Six spaces, and the thing about each one that is not obvious.
A space is a room, not a project. Each page starts from what the room is for, scores the range against the sports it actually serves, and ends with the system we would specify and the ones we would not.
Ballet room
A dance studio with a mirror wall, a barre and an existing threshold.
A ballet floor wants sprung, not soft.
Rated very suitable for dance, and at 32 mm it is the lowest solid-hardwood build in the range. In a retrofit with an existing threshold and a mirror wall, build height settles the choice before performance is discussed.
Multi Clip SystemEN 14904 A332 mmBasketball court
A competition court, with seating and equipment that has to be moved.
Load class beats the star rating.
High point and rolling load, EN 14904 class A4, and a FIBA licence of its own. KTL name retractable seating explicitly in what it was designed to carry.
FlexiPRO 12 V3EN 14904 A439 mmFIBA WF73-06Multi-purpose hall
A school or community hall: sport in the morning, assembly in the afternoon, a concert on Saturday.
The manufacturer’s own recommendation contradicts the manufacturer’s own ratings.
Ties at the top of the hall score, carries EN 14904 class A4 with both a FIBA licence and BWF Grade 1, and its standard load class is exactly what KTL define a hall to need.
Multiflex Advanced V2EN 14904 A452 mmFIBA WF73-02BWF Grade 1Badminton hall
A dedicated badminton hall, or a hall where badminton is the sport that matters.
Moving up the range moves you off the certification.
BWF Grade 1 and rated very suitable for badminton. Its one weakness, standard load, is irrelevant to a sport with no seating trolleys and no staging trucks.
Multiflex Advanced V2EN 14904 A452 mmFIBA WF73-02BWF Grade 1Yoga and fitness studio
A studio for mat work, class fitness and light equipment. Not a weights room.
Aerobic and fitness are the only two sports of eighteen that KTL never rate very suitable.
For yoga and mat work: rated very suitable, 32 mm, and the lightest load case in the range is the one this room actually presents.
Multi Clip SystemEN 14904 A332 mmPortable event floor
Not a room. A mode of use: a floor that is laid, played on, and taken up again.
Portability is not the expensive part.
BWF Grade 1, rated very suitable for badminton, and high point and rolling load in a floor that is meant to be lifted.
Portable PROEN 14904 A444 mmBWF Grade 1