Rubber mats are slowly becoming popular for both commercial and domestic settings, be it in light industry, heavy industry, offices, homes, and restaurants.
They can be outdoor mats or indoor mats. People’s preference in using rubber mats varies for a whole lot of reasons depending on their needs, taste, industry, and budget amongst other factors.
In this article, we will be looking at some of the major uses of rubber mats both in a commercial setup and a home setup, as rubber mat use is widely spread across the sectors.
Please note that the list is not exhaustive as almost every setup has a different reason of usage from the other setups. We will look at the reasons with no specific order of importance or preference whatsoever.
Now let us go into detail about some of the major and important uses.
- One of the major uses of rubber mating is for entrance of buildings or doormats, some call them welcome mat as they are at the entrance of a building or home, meaning every visitor who enters the area passes through the mat.
If you are in a corporate setting you can actually put your logo scribed with your payoff line, theme, or whatever message you want to put on this mat.
This mat comes in various sizes and textures. Massages written welcome or home sweet home on doormats are very common in most households’ setups.
Doormats at the same time besides written welcome massages are used for wiping the dirt from your feet when entering a door, and also when existing other areas or rooms such as bathing rooms are used for wiping off the wetness from your feet.
- Some reception areas for large corporates use rubber mats placed at the center of the reception area or by the reception desk these mats are laid on these areas for:-
- Protecting the underfloor since there will be much traffic
- Engrave on the same mat the vision and mission of the organization
- List your products and services
This strategy is very effective as everyone who comes through the room will definitely see and read the engraving.
- Rubber mats are also commonly used in gyms, to protect the floors from the gym`s heavy equipment since rubber matting can protect the floors from any cracks or chipping from the heavy equipment or any falling objects they are impact resistant to.
Because of all the sweat and juice that will be dropping on the floor rubber mats have got a good grip that protects people from slipping and falling thereby reducing the chances of injuries slips, rubber mats are fairly flexible and comfortable easy to lay on for various exercise routines.
- Rubber mats have been known for their resilient and durable appeal, which I would say is the most popular and common reason why people use them, they are also easy to fit. Rubber flooring is used where there is a high level of usage, because they are strong and take time to wear and tear, thereby saving money and time on renovations of floors despite your heavy usage of the floor area
- Vehicle Floor Rubber Mats: The other overlooked but very commonly used type of rubber mats are vehicle floor rubber mats. These are found in almost every car, usually, they come fitted in cars to protect the floor carpets from all sort of debris from the feet especial that fine dust, mud and those small particles that are difficult remove from the floor carpet even if you use a vacuum cleaner or a hover.
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