Crumb rubber is the name given to any rubber material derived by reducing scrap tires into uniform granules. With around 70% recoverable rubber in a typical scrap tire, it’s a fantastic environmental option to use this for your underlay solution. If you haven’t considered this previously, I’m going to explain just how it can be used in the home and in commercial settings as part of an effective flooring system.
Somewhat predictably given its genesis of usage from car tyre to underlay, crumb rubber underlay is as durable a type of underlay that there is. Duralay Durafit 650 is the leading underlay in the field, with its astonishing work of compression of 165 J/m2, and 100% recovery, Durafit is almost impervious to foot traffic.
But just how can this be used to help you? In a number of ways. For instance, at just 6.5mm 650 is thin enough to be used over large areas in contract applications. This makes it …