Anti-slip mats: features of choice

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

Anti-slip mats are designed to ensure the safety of people when moving on street stairs, in bathrooms, swimming pools and saunas. There are several types of such accessories. When choosing a rug, you should pay attention first of all to what material it is made of.

Coverings designed for the outdoors

Safety of walking on stairs outside buildings is usually provided with accessories based on rubber and PVC. Both of these varieties are very good anti-slip mats. On the porch, you can lay any of them. PVC floor mats, commonly referred to as "grass", have a more aesthetic appearance and are more expensive. Rubber mats are not as beautiful, but are considered easier to clean and practical. The price is usually not too high.

PVC anti-slip mats are more often laid on the porches of residential country houses and cottages. If desired, you can choose such an accessory of any color that fits perfectly into the exterior of buildings. Grass mats can be designed to cover the entire areaporch. Small thick accessories of this type are also produced. They are usually laid directly next to the door from the side of the street or hallway. Such rugs can be laid either freely, or with additional fastening to the porch with adhesive tape on the reverse side.

Anti-slip rubber mat is more often used to ensure the safety of store visitors and office workers, as it has a greater degree of wear resistance. Accessories of this type are most often black, gray or brown. There are varieties of such coatings, attached to the steps by means of aluminum strips.

Also, modern industry produces compact door rubber mats. They are more attractive in appearance, but at the same time they are more expensive. An anti-slip rubber mat, laid at the door, also performs another important function - it serves to clean shoes from dirt.

Bath and pool covers

Used in wet areas, rugs can be made from both natural and artificial materials. Their main distinguishing feature is the presence of a solid substrate. Anti-slip bath mats can be made from:

• acrylic;
• rubbers;
• PVC;

• cotton.

Products made from all these materials have good performance characteristics. In principle, for the bathroom you can chooseany such accessory. In this case, when buying, attention is drawn mainly to the design of the rug, which should be in harmony with the design of the room itself.

Acrylic coatings

The main advantage of this type of rugs is absolute environmental friendliness. The air temperature in the bathroom is often elevated. An accessory made of acrylic will not emit any harmful substances when heated.

In addition, this synthetic material is considered very hygienic. All dirt from the rugs made from it is removed extremely simply. In the manufacture of acrylic accessories, manufacturers, among other things, use a special processing technology. As a result, the rug becomes very soft and pleasant to the touch.

PVC and rubber

Like outdoor, rubber anti-slip bath mats are very inexpensive. Their main advantage is considered to be a long service life. However, PVC coatings look more aesthetically pleasing, and therefore are more popular. In the manufacture of polyvinyl chloride rugs, manufacturers use flavors. Therefore, when heated, such accessories do not emit unpleasant odors. Also, the material of PVC mats contains special substances that prevent the development of fungus in high humidity.

Cotton rugs

Accessories of this variety, of course, look more beautiful and more solid than synthetic ones. Cotton rugis glued to a rubber backing and can therefore also be considered anti-slip. Stepping on such an accessory, leaving the bath, is very pleasant. However, such a rug is quite difficult to care for, since it needs to be dried periodically. If this is not done, the cotton coating will not last long. Most often, accessories made from natural materials are bought for children. The skin on a child's feet is very delicate. Therefore, contact with a rough surface can make him feel uncomfortable.

When choosing a cotton rug, among other things, you should pay attention to the length of its pile. Of course, lush anti-slip rugs look really beautiful. However, taking care of them is much more difficult than short-haired accessories.