavy canvas.
When you get old you can remove the canvas and sit in your sandbox and build sand castles and stuff ! You drop 400 lbs in 6 inches of sand you aint gonna hear nothin

 

[chicohuahua]

Slab was poured on grade, so who knows what's under the middle of the garage. In terms of what's in the garage, we've got plenty in there to absorb sound. It's the furthest thing from being an empty echo chamber.

As far as dropping my weights, that's why I have bumper plates. They're meant to be dropped. Short of building an lifting platform, I've tried stacks of broken down cardboard boxes, stacks of moving blankets, and all muffle the sound, but it's still a jarring quake.

 

[chicohuahua]

We carry a line of commercial grade gym flooring if you want info on it. These are gym tiles used in weight rooms of Division 1 teams and such and can handle the plates being dropped to protect the floor. Cost though is not inexpensive, contact us directly with size of area for pricing as there are minimums on this product line so we may or may not be able to quote the project.

https://armorpoxy.com/commercial/gym-flooring/

But can you still drive your car on it, spill/leak car fluids, etc?

 

[risc]

They do make "crash pads" for just this purpose, they're pretty expensive though.

 

[Thirdyfivepickup]

We carry a line of commercial grade gym flooring if you want info on it. These are gym tiles used in weight rooms of Division 1 teams and such and can handle the plates being dropped to protect the floor. Cost though is not inexpensive, contact us directly with size of area for pricing as there are minimums on this product line so we may or may not be able to quote the project.

https://armorpoxy.com/commercial/gym-flooring/

Could I order one with the Patriots logo on it?

That way I could strip down and drag my *** across it.

 

[Garage Flooring]

Slab was poured on grade, so who knows what's under the middle of the garage. In terms of what's in the garage, we've got plenty in there to absorb sound. It's the furthest thing from being an empty echo chamber.

As far as dropping my weights, that's why I have bumper plates. They're meant to be dropped. Short of building an lifting platform, I've tried stacks of broken down cardboard boxes, stacks of moving blankets, and all muffle the sound, but it's still a jarring quake.

Rubber gym tiles. I should have some coming back on return I could make you a deal on. The guy had them on his wood floor......