FAQs
About: Drainage and Commercial Kitchen Mats
1. We run a small restaurant in the Los Angeles, CA area and want a non-slip, anti-fatigue mat with drainage ability. The mat must be 3ft wide and run along side the serving counter which runs to the cashier. Which floor mat do you recommend.
The Omni Drainage Mat is available in a 3x4, 3x20, 3x26 or 3x36. However, it’s only 3/8” thick so it will provide moderate anti-fatigue features, superior anti-slip qualities and good drainage properties.
If the layout of your restaurant permits, the sudden comfort anti-fatigue mat for the cashier area can be placed over the Omni Drainage Mat for added softness for the standing cashier. This applications of multiple types of matting is common, functional and can add design. |
2. Our all you can eat buffet in Las Vegas, Nevada has problems in the self-serve drink areas. Customer are sloppy and just don’t give crap if they drop ice cubes, soft drinks or soft-serve ice cream on the floor. This creates a slippery hazard to our customers. Several times a year the restaurant management gets threats of slip & fall lawsuits. How can we prevent this hazard at our Las Vegas restaurant? Which floor mat do you recommend?
The Uni-Mat is a common mat for this particular application. The floor mat is heavy so it will loose-lay securely. The mat borders are wide so the edges will not curl-up. A 3x5 Uni-Mat weighs 28 lbs., so the weight will add further enhancement to the loose-lay feature. This restaurant food service mat for drink stations, ice machines and salad bars will provide secure footing for customers and employees. |
3. Can any of your floor mats be used as a urinal mat?
No, urinal mat must be contoured in a certain way. The perforations in a urinal mat are very small. The perforations on a kitchen drainage mats are much larger. |
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4. We need a mat that will be appropriate in an oil change automotive service station. Which floor mat is best for an oil change service station?
Firstly, a floor mat for an automotive service station will only minimize slipping. Frankly, there’s no such floor mat that is ‘slip-proof’ or ‘slip-resistant’
The mat best for an automotive repair shop is the K-Series RED Comfort Tract. These anti-slip car service station mats are highly textured, treated with grease-proof properties, ½” thick, and 3ft. wide with beveled edges. |
5. Our bartenders want a new floor mat behind the bar. Which is the recommended bartender mat?
Bartender mats are required to be anti-slip and equally anti-fatigue. The 3 x 10 x ½” thick counter mat is popular for bartenders. The Tractor Mat is recommended for bars, counters, welding areas and assembly-production lines. These floor mats have slotted holes to enhance anti-slip features and keep water below the standing area. |
6. Our family owns a restaurant in Dallas, Texas. The layout of our kitchen is abstract. In other words, some walk-ways are only 3ft. wide, other areas 4ft. wide and the stove is in an island in the middle of the kitchen. Do you have a commercial anti-slip and drain thru kitchen mat that can make different layouts?
Yes, indeed. The universal K-Series Meter drain thru mat is an interlocking kitchen that can configure to any width or length. This kitchen drain through mat can be cut by hand to produce any size without hindering the interlocking attributes. These universal kitchen mats are 36” wide by 36”, 48” or 60” long. Yellow or black beveled edges can still be connected on the side that is cut to your specifications.
The customer is responsible to cut the kitchen mat to their specifications. |
7. Last year we purchased some kitchen mats from you. We are satisfied with the quality. However, the mats are heavy and quite laborious to clean, actually, easy to clean but difficult to move to clean. How do you clean and wash these rubber kitchen mats? You’ll find the floor mat transporter will make things much easier to clean and transport the floor mats. The floor mat wash rack and transporter can hold several perforated kitchen mats. |
8. We are looking for a more, well, attractive and decorative kitchen mat for home use.
Indeed and admit tingly so, our drainage mats are not a work of art. The drainage mats are purely functional. If you want a more colorful and textured home kitchen mat, CWF Flooring, Inc. can meet your needs. |
9. Our freezer mat needs replacement. It's curling up and falling apart. The foam is turning into crumbs?
Which floor mat do you recommend for a walk-in freezer?
A freezer mat should not be produced with foam. It's probably an anti-fatigue mat engineered for warm areas. Our Traktor Freezer Drain Thru Mat is recommended. |
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Can we place the drainage mats on top of carpet tiles? We do not recommend placing our perforated drainage mats on top of self adhesive carpet tiles. Most carpet will not dry out quickly and this may produce mold.Providing the subject area has drainage you can place the drainage mats on top of a thin outdoor carpet tile. Outdoor carpet has waterproof features. |