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Nuway Tuftiguard

Tuftiguard is the UK’s most widely-used rigid engineering entrance mat and lies at the heart of the Nuway range.

Tuftiguard’s strength, durability and structural integrity delivers superb performance and retention of appearance in the highest traffic areas.

Nuway Tuftiguard

Nuway Tuftiguard

Not only is Tuftiguard at the heart of the Nuway range, it is Forbo’s original and best selling entrance mat. It has the strength, durability and structural integrity to provide top of the range performance and appearance retention in very heavy traffic locations where it’s essential to remove large amounts of soil from shoes and wheeltreads.

For more information please download the EFS brochure

For samples of Nuway Tuftiguard, please call 0800 731 2369

Nuway Tuftiguard Classic Bamboo

Where to use?

Tuftiguard is suitable for intense, very heavy traffic areas

Tuftiguard is suitable for very heavy and intense traffic

Internal or external

Nuway Tuftiguard offers products suitable for external and internal entrances.

Outside, matting will protect from soil and the worst of footborne dirt. Inside, it protects from footborne moisture and fine dirt particles.

Nuway Tuftiguard can be used for internal and external entrances

Reversible?

As it’s double sided, Nuway Tuftiguard can be reversible where supported by the configuration of the entrance mat, effectively doubling its lifespan.

Nuway Tuftiguard is reversible where the configuration of the entrance allows

Finishes

With a wide choice of scraper bars and wiper strips, Tuftiguard mats complement all interior finishes.

Scraper bars
As you’d expect, these bars scrape soil from the traffic crossing the mat. With Tuftiguard, scraper bars are available in in a choice of colours, in anodised aluminium, and in bamboo.

Wiper strips
Polyamide fibre and prime rubber remove fine dirt and moisture and can add design and colour to the entrance mat.

Nuway Tuftiguard finishes

Moisture

Removing moisture from shoe soles is essential in preventing slipping on interior surfaces. Selecting double wiper strips will help to remove moisture and is highly recommended for entrances where the mat walking depth is less than 3m.

Removing moisture is important to prevent slips

Customisation

Nuway Tuftiguard can be customised with corporate messages, logos and names to create that all-important first impression.

Nuway mats can be customised with logos

Guarantee

*Nuway Tuftiguard is guaranteed for 10 years (Bamboo is guaranteed for five years). Installations by FESSI's (Forbo Entrance System Specialist Installer) come with an extended guarantee of 15 years (7 years for Bamboo). To find your nearest FESSI, please download our Network of Forbo Entrance Systems Specialist Installers (FESSI).

Nuway Tuftiguard guarantee
Technical specifications

Installation, Cleaning & Maintenance

Full installation, cleaning and maintenance instructions Nuway entrance systems can be downloaded by clicking on the links on the right:

For complex and unusually designed entrance areas that require shaping on site, we recommend using a Forbo Entrance System Specialist Installer (FESSI). For details on our FESSI network of installers, please click here. Forbo Entrance System Specialist Installer (FESSI) network

Forbo also offer a full range of tools, installation aids and Eurocol installation products. To visit our full Installation and Floorcare section, please click here

Range options

There are three different styles of Tuftiguard mat to choose from, Tuftiguard Classic, Tuftiguard Plain and Tuftiguard Design, each offering a different level of design and performance flexibility

For samples of Nuway Tuftiguard, please call 0800 731 2369

Nuway tuftiguard

Tuftiguard Classic

The original and most widely used entrance mat in the UK.

Scraper bars – there is a choice of six:
- Anodised aluminium - the most popular choice
- Coloured anodised aluminium – the robustness of aluminium combined with a matt black, sand, bronze or gold aesthetic
- Bamboo – a sustainable species of grass which provides a matt look, ideal for use alongside timber finishes

Wiper strips
The wiper strip is a grey buffed rubber for maximum soil hiding. It’s available as a single or double width strip for increased moisture removal

Depth -12 or 17mm to suit most matwells

Format - Open or closed to suit most entrance environments
Please note that Tuftiguard Bamboo is only available in closed construction.

For more details of the variants available in our Nuway collection, please visit the Nuway section of our Product Portfolio.Just Click here

Nuway Tuftiguard classic range options

Tuftiguard Plain

Ideal for external entrances

Scraper bars
Anodised aluminium – ideal for external entrances

Wiper strips
The wiper strip is unbuffed rubber for maximum soil removal. It’s available as a single strip or double for increased soil removal

Depth -12 or 17mm to suit most matwells

Format - Open or closed to suit most entrance environments

For more details of the variants available in our Nuway collection, please visit the Nuway section of our Product Portfolio.Just Click here

Nuway Tuftiguard Plain

Considerations
BS8300-2:2018 Section 14.2 states that both natural and artificial sources of lighting should be designed to avoid creating glare, pools of bright light and strong shadows. As with all aluminium matting systems of this type, in very brightly lit or illuminated areas, the strong contrast between light coloured aluminium scraper bars and dark wiper strips can sometimes create a strong visual contrast (and in extreme situations, a strobe effect) which should be prevented. To avoid disorientating pedestrians affected by this type of visual disturbance, consider using Bamboo or coloured anodised scraper bars with a less contrasting wiper strip.

For details of Nuway frames and ramps, please visit our installation and floorcare section. Please click here