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How to choose a chair mat

A chair mat will protect your carpet or hard floor from damage caused by office chair wheels, dirt and general wear and tear.

 

Floortex® has an excellent range of chair mats and though we appreciate that with such a range, finding the best chair mat for your needs can be confusing. We recommend you follow our easy guide: '5 steps to choosing the right chair mat', below,

5 steps to choosing the best chair mat

1. Check the floor surface

It is important to select the right type of mat for the floor or carpet you intend to protect.

Choose a gripper back chair mat for carpet and a smooth back chair mat for hard floors.


Find out how to easily measure carpet depth to see which is the best chair mat for your carpet. 

2. Choose the right chair mat shape

.Floortex® has a wide range of chair mat shapes to choose from  

.Find the best shape of chair mat to compliment your working style and office environment 

3. Choose the right chair mat size

Find your roll area by measuring the the furthest points your office chair rolls during the working day.

Choose a chair mat size that covers these dimensions to ensure the flooring is well protected. 

4. Choose the best chair mat material

The range of materials Floortex® offers ensures there is a chair mat to exactly suit every user.

Our guide will help you choose a chair mat according to style, strength, frequency of use and budget. 

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Ecotex® BioPlus 
Chair Mats

All the benefits of our world beating high performance Floortex® Original Polycarbonate chair mats, but with added eco-friendly features and responsible green manufacturing.

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Tempered Glass
Chair Mats

A long-lasting and super-strong material with 5 times the strength of regular glass. Choose a glass chair mat for  a sophisticated look and the smoothest glide.

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Polycarbonate
Chair Mats

Floortex® invented the Polycarbonate chair mat and others followed our lead.  Choose Floortex® Polycarbonate for the most durable chair mat you'll own.

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Advantagemat® Plus APET Chair Mats

Durable, recyclable APET is Vinyl, ortho-phthalate free. Ideal for allergy sufferers and for use with under floor heating.

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PVC
Chair Mats

We remove harmful ortho-phthalate plasicisers and other toxins, so Floortex®-made PVC mats are the safest, best value and best-performing PVC chair mats available.

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Cleartex® Evolution
Chair Mats

Manufactured from an Enhanced Polymer formulation containing a portion of recycled content, helping reduce the use of virgin raw materials while delivering exceptional strength, clarity and long-lasting durability. Recyclable where facilities exist.

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Cleartex® Revolution 
Chair Mats

The Cleartex® Revolutionmat® is manufactured using easy to recycle polypropylene and is supplied folded to reduce transportation costs for a reduced carbon footprint.

5. Additional features and options

Floortex® mats stand out from the competition because of the unique additional features offered in many of our chair mat ranges.  Select additional features to suit your work environment.  

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Anti-Slip
Chair Mats

For use on polished and high-gloss hard floors,  Floortex® anti-slip chair mats are also effective on carpet tiles and very low pile carpets where carpet grippers may not work.

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Static Resistant
Chair Mats

The Computex® range was developed for work areas with electronic equipment and helps to reduce dust deposits and electrostatic charging.

Recyclable & Renewable Energy Usage

Floortex® chair mats are recyclable where facilities exist and are produced to our Floortex® design and specification in a facility where 50% of energy requirements are supplied by on-site and externally sourced renewable energy.

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Color and Printed Chair Mats

We appreciate that some offices want a mat with a little more personality, and Colortex®, Sploshmat and 9Mat ranges will help you stand out. We also have matte black chair mats.

Mat Shape

Floortex® chair mat ranges

- Cleartex® - 

Advantagemat®

Advantagemat® black
Advantagemat® anti-microbial

Advantagemat® Plus

TrYlok®

Evolutionmat®

Revolutionmat®

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- Computex® -
Advantagemat® anti-static

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- Cleartex® Polycarbonate -
Ultimat®

 Unomat

MegaMat

 

- Glaciermat -

 

 - Ecotex® -

BioPlus

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- Colortex® - 

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Sploshmat

9Mat

 

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enquiries

If you have any questions about Floortex® chair mats or would like more information on how Floortex can help improve your workplace, please get in touch. 

If you are a retailer, supplier or distributor interested in wholesale opportunities for chair mat products, please visit the Stockists section, or email our Sales Support Team at Sales@floortexllc.com

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