Entrance Matting
Entrance areas are a building’s weakest point against elements, with busy doorways handling a surprising volume of dirt and moisture daily. COBA Flooring’s specialist range of BIM-ready door commercial entrance matting solutions helps buildings combat contaminants, protect interior surfaces, and reduce the long-term maintenance burden.
Specialised flooring solutions are designed to enhance the safety, cleanliness, and aesthetic appeal of building entrances. These systems consist of durable mats or tiles placed at the entrances of buildings. This includes commercial establishments, offices, schools, and public spaces. Our range of construction and surface options includes everything from simple ribbed carpet to robust aluminium systems. Discover all of our entrance mats and floor coverings in our latest catalogue. View our recent projects for inspiration on our matting, and to see our successful installations in various sectors. From healthcare to the public sector, including the retail industry.
Entrance Matting and the Environment
Many of our entrance mats are environmentally friendly, featuring recycled materials in their manufacture. It’s essential for reducing slip hazards and cleaning costs, and general wear and tear to internal floor coverings, which are often expensive.
Make Entrance Matting a Priority
Commercial Entrance matting should never be an afterthought, especially considering it’s one of the first things you see when entering a building. We’ll help you spec the right product the first time. Not only will your entrance look the part, but it will save time, money and waste in the long run.
A commercial entrance mat can help improve the safety of your facility, especially in wet weather areas. It increases slip resistance and collects any unwanted debris walked into the building from visitors’ shoes. A dust control entrance mat ensures that the environment is as safe as possible, preventing slips, trips, and falls on hard surfaces. The primary purpose of entrance matting is to effectively trap and retain dirt, moisture, and debris. They provide a barrier between the outdoor environment and the interior floors, preventing dirt and moisture from being tracked in. This helps to maintain cleaner and safer indoor environments, reducing the risk of slip and fall accidents. It also minimises the damage on your floors, and improves indoor air quality.
Entrance matting is typically made of high-quality materials that are designed to withstand heavy foot traffic and harsh weather conditions. They are engineered to effectively scrape and trap dirt particles while absorbing moisture. These mats come in various designs, sizes, including roll mats, modular tiles, or recessed mats. This allows them to be customised to suit different entrance configurations and aesthetic preferences. In addition to their functional benefits, barrier matting can also contribute to the overall visual appeal of a building’s entrance. Available in a wide range of colours, patterns, and textures, enabling them to blend seamlessly with the surrounding decor and architectural style.
Overall, entrance matting play a crucial role in maintaining cleanliness, safety, and the longevity of indoor flooring. Entrance mats are an essential component of well-designed and well-maintained buildings.
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What is an Entrance Mat?
Entrance mats serve as a primary means to capture dirt, absorb moisture, and collect debris from footwear. Crafted from diverse materials and available in various sizes, colours, and styles, each with its specific purpose.
The advantages of employing entryway matting encompass:
- Prolonging the cleanliness of your floors.
- Mitigating slip incidents resulting from wet and soiled floors.
- Enhancing the welcoming ambiance for visitors upon entry.
- Safeguarding floors against potential damage caused by stones and grit.
What size is suitable for my entrance mat?
Selecting the right size for your entrance mat can significantly impact its performance. The general guideline is that when it comes to entrance mats, larger is better! This is because effective matting requires consistent foot contact, and a larger mat allows for more opportunities to step on it, thereby enhancing its dirt-removing capabilities.
Our entrance matting comes in various sizes, ranging from 60cm x 90cm, perfect for domestic doorways, to 115cm x 180cm, ideal for expansive commercial entrances. Additionally, we offer extra-long runners and customisable door mats, allowing you to choose the precise size that suits your requirements.
While the standard thickness of our entrance mats is 9mm, there is a variety of options available, ranging from our 5mm thin door mats to our 11mm thick absorbent mats.
What is a dust control mat?
A dust control mat is a door mat that has been designed to remove and capture dust particles carried in on footwear. Dust particles are trapped within the mat to help prevent them from polluting the atmosphere. Our best performing dust control mats include Microfibre Doormat, COBAwash, Cotton Mat, Wash & Clean, Cushion Fall, and Enviro-Mat.
Approximately how long should my entrance matting last?
This all depends on the environment the entrance matting has been installed in, and whether it has been correctly specified for its purpose. A good cleaning and maintenance routine will also help to prolong its life.
When is it best to use loose lay entrance mats?
What are loose lay entrance mats?
Loose lay entrance mats are matting that does not have to be installed either in a matwell or adhered to the floor. They can simply be placed onto the floor surface and then removed quickly and easily when no longer needed. It is not necessary to prepare the floor and does not warrant installation by a professional flooring contractor. Loose lay entrance matting is cost-effective, easy to ‘install’ (simply lay to the floor) and can be relocated to different areas if needed. There are loose lay entrance mats available for both commercial and domestic use.
When is it best to use loose lay entrance matting?
Loose lay entrance matting can be used in a number of different ways. For example, we provide loose lay matting that can be used to offer extra protection from the risk of slipping to employees indoors as well as outdoors.
The purpose of entrance matting is to prevent the ingress of dirt and moisture, to protect interior floor surfaces. We also have loose lay matting that can be used for domestic environments to help keep dirt and contaminants out of the home.
