Entrance Flooring Systems
Entrance flooring is fundamental to modern building design: Preventing walk in grit, dirt, dust and moist, minimizing maintenance costs, protecting a building's flooring and environment from pollutants and dirt.
Keep Your Building Clean and Safe
If you really want to keep your building clean and safe, it’s not enough to throw down a mat at the door. In fact, the Health and Safety Executive advises against the use of loose lay mats which they state "can introduce a range of hazards and are not always very effective".
Creating an effective entrance flooring system involves thinking about footfall – the number of people walking in and out in a given period – and walking routes (the directions they take once inside) and applying that information in the design of the entrance area. One of the best ways to plan an entrance flooring system is to think in applications:
Application 1: Outside Use
Any matting placed outside the building entrance is the first line of defence against foot-borne soil, scraping the coarsest dirt from the soles of shoes before they cross the threshold.
Application 2: Inside Use
Moving inside, the next line of defence, is used to remove foot-borne moisture and finer dirt particles.
Application 3: Other Circulation Areas
Other areas in the building also suffer from soil and moisture; reception areas, corridors, walkways, elevators, staircase exits, etc. All these areas will be prone to residual soiling and will benefit highly from a purposely designed Coral entrance mat to absorb this soiling.
