We're really excited to announce the newest addition to our Bearmats range of products: Sunbear high-value tufted scraper matting!
Sunbear is a completely new, totally unique product to the Canadian marketplace. Sunbear is exciting because it combines the high-luxe appearance of a commercial carpet, the hard-wearing vinyl backing of our famous Grizzly FX matting, and the budget-friendliness of all-polypropylene face construction!
Sunbear joins our existing commercial entrance matting product lineups to deliver outstanding value for money in a polypropylene...
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Especially now more than ever, commercial building operators are looking for ways to reduce their janitorial spending while still maintaining high standards of cleanliness. And if you're still using a rental mat service, there's huge savings to be had right under your feet!
Stop wasting money on rental mats. Here's three quick reasons why buying is better:
1. Costs less than rentals.
$10/week rental sounds cheap - until you do the math:
"Only" ten dollars a week works out to...
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It's November, and winter is just around the corner - which means nasty, wet, slippery, dangerous weather. Are your entrance mats up to the challenge?
Keeping your floors safe in public areas isn't just good business. Did you know that under the Occupier's Liability Act in BC, it's actually part of your legal duty of care as a building operator?
Slip-and-fall accidents are one of the leading causes of serious personal injuries in Canada. In 2016-2017, there were nearly 9000...
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We're really excited to announce the newest addition to our Bearmats range of products: Koala high-value knob matting!
Koala joins our existing commercial entrance matting product lineups to deliver outstanding value for money in a polypropylene knob-style scraper mat.
In stock and ready to go, every one of our Koala mats is custom-made to your specific size requirements with no custom upcharge. Just say no to "standard sizes" that don't fit your entrance!
Check out our Koala page on our...
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It's a common terminology mistake that we see all the time. Clients use the words "carpet" and "mat" interchangeably when talking about their front entrance...but the actual meaning of those terms couldn't be more different! Equating a commercial carpet with a proper commercial entrance mat is like equating a high heel shoe and a gumboot - although they're both footwear, they obviously serve very different functions in very different ways, and they're definitely not interchangeable!
Carpet's top...
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Property managers are busy professionals with a lot of responsibilities to look after, which is why some important things get inadvertently overlooked. Here's four quick reasons why you should take a minute to make sure your building's entrance matting is up to snuff:
1. Reduce Janitorial Costs
Studies have shown that over 80% of the dirt and debris contaminating a building are tracked in via shoe bottoms – and that it costs (on average) over $500 to remove...
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They'll all hold water, but the bigger it is...the more it holds before it overflows!
All of our mats are made to order, so we get requests for custom-sized mats all the time - and that's exactly what we love to do! But the most common problem we see is that people often want to undersize their matting compared to what their building needs based on foot traffic.
Imagine you've got a leaky roof, and it's pouring rain outside. You've...
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A new white paper published by Secure Clean Building Services explains why the the COVID-19 pandemic may spell the end of of price-based "commodity cleaning" for commercial buildings. As a result of the coronavirus, the quality, thoroughness, and overall value of cleaning and disinfecting services will take centre stage. After witnessing the havoc a virus invisible to the naked eye can cause on the economy, cleaning that's simply "good enough" or that "looks clean" just won't...
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Keeping your commercial building's floors clean and safe starts right at your front doors, and your entrance matting is your first line of defense. The amount and quality of your entrance matting has more impact on the overall condition of your building than most people think. The performance of your matting impacts not only the cleanliness of your floors, but also affects your indoor air quality (through trapped dirt and dust), and even your responsibilities as...
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As of last week (July 3, 2020), WorkSafeBC has levied COVID-19 related Health & Safety orders against 334 businesses here in BC - with nearly a third of them being against service industry businesses. Hair salons, schools, hospitals, gyms, hotels, restaurants, and other similar service industry businesses have accounted for 104 of WorkSafeBC's recent H&S orders due to inadequate responses to COVID-19 protocols.
The next most-common offending industry is manufacturing with 82 orders issued, which includes meat processing, breweries,...
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More often than not, the part of your building that customers notice first upon entering is your floor. Clean, tidy floors with well-kept entrance matting gives clients an impression of care; they suggest that your facility prioritizes appearance and make the customer experience a priority. On the other hand, dirty floors and sloppy mats can have the opposite effect - if the areas your customers can see look shoddy and badly-kept, how bad must things be in...
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How much destructive dirt and grit does YOUR entrance mat trap?
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This much dirt fell out of a 2-year-old Grizzly FX mat after we turned it face-down on the floor...and that's after it had already been professionally cleaned once! These 7'0 " x 7'0" mats are in service at Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver, a moderate-to-high traffic public market retail space.
This amount of dirt is typical for a main entrance to a large...
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