The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently conducted a study in March 2020 on the transmission vectors of COVID-19 in hospital wards in Wuhan, China. The study found that the coronavirus was widely distributed on floors throughout the hospital, even in areas that did not have direct contact with infected patients. Gravity and air flow cause most virus droplets to float to the ground, where they can be picked up by shoes and carried...
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COVID-19 and its resultant lock-downs have shut the world down for the last month (at least!) But the coronavirus hasn't put a permanent end to life in public spaces - more and more provincial governments are slowly rolling out their plans and timelines for relaunch in the next few weeks. As customers, clients, tenants, and residents return to public spaces, they are going to be looking for reassurances that these areas are safe to be in...
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We get asked this question all the time: what's the difference between inlaid and printed logo mats?
The answer?  Everything!
Printed mats are as simple as they sound: they start out as "clear", undyed material, and are sprayed by specialty inkjet printers to splatter your logo onto the surface of the fibres. Your logo image sits on the tops of the fibres like desktop printer ink on a piece of paper, and leaves the balance of the fibre still...
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Client often ask us how long they can expect their commercial entrance mats to last in crowded places like airports and malls. The quick answer is: "For as long as you'll take care of them!"Â
When you're starting off on the right foot with a high-quality, commercial-grade entrance mat, you're setting yourself up for success. But just like any product that performs a service or a function, the performance of that product is directly reflected in the amount...
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We hope you are safe and healthy.
We hope you’re keeping safe in these unprecedented times. Although we’re working remotely right now, the Source Floor team is still available to help you with your flooring and entrance matting needs.
All of us here at Source Floor want to thank you in advance for sticking with us through these next few difficult weeks (or months) to come. In times like this, it’s especially clear that we really are all...
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Social distancing only works when people know how far apart is far enough! We've got a way to make it easier for you - and your customers - to maintain their distance.
A custom directional mat with distance markers makes keeping that 6-foot distance clear and simple. And it also helps to keep your floors clean, dry, and safe!
Contact us today to get started with your own directional mat.
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Smart businesspeople know that making a good first impression is hugely important. They think about everything that their customers see: from their signage, to their choice of furniture and fixtures, even the colour of the walls is chosen with care.
So why do so many stop at the floor?
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Your main entrance is the first point of contact your customers make with your business. Make that first impression a good one with a high-quality entrance mat, like Grizzly...
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Grizzly FX is a super heavy-duty, premium quality commercial entrance matting product - but don't take our word for it. We can prove it!
We had Grizzly FX lab tested by Professional Testing Laboratory Inc., a totally independent professional lab in Dalton, GA (the "Carpet Capital of the World"). We subjected Grizzly FX to the lab equivalent of 20,000 units of foot traffic under the ASTM D6119 testing methodology ("Creating Surface Appearance Changes in Pile Yarn Floor Covering from...
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Choosing the right entrance mats for your hotel doesn't need to be complicated or difficult - but it can be tough to navigate on your own! Scraper mats, dryer mats, polypropylene vs nylon vs PVC - there's a lot to choose from!
Ideally, a perfect entrance matting system for a hotel (or any other public-facing business with ingress from the outdoors) would use a three-stage entrance matting system:
First Stage: deployed fully outdoors, aggressive scraping action, maximum...
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Your entrance mats are the first point of actual contact that your guests have with your hotel. They they don't touch your parking lot and landscaping, they don't touch your automatic doors, but they do touch your entrance matting - even if it's only with their feet. Sturdy, commercial-grade mats make a good first impression...and rental-grade throw-down mats get bunched up and snagged in suitcase wheels, annoying your guests from the start.
How do you make your mats pop? ...
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We often get asked about the maintenance required for large commercial entrance mats - how much, how often, what's required, etc. And the easy answer is...there is no easy answer!
Imagine that your entrance matting is like putting a bucket under the hole in a leaky roof in a rainstorm: the more it rains, the sooner it fills up. The frequency in which maintenance is necessary is dependent on how much service that mat (or bucket!) is...
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