Entryway Matting
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Entryway Mats
The Facts
- Up to 80 percent of the soil in a building is tracked in on the feet of people entering
- Up to 24 pounds of dirt can be tracked in by just 1,000 people coming through an entrance during a 20-day work period
- The cost to remove just one pound of dirt after it's tracked throughout a building can exceed $500.
- As much as 42 percent of the floor finish can be damaged or removed after 1,500 people have walked within the first 6 feet of an entrance without a matting system, which results in power initial impressions of a building, increased cleaning costs and a greater possibility for slips and falls to occur. Slips, trips and falls are the leading cause of occupational accidents and result in more than 300,000 disabling injuries each year
The Bigger The Better
One of the biggest problems with most existing entryway matting programs is that they're simply too small. 3 x 5 foot entry mats are just not big enough to help the problem of tracking in dirt. An entry mat needs to be long enough for each foot to hit the mat at least two times. That means the mat must be at least 10 to 15 feet long. Studies show that 30 feet of high-quality, well-placed entry matting system covering both immediately outside as well as inside the entry can remove nearly 100 percent of dir, sand and moisture.
