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C/S Pedisystems® Entrance Flooring Systems
 Why do you need an Entrance Flooring System?
Research shows that:
- 85% of the dirt entering a building is brought in on the soles of shoes and the tyres of wheeled traffic
- 95% of appearance problems on textile floor coverings are caused by tracked in dirt
- 1kg of soil can build up in a square metre of carpet in less that 2 weeks in dry weather and significantly more in wet weather
- The abrasive effect of grit brought in by as few as 1500 people can remove 42% of the floor finish on hard floors
- The cost of removing dirt once it has entered a building can be up to £800 per kilo.
The key is to prevent the ingress of soil by the effective use of entrance flooring systems
Selecting the Appropriate Entrance Flooring System
BS 7953: 1999 Entrance
Flooring Systems. Selection, Installation and Maintenance states that an
entrance flooring system "...should scrape, wipe and retain..." soil
and that it should make contact "...with both feet of people entering the
building and, in the case of wheeled traffic, with the circumference of the
wheels."
BS 7953 further states that entrance flooring should perform the following
functions:
- Reduce slipping incidents by reducing the
amount of soil and moisture tracked onto hard and resilient floors
- Prolong the life of interior floor finishes by reducing the ingress of abrasive soil
- Reduce the cleaning requirements of
internal floors by reducing the ingress of soil onto internal floor finishes
In order to fulfil these functions, an entrance flooring system must:
- Remove and retain soil and moisture - Performance
- Easily release soil and moisture when cleaned - Ease of Maintenance
- Be hard wearing - Durability
- Retain its physical characteristics - Appearance
Check out the Pedisystems® product page to find out how our extensive range of entrance flooring options
meet all of the above requirements
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