Have you ever thought about the fact that renting the 4′ x 6 floor mat is about $5.00 per week, or $260.00 annually. Many floor mat rental companies require a 3-year contract for lease of their mats. If this is the case, alfombras the expense for a three-year contract can easily exceed $700.00. It is a sad fact that the majority of businesses that lease or rent floor mats employ multiple mats, and the financial cost is typically more significant. Add these fees to the equation and the cost of mats for floors begins to increase:
– The bogus “delivery costs” (Seriously If I choose to pick up the mat, are these fees removed?)
Cleaning fees (If they do not remove the mats from the floor are these charges also removed? What do I pay for?)
Fuel surcharges (Again are these costs to be waived if I refuse the delivery or cleaning?)
Environmental Costs (What’s this about the global climate?)
If you are faced with the choice of renting or purchasing mats for your floors, the next question that is frequently asked is, “Who will clean the mats when I purchase mats?” I’d bet no matter if someone purchases the mats for his entrance on their own or opts to use the assistance provided by a mat renting service the person who is the final user will still be charged to clean the mats on a regular basis.
To illustrate this think about the floor mat rental companies typically schedule mat pick-ups one time each week, once every week, or on an annual basis. In the time between mat pickups, customers will usually employ a contract cleaner, or employee to clean up the offices. The floor mats should typically be vacuumed whenever cleaning is completed. This is an additional cost of the mats, which is frequently overlooked. Even if it takes just 30 minutes per week (6 mins per day) to clean the mats on the floor and a person earning $10.00 per hour would work 26 hours, or approximately $260.00 annually in dollars. It’s true that this labor cost is incurred regardless of the mats are bought or rented. The goal of this exercise is to dispel the false assumption behind the notion that nobody is going to clean the floor mats even if they’re purchased. If mats are hired, the firm will be “paying two times” in order to wash the mats. The businesses that purchase their own floor mats have to pay for one cleaning cost.
There are other concerns that a client is usually “forced” to take on when renting his mats for entrance. For instance, many mat rental firms provide a small selection of mat sizes for floors. In the end, customers are often faced with the option of selecting an entrance mat which isn’t compatible with the practical or aesthetic needs of the building. For example, if the Class A building’s entrance requires 9’x11 large entrance mat to protect against slips and fall hazards, as well as to comply with certain aesthetic or maintenance standards it is difficult to locate an establishment that can “rent” such a size floor mat. However, they will allow you to lease several 4 10′ x 10 or 4 8′ 8.5″ mats that can be positioned close to one another to get the exact or similar mat’s coverage over the entire area. The issue is that size of each mat may vary up to five percent in the manufacturing process. The result is that 3 of the 4’x10 mats that are placed together will without doubt have different dimensions. This is a way to eliminate any appearance of uniformity. Not to be mentioned the risk of tripping when one mat moves over another mat (Lawsuits are yet another cost for choosing the wrong matting system). I’m asking you, “How many times have you entered a space and walked through three or four mats laid from end to end in order to cover the desired area?” This is not a beautiful appearance. It’s not a good impression to those who are looking to lease space. Lower rents or missed revenue rates because of a bad impression of the first impression is another hidden cost associated with the wrong choice of flooring mats. Be prepared and insist on more.
Another issue encountered when renting mats for floors is the limitations in the mat colours available. Mat rental companies provide the limited range of “stock” colours. The colors that are available are typically Black, Brown, Red/Black and Gray. There are other colors available but there’s typically an additional fee to obtain the color you desire even if it’s not an available color. The reason mat rental companies provide the stock colors is because they need less inventory in order to provide their customers with a complete base. This “common method of stocking” method is that the mat that was taken from one customer on Monday can be cleaned , then delivered to a different customer on Tuesday. The mat is cleaned and then delivered on Wednesday and then on. This can generate more revenue for the company that rents mats however, the more frequent launderings can have an adverse effect on its overall performance of the mat in the course of time. The results of faster laundering can cause floor mat’s edges to ripple with time and can cause the color of the mat to dull as well as “wash-out”. The mat you’re renting today was yesterday? Perhaps the restroom, convenience store, auto shop, drink station and so on. Therefore mats utilized for mat rental will not be as beautiful like the first day they entered service. Customers often find that although the price for mat rental appears to be the same but its quality product isn’t. Expect to pay more and expect more.
The reality is that certain kinds of businesses still require lease their flooring mats. Businesses that have to contend with oils, petroleums and oil-based lubricants such as an auto service station must lease their mats for floors. Businesses that have to contend by grime and dirt which involve grease or food such as restaurants will often be better served by the rental of mats. Floor mats that are exposed to this kind of debris require specific cleaning. The majority of companies however, do not have to worry about this kind of dirt. They are merely required to protect themselves from the various types of dirt, such as the landscaping, cigarette smoke and parking areas that are likely to be tracked into building.
However, there are many floor mats that do a better job of preventing dirt from getting to the door. Every matting maker is determined to create an item for floor mats or products that accomplish the desired goal (i.e. scrape or absorb and scrape or absorb, have certain sizes or colors and colors, etc.) The mats utilized in rental programs are designed to be simple for the company that makes them to wash. They are also abrasive. However, floor mats that are rental simply don’t do a fantastic job of capturing dirt. If dirt enters the building, it’s up to the maintenance staff to clear them out. It is expensive. It is better both from a fiscal and standpoint of floor mats to cover the entryway (where nearly all dirt is deposited) with the best kind for floor mat. Maintenance efforts could be concentrated in a single zone that is the floor mat instead of trying to track the dirt throughout the building.
The most suitable kind of floor matting might include a scraper mat for the outside as well as an absorb and scrape type of matting within the vestibule area , and an absorbent kind of matting for the inside. It typically takes 18 linear feet to take off around 75 percent of the soil and water off the feet of the people who walk into the building. What better way to set the standards for your building, and demand design, functionality, and aesthetics as well as savings in costs as well.