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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, all of which outshine the competition - 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 right 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. 

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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. 

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.

PVC
Chair Mats

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

Cleartex Evolution
Chair Mats

The Cleartex Evolutionmat contain up to 50% recycled content, are recyclable. 50% of our manufacturing site’s energy comes from on-site & external renewable sources.

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Durable, eco-friendly, fully recyclable and highly sustainable. APET is PVC, phthalate and emission free. Ideal for allergy sufferers and for use with under floor heating.

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Advantagemat Plus APET Chair Mats

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Ecotex Marvec BioPVC 
Chair Mats

Ecotex Marlon 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.

All the benefits of our world beating high performance Floortex Phthalate Free PVC/Vinyl chair mats, but with superb eco-friendly features and responsible green manufacturing.

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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Anti-Static
Chair Mats

The Computex range contains anti-static technology to provide total static protection and attract dust away from  electrical equipment, for a safer working environment. 

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Eco-friendly
Chair Mats

Floortex offers chair mats are all recyclable. 50% of our manufacturing site’s energy comes from on-site & external renewable sources.

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Colour Chair Mats

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

Mat Shape

Floortex chair mat ranges

- Cleartex PVC - 

Advantagemat

Advantagemat Black
Evolutionmat

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- Computex -
Advantagemat Anti-static

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- Cleartex APET-
Advantagemat Plus

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- Cleartex Polycarbonate -
Ultimat for Carpet

Ultimat for Hard Floor

 Unomat

MegaMat

9Mat

 

​- Ecotex -

Marlon BioPlus

Marvec BioPVC​​

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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 SalesSupportUK@floortex.com 

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