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Finding your way through the matting maze Entrance matting. It’s functional, it’s low tech and it’s beneďŹ ts are well known, so what’s to learn from reading this? Well if you’re looking to replace or specify entrance matting for your site in the near future, you need to know you’re going to be faced with the option of over 100 different matting products. # # "
And no, every matting product is not the same, they don’t all do the same job and they are not all suitable for your site! There are options of aluminium or PVC, open or closed construction, fabric or rubber inserts as well as the consideration of how the product is going to be maintained. So with all this in mind how do you choose to support our home economy and buy from the myriad of matting options that are available?
British.â€? ObexÂŽ, This the ultimate was the modular situationmatting the operations team at Lewisham Shopping system for entrances circulation centre foundand themselves in. When the centre was built in 2006, each aluminium areas inentrance shoppinghad centres consists style of 4 matting installed in the matwells, however only two years after the matting had been ďŹ tted, it was clear coordinated products: that the product was not right for the site. Prior™: a modular tile working as a primary scraper Nigel Poulsom, Drake Forma™: modular tile matting Circus’ Operations Manager which scrapes and absorbs dirt and explained “Our Cornwall Street entrance is multimoisture, with superior performance directional, with visitors provided by the unique and patented entering through doorways ! ObexÂŽ textile construction. # set at 90 degrees to each Tergo™: the latest addition to the other. When the original ObexÂŽ tile family,(5 ) '%*# %0 % with textile scraper /1." ! %/ 3$!!( ".%!* ! ( "+. matting had been installed inserts for ultimate efficiency in it was obvious this had not %* (1/%2! 3$!!( $ %. !// * 0$! 5! . combination!/ .! //1. * ! 0$ 0 +1* 5 with Prior™ and Forma™. been accounted for, as visitors #1 . *0!! ,.+2% entering through one set of Atrium Plus™: textile matting 00 %/ $ . 3! .%*# !*+1#$ 0+ 3%0$/0 * doors were walking along solution for long runners and wall to 0$! .+1#$ * 01) (! +" (( 5+1. (%00(! the lengths of the strips, wall installations. 2%/%0+./ "+. ) *5 5! ./ 0+ +)! 5* .+/ .! 3!(( '*+3* /1,,(%!. 3%0$%* Sycros has worked with the ObexÂŽ 0$! $+,,%*# !*0.! /! 0+. "+. !*0. * ! product line since its inception, and has ) 00%*# * .! (/+ 0$! 8/ !4 (1/%2! played a key role in the development of /1,,(%!./ +" +1* 5 00 / "!05 /1." %*# the product. They are the largest ObexÂŽ */0 ((! 5 5* .+/8 !4,!.0 "%00%*# 0! ) distributor in Europe, and have installed +1* 5 00 * ! "%00! the entrance matting system "(1/$ 3%0$ 3 ((/ in over 100 +. %*/0 ((! 3%0$ . ),! ! #!/ ) '%*# %0 shopping centres. % ! ( "+. *5 %*/0 (( 0%+*
rather than across them, giving little foot cleaning or drying properties and the matting was actually creating slip issues as customers walked along the lengths of aluminium.�
“When we started looking for a replacement product, the number of options available was quite staggering. Syncros surveyed our site and of all the different manufacturer products available, # recommended installingSyncros Milliken Obex Forma in a closed format, For further details, contact which as a314314 PVC tile 01234 314314 on 01234 orproduct email could be easily installed on a diagonal, removing the problems we were having.� sales@syncros.co.uk
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The choice between aluminium and PVC products is usually an aesthetic decision, but as Drake Circus demonstrated, there are situations where one type is better suited to an installation than the other. The choice of open or closed construction should be inuenced by the cleaning and maintenance regime that is available within the centre. Closed matting collects removed dirt in recessed areas within the design of the mat, whereas open matting allows dirt particles to fall through the installation and collect in the matwell below. Both should be vacuumed daily, however open matting requires the installation to be periodically removed and the mat well vacuumed to remove the collected dirt, a process which can be time consuming and ďŹ ddly, making closed matting easier to maintain. Closed matting also has a greater inherent product strength, making it more suited for high trafďŹ c areas. “Syncros consulted with the Drake Circus team on how the mats would be incorporated into our cleaning regime, and recommended the closed version of Milliken Obex Forma be installed rather than the open version. They also provided full instructions on how best to care for the product, and accordingly we vacuum the installations daily, and steam clean them once a month. 12 months and 18 million visitors later, it’s really stood the test of time, as the matting looks great and after being steam cleaned it’s even returned to looking like new!â€? The Milliken Obex Forma tiles have proved such a success at the Cornwall Street entrance with regards to their effectiveness and appearance, that Drake Circus have also now replaced the matting at their other two entranceways with the same product. Syncros has been supplying and installing entrance barrier matting since 1995, and are unique in being able to offer virtually every matting solution from the ranges of all the leading manufacturers. Its comprehensive matting service is second to none and includes a site
For further details, contact Syncros on 01234 314314 or email sales@syncros.co.uk www.syncros.co.uk