Why is a large one-piece matting system important for your business?
Why should a property manager even bother himself with such a project for his office building or shopping mall?
Here are a few significant benefits you should absolutely take into account:
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Protect your floors – A good matting system protects your floor from the effects of soil coming into the building.
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Save costs in cleaning – The soil that comes in the doors is best stopped with the mat at a relatively small cost rather than the cost of cleaning the lobbies of 30 floors in your building.
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Prevent slip fall accidents – Matting will reduce the possibility of wet floors and any slip falls.
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Reduce environmental impact – Catch soil at the doorway so you are using less cleaning products, equipment and labour to remove that soil as it tracks elsewhere in the building.
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LEEDS credit. Essentially a reward for doing the right thing in 1 – 4 above. Clearly the LEEDS program is more focused on the reduction part, but speaking in eco-economics, we’d like to say the “credit” for installing 10ft of permanent matting at each entry is well deserved.
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Impact. You will love the impact of a large one-piece matting system with your building name across it. It expresses your concern for safety and cleanliness. It shows sophistication and pride in your facility that permeates through to your tenants, their employees and their guests.
How much should you cover in order to protect your entry area? It depends on several factors such as the location of the building, the amount of people coming through and, of course, how big your space is. Our team at The Mat Company will walk you through it and make sure every little detail is taken care of.
How is it going to work?
It starts with you. By taking the following steps you can make sure we have all the information needed to start working together:
Step one - Imagine (yes, imagine) a fully edged, one piece mat covering the FULL width of ALL doors extending into the building in each direction.
Step two – Draw it out. Do an outline of the above, showing the extent of matting going all directions from each entry. It’s OK to be odd-shaped with one main mat and runners extending out as required. If it seems to go too far, we can consider adding more aggressive mats in your vestibule or even outside.
Step three – Break down your outline into something manageable. If you leave your mats year round, then a one-piece mat might be fine. Otherwise draw a line across the top of the main mat that spans the doors, which defines its end. Make it a simple rectangle, then follow it up with seasonal runners in each direction. You now have a layout!
Step four – Scan or take a photo of this drawing that shows the dimensions of each side. Send it to us! We’ll price a good-better-best scenario for you and may suggest some efficiencies. You can also use our auto-quote module which you can find in the Property Managers page.
Whether you already started to imagine, or find these four steps are just too much, give us a call. Our team deals with projects like yours every day. This is what we do. Let's talk about it.
Sales@thematcompany.ca
403-264-1830