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How to Clean Your Commercial Entrance Matting
A dirty entrance mat can be a bad first impression for potential customers. Find out how to clean commercial floor mats properly to spruce up your entryway.
What Floor Mats Should I Buy: Residential
Image of a home with a residential entrance mat.

We all want our home to be comfortable, cozy, and clean. Choosing the right mats for your house, apartment, or condo can protect your floors while adding a finishing touch and an added sense of comfort.

Why Homes Need Floor Mats

Residential homes need floor mats primarily for three different reasons:
• Comfort
• Cleanliness
• Floor protection

Your home, whether it’s a house, apartment, or condo, is where you typically spend most of your time. Therefore, it makes sense that we want to make our homes as comfortable as possible. Many modern homeowners prefer the look of hardwood floors, or enjoy the durability of laminate or pre-engineered flooring solutions. The challenge with these is that walking on a cold, hard floor isn’t always the most comfortable. Floor mats allow you to have the best of both worlds, showing off the look of hardwood flooring with the comfort of a soft surface in a kitchen, personal workout space, or any other area in your home.

Image of an outdoor entrance rug for homes.

Whether you have pets, children, or are simply facing the everyday debris that gets tracked into a home, floor mats can help combat dirt, water, and foreign substances from entering a house – and it all starts with the front door. Having entrance mats that not only welcome visitors but also trap dirt and debris and absorb moisture is the first level of protection. Durable’s outdoor entrance mats have features that filter and trap dirt and moisture, so even if a guest doesn’t wipe their feet, the mat does the work for them.

Once inside your house, having an indoor entrance mat allows you and your guests to have a place to take off shoes and boots. Depending on how messy your foyer can get, entrance mats range from light to heavy to deal with varying levels of foot traffic.

When it comes to maintaining your home, the last thing you want to do is replace expensive floors on a frequent basis. Protecting your floors with floor mats is the easiest way to make your investment last. Durable offers a variety of indoor floor mats for any size, pattern, or application. You may want a vinyl backed carpet for a more attractive and finished appearance, or possibly a rubber backed mat for heavier-traffic areas. Carpet tiles are growing in popularity and allow you to create a matting space in any size you want. You can even swap out a carpet tile if it gets damaged or stained.

Image of an indoor floor mat for residences.

Mat Recommendations for Residential Spaces

It’s not a house (or apartment, or condo) – it’s a home. Creating a comfortable environment that’s protected and easy to maintain could just be a few floor mats away. Here are six top matting products for residential homes:
• Durite
• Dura-Rug 400
• Stop-N-Dry
• Fingertip
• Wipe-N-Walk
• Duraloop

Adding charm to your home while protecting its floors is as easy as selecting the right matting. Durable can provide you’re the options you need to make home a bit “homier.” Register for an official Durable account for 24/7 access to our company.

What Floor Mats Should I Buy: Commercial Buildings
Image of commercial vestibule matting.

A good first impression is crucial for commercial businesses. No potential customer, client, or business associate wants to walk through a door to see a dirty, dingy entranceway leading to their destination. The right entrance and carpet mats go a long way toward keeping these spaces clean and creating a good initial impression at the door.

Why Commercials Spaces Need Floor Mats

So exactly how can floor mats clean up a messy entrance? Three reasons:

  • Cleanliness
  • Floor protection
  • Identification

Image of a floor mat for commercial buildings.

A dirty floor is not a good first step toward impressing people. Quality entrance mats and wall-to-wall vestibule tiles help entrances and the surrounding spaces look good during every season. These products are designed to scrape off debris while people walk inside, keeping unsightly substances and slippery puddles off your clean floors.

Another major benefit of commercial floor mats and vestibule tiles is that they act as a shield for your floors. Regular foot traffic can grind debris like rock salt and other substances into your floors, leaving permanent scrapes and scuffs. Floor mats are designed to take a beating so that your floors don’t have to, saving you from replacing your floor or living with the damage.

Commercial floor mats can also serve as another way to greet the people entering your building. Logo mats are another way to incorporate your branding throughout your building, adding an extra level of professionalism to your entrances. These mats can also be customized with special messages, giving you some ability to get creative in addition to keeping your floors safe and clean.

Image of a logo mat for commercial buildings.

Mat Recommendations for Commercial Spaces

Every building is different so it’s important to choose a commercial floor mat or vestibule tiles that match your business. Here are six top matting products for commercial buildings:
Dura-Tile II
Enforcer
Niagra
Chevron
Carpet Tile (Pin Surface)
Frontrunner

Whether you need carpet-like vestibule tiles or attractive, heavy-traffic floor mats, there’s a matting solution for you. Register for an official Durable account for 24/7 access to our company and to order commercial mats online.

What Floor Mats Should I Buy: Educational Buildings
Image of floor mats for schools.

Every school day, students head to their various grade schools, high schools, colleges, and other institutions to get a good education. These same students also track in water, dirt, and debris that can turn your building into mess.

Fortunately, floor mats are a quick and easy way to help you protect your entrances and hallways while providing students, teachers, and other people with a nice, safe place to walk. Different floor mats can provide a variety of benefits for schools and other educational buildings. Here’s a quick guide on what to consider when looking for floor mats for your spaces.

Why Educational Buildings Need Floor Mats

Good floor mats can play a variety of roles. There are three major ways that floor mats can improve an educational facility.

  • Cleanliness
  • Floor protection
  • Identification

Just because it’s been raining or snowing doesn’t mean that your entrances and hallways must be dirty. Entrance mats are designed to prevent the spread of dirt and debris from incoming students, parents, and teachers. Good mats and carpet-like tiles can wipe and scrape away mud, snow, or various debris found outside to ensure it stays on the matting and not on your clean floors.

Image of a floor mat for schools and other educational buildings.

Safety is another important issue, both in terms of protecting your floors and the people in your building. The presence of water, mud, and other substances create a slippery surface for people going in and out of your building. Absorbent matting products will suck up water and snow so that you can avoid harmful injuries and potential lawsuits caused by slips and falls. Various debris can also chip and scuff away at your floors, causing unsightly damage over time. Quality mats serve as a shield between your floors and wipe off substances that could harm your surfaces.

Floor mats are also a great opportunity for branding and messaging. Attractive logo mats can serve a dual purpose by keeping your floors clean and safe while creating a lasting impression through a school logo or some important message, such as a wet floor caution or a simple welcome.

Image of a custom logo mat for schools.

Mat Recommendations for Educational Buildings

It’s one thing to know how mats help. It’s another to know specifically which mats are the right ones for your spaces. Here are six top matting products for educational buildings:

Some strategically-placed floor mats can be the difference between a safe, clean entranceway and a slick mess. Register for an official Durable account for 24/7 access to our company and to order mats for educational spaces online.

Entrance Mats and Anti-Fatigue Mats on Display at the National Hardware Show

Durable Corporation’s next stop on the 2014 trade show circuit is the National Hardware Show, held in Las Vegas, May 6-8. The National Hardware Show is an outstanding opportunity to explore an exciting market sector responsible for $343 billion in annual sales.

During the show, we will feature our residential entrance mats and commercial and industrial grade anti-fatigue mats. Dealers, retailers, and companies looking for OEM parts will have a prime opportunity to see and feel the quality built into Durable’s Durite 108, Dura-Rug 400, Stop-N-Dry, DuraLoop Metallic Diamond Dek Runner, Metallic Diamond Dek Sponge, Diamond Dek Sponge HV, and Color Cushion Tile.

Be sure to stop by Booth 4606 to see what’s new!

National Hardware Show May 6-8, 2014
Las Vegas Convention Center
3150 Paradise Road
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Booth 4606