Custom Name Irish Blessing May Happiness Come Through Your Door Doormat

The primary function of a doormat is to take dirt and moisture from shoes and hold onto it so that the mess doesn’t make its way into your house.

Doormats can also look great too and provide the perfect finishing touch to your entrance, but the most important thing is how well they clean.

Good quality matting is a worthwhile investment as it protects your interior floor coverings from dirt and damage and reduces the amount of time you have to spend cleaning.

In an ideal world each entrance needs 2 doormats.

Your 1^st barrier matting should be a scraper mat such as a coir mat, to scrape off dirt and debris, followed by your 2^nd barrier matting, an absorbent mat such as a washable doormat to soak up the excess moisture from shoes.

You can either have one outside the door and one inside, or put both inside. If you can only purchase one mat then choose coir as it has an excellent scraping action and is still absorbent, but less so than a washable mat.

Size Matters: Custom Name Irish Blessing May Happiness Come Through Your Door Doormat

Choose the biggest mat that your budget and available space allow.

If your mat is too small, people who walk straight in without wiping their feet will only place one foot on the mat and the next one will land on the other side of it, without having been wiped at all!

A large mat inside the house big enough to stand on while you remove your shoes can be the ideal cue to encourage people who sometimes need a gentle reminder that you’d like them to remove their shoes.

You can even turn your mat around and have it running in a portrait rather than landscape orientation to ensure that both feet make contact with the mat as many times as possible.

Many people use cut to size coir matting to carpet the entire floor of an enclosed porch and this is a brilliant way to ensure your mat is big enough.

Thickness: Custom Name Irish Blessing May Happiness Come Through Your Door Doormat

A long, thicker pile is not always better. Shorter pile mats tend to have a firmer brushing action and can remove dirt more effectively. (Think about how bristly very short cropped hair feels!)

Check the clearance of your door to ensure that it will still open with the mat in place.

The best mat for each location: Custom Name Irish Blessing May Happiness Come Through Your Door Doormat

Outside (exposed to elements)

An open backing is required to allow moisture to run away, PVC backed mats left outside will not dry out properly which will result in a bubbling effect and reduced lifespan of your mat.

Printed designs placed outside will have a much shorter life expectancy than if they were kept inside.

All of our mats are fine for use indoors, but if you can follow the advice above to have 2 mats, a scraper mat followed by an absorber mat then you will have the cleanest possible floors.

Scraper mats: Custom Name Irish Blessing May Happiness Come Through Your Door Doormat

Our personalised mats are fun and we have message mats such as “remove your shoes”, for those who need to be told!

We have mats with various decorative designs from patriotic flag doormats to those with cat, dog and even pheasant designs for pet lovers.

If your mat is going to be loose laid on the floor rather than going into a mat well, designs featuring a tied or sealed edge have a more attractive finish than PVC backed mats.

Absorber mats: Custom Name Irish Blessing May Happiness Come Through Your Door Doormat

Our machine washable doormats come in a choice of colours and sizes to suit every situation.

Their super absorbent cotton pile soaks up moisture brilliantly keeping your floors clean.

They can be washed in the washing machine or with a carpet cleaner to keep them looking tip top. Choose the biggest size that will fit for maximum protection.

Patio Doors / Double Doors

The same advice applies as to your front door, to have a scraper mat and an absorber mat.

We have specially sized extra long mats for patio doors available in Coir scraper mats for outside, and machine washable mats for inside.

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