Rubber Matting For Your Flooring Needs

As a versatile floor covering that performs where you need it to, rubber mats are hard to beat. Not only do they do a great job of protecting the floor, they also protect people from slipping and falling when a floor is wet and slick. Not only that, but a rubber floor mats like a welcome mat will also protect other parts of your floor indirectly, as when people clean the dirt off their feet on a rubber door mat before entering the house. Any dirt and mud that is collected is then easily washed off thanks to the properties of rubber, which don't easily stick to natural materials. And you can count on your rubber mat to perform, as a mat made from quality rubber can be counted on to do its job for years and years because of the durability of rubber.

Good places to use rubber in and around the home are for the front and back entrances, in the shower or bathtub, in the home gym or workout room, and in the car. We've already discussed the reasons why rubber is the material of choice for door mats, but they are equally important in other areas of the home. In your workout room, for example, you will want to protect your floor from damage by heavy exercise equipment and weights. A dumbbell that slips out of a sweaty palm can mean disaster for a hardwood floor, but the floor stands a good chance of escaping unharmed if you have had the foresight to lay a quality anti fatigue mats over it. At the same time, you're helping to insure against slipping on a sweaty floor. Rubber gym mats are usually interlocking rubber mats that are easy to install. Make sure you get quality recycled rubber or virgin rubber that's vulcanized, otherwise you'll probably have to deal with nauseating fumes from cheaper rubber held together by toxic glues. Quality rubber will also last longer. This also applies to yoga mats, and it is probably more important to get good rubber in this case as you have direct contact with a yoga mat when doing yoga.

Businesses would do well to get a rubber floor mat featuring their logo for use as a welcome mat. Unless you feel funny about having your logo trampled by visiting customers, having a logo on your business's rubber door mat is a good way to get people to remember and think about the emblem of your company. It also can give a rather official feeling to people who use the door mats, reminding them they are entering a quality place of business.