Our Rampmat loose lay entrance matting is the ideal choice for slip-resistant matting for outdoor use. Rampmat is ideal for areas with heavy pedestrian traffic and can help reduce the risk of slips and falls even in icy conditions.
First-Step is ideal for those who have hygiene in mind. Not exactly a conventional mat, First-Step is designed with ‘tacky’ sheets to collect dirt and dust from footwear. Once the top sheet becomes soiled it can be simply peeled off to reveal a clean layer. First-Step comes with self-adhesive backing which can be stuck directly to floor surfaces. It supports contamination control for hospitals and clean rooms, as well as for general industrial and food contact applications.
COBAwash® is ideal for commercial as well as domestic use, available in a number of sizes, including smaller sizes which can be washed in a domestic washing machine. COBAwash® is reusable and can be a cost-effective way to trap debris, dirt and dust at the entrance point of a building.
We offer a wide range of loose lay entrance matting for all environments. View the full range.
Will matting cause a trip hazard?
If it sits too ‘proud’ from the ground and doesn’t have bevelled (ramped) edges, then yes, matting can sometimes cause a trip hazard. The thicker (deeper) the mat, the more essential it is to have bevelled edges to reduce the risks of tripping. Many of our workplace mats have tapered edges as standard, or we offer bevelled edging as an option. With some mats it is possible to install them in recessed wells which means they are flush to the ground. This too is an option to overcome any trip risks. Some of our edging is available in bright yellow, for maximum safety awareness.
Which entrance matting systems scrape the best?
Plan.a with the Woven Brush or the Plan.a with the Scraper Brush inserts. The Trio Scraper and Trio Brush range also provides exceptional scraping abilities and trap scraped dirt in the grooves of the mat for easy cleaning.
Which entrance matting systems absorb better?
Entrance matting with a high percentage of carpet will deliver the best moisture-absorbing performance, combined with scraping inserts. Our Alba or Beberber Point carpet options are the most suitable options in areas where moisture is a concern. Our team can specify the ideal combination of inserts on your matting that will be suitable for your needs.
Does the colour of your entrance mats fade / discolour over time?
Matting can fade over some time, depending on the environment it is installed in, and the elements it is exposed to. Our warranties vary between 2 years – 10 years.
Can entrance matting be fitted on top of all floor types?
A mat well is not always required. Entrance matting such as Trio Brush, Trio Scraper and Dm Aluminium can be laid directly on the floor surface, with the addition of quality edging. Contact our service team for expert advice on the most suitable matting for your environment.
Do your entrance mats reduce moisture and dirt being walked into the building?
Yes, all of our entrance matting has been designed to reduce moisture from being walked into buildings.
How does aluminum entrance matting perform with moisture?
Aluminium entrance matting is good at wiping shoes and can enable debris or moisture to fall through the mat (open construction) – keeping the surface debris free.
What type of entrance matting do you recommend in a revolving door?
We would suggest a closed construction mat, mainly due to ease of cleaning. We have many products that could work well, such as our Plan.a Aluminium, Trio Brush, Trio Scraper, Q-Beez, Spectra Clean
What’s the recommended size for entrance matting?
We can’t stress the importance of length enough when it comes to entrance matting, and the optimum length for moisture wiping. A long enough ‘walk off’ area is needed because people don’t stop to wipe their feet. Our team at COBA Flooring recommends allowing a minimum of six footsteps to wipe footwear.
Also bear in mind, disabled accessed. It takes a minimum of 2.5m length of matting to clean a full revolution of a wheelchair.
What is the best way to clean my entrance matting?
How you clean and maintain your entrance matting system depends on the type of system that you have. We’ve put together a comprehensive cleaning and maintenance guide for all COBA entrance matting systems.
What size entrance matting do I need?
The first place to start is with a free site survey, our sales team will come to your premises and make matting recommendations to suit your environment and budget, helping you get the very best from your investment. Whether it is down to product choice, or measuring the area in which the matting is to be installed, our sales representatives can help. Mistakes can be costly; we help you get it right first time.
Why do I need entrance matting?
Entrance Matting is crucial for underfoot safety to prevent slips and trips. The matting can stop dirt and moisture being walked into buildings, and can reduce cleaning and maintenance costs. Effective entrance matting can prolong the life of your interior floor coverings.
What types of entrance matting are available?
We have a wide range of entrance matting systems available in a number of materials such as; Aluminium, and PVC tile options. There are systems suitable for mat wells or systems that can be laid directly to the floor. The entrance matting comes in three different formats; interlinking entrance tiles, carpet on rolls and custom aluminium entrance matting systems.
Which entrance matting is best for outdoor use?
The best outdoor entrance matting options are Super Scraper, Super Contract Fall, Premier Grip and Premier Star Gripper Plus with woven brush.
Do you make large entrance matting?
Yes, we can make bespoke entrance matting, made-to-measure entrance matting. Simply contact us.
I have a logo and text I would like to incorporate on an entrance mat, do you offer these options?
Yes, we can incorporate your company logo or text, onto a logo mat. Choose from more than 20 colours and matting styles to suit your brand. We will even create a mockup of your mat for you to sign off before go-ahead. You can also design your own logo mat with our Logo Mat Designer.
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