The floors in your facility are a significant investment, so you want to
protect and maintain them. One essential way to do this,
recommended by the Carpet & Rug Institute (CRI), is to use walk-off mats
at building entrances. Their function is to provide safety
and to trap abrasive dirt before it can be tracked into your building.
If high-quality entry matting is used, vacuumed each day, and cleaned often,
it does three vital things:
To better understand how entry matting accomplishes all this, think of the entrance area as a series of zones. For optimal safety, maintenance, and floor life, each zone needs a specialized product:
A rough-textured scraping product outside your facility’s doorway is your first-line defense for removing coarse dirt from shoes before they come inside.
Secondary matting is used here to remove smaller dirt particles and more moisture from shoe soles.
An additional length of secondary matting may extend further into the lobby or reception area, so that the highest possible amount of moisture and soil is removed.
Choose a well-designed, aesthetically pleasing commercial carpet engineered for interior spaces. Consider products from Shaw Contract, PC/QC, or Patcraft.
Passages II broadloom and tile are designed for the harsh entrance environments of corporate, retail, institutional, hospitality, and health care. Both offer needlebond hobnail construction and low-melt, High-UV polypropylene while incorporating high-denier scraper fibers to help remove dirt and soiling from shoes.
Passages II broadloom uses our high-performance rubber backing, allowing for both loose-lay (with proper edging) and direct-glue applications—creating the perfect entrance solution for all three entrance zone areas. Passages II tile uses EcoWorx® backing, making it the go-to product for zones 2 and 3.
Both products, when properly maintained, will add up to 30% life to existing interior carpeting.
Next Pursuit is designed for the harsh entrance environments of corporate, retail, institutional, hospitality, and health care.
It is constructed of UV-stabilized polypropylene fiber blended with a low-melt fiber (which is melted to fuse all fibers together)
for maximum performance in harsh, damp environments. It also incorporates high-denier fibers to help remove dirt and soiling from shoes.
Its needlebond hobnail construction, with the fusion of fibers for strength and moisture resistance, makes this the perfect glue-down product
for zones 1, 2 and 3 harsh entrance areas. When properly maintained, the product will add up to 30% life to existing interior carpeting.
Next Pursuit is designed for the harsh entrance environments of corporate, retail, institutional, hospitality, and health care.
It is constructed of UV-stabilized polypropylene fiber blended with a low-melt fiber (which is melted to fuse all fibers together).
Then a high-performance rubber backing is added for maximum durability in harsh, damp entrance environments. This product also incorporates
high-denier fibers to help remove dirt and soiling from shoes.
The needlebond hobnail construction, the fusion of fibers for strength and moisture resistance, and the addition of a high-performance rubber backing make this the perfect glue-down or loose-lay product (if loose-lay is used with proper edging) for all three zones in harsh entrance areas. When properly maintained, the product will add up to 30% life to existing interior carpeting.
Walkoff is designed for the harsh entrance environments of corporate, retail, institutional, hospitality, and health care. Constructed of 77% Eco-Solution Q® and 23% solution Q® solution-died nylon on EcoWorx® backing, it incorporates special high-denier scrubber yarn to effectively remove dirt and soil from shoes while also absorbing moisture.
Our PET needlebond products, Stride II and Ravine, are designed for the harsh entrance environments of corporate, retail, institutional, hospitality, and health care. They are constructed of UV-stabilized PET fiber blended with a low-melt fiber (which is melted to fuse fibers together, forming a permanent bond). Then a high-performance rubber backing is added for maximum durability in harsh, damp entrance environments. These products also incorporate high-denier fibers to help remove dirt and soiling from shoes. They meet the strict flammability requirements for a Radiant Panel Class 1 rating.They are, in addition, Green Label Plus products, with high recycled content: their ULe certified fiber is 63%, of which 47% contributes toward LEED projects
PET needlebond tile products, Stride II Tile, Ravine Tile, and Incline Tile, are designed for the harsh entrance environments
of corporate, retail, institutional, hospitality, and health care. They are constructed with UVstabilized PET fiber blended
with a low melt fiber (which is melted to fuse fibers together, forming a permanent bond). Then our Ecoworx tile backing is
added for an environmently friendly tile alternative. These products incorporate high-denier fibers to help remove dirt and
soiling from shoes. They also meet the strict flammability requirements for a Radiant Panel Class 1 rating. They are, in
addition, Green Label Plus products, with high recycled content: their ULe certified fiber is 63%, of which 47% contributes toward LEED projects.
The needlebond construction, the fusion of fibers for strength and moisture resistance, and the addition of Ecoworx make these
the perfect products for zones 2 and 3. When properly maintained, the products will add up to 30% life to existing interior carpeting
Both products, when properly maintained, will add up to 30% life to existing interior carpeting.
The needlebond construction, the fusion of fibers for strength and moisture resistance, and the addition of Ecoworx
make these the perfect products for zones 2 and 3. When properly maintained, the products will add up to 30% life to existing interior carpeting
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