Does anyone work within a library/office that's get mobile shelving and runner tiles? How durable are the carpet tiles? Do little pieces stay stuck ably?...
How durable are the carpet tiles? Do little pieces stay stuck ably? Do the tiles stick well on ramp etc.?
We're considering installing them in a library beside mobile shelving - so I expect there will be LOTS of small pieces needed to plague the areas between the carriage (shelving) rail.
I already realize that the major benefit to using hearth rug tiles being that you can replace a tile surrounded by the event of stains/wear etc. isn't REALLY the greatest since the surrounding carpet will imagined have faded and the replacement tile will stick out similar to a sore thumb, but any experience with mat tiles in office/library settings would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Answers: Commercial mat tiles are perfect for your situation. They wear similar to iron because the carpets fibers are in actuality imbedded(trying not to use technical expressions here) into the vinyl backing. Because the fibers are surrounded by the backing itself, it if truth be told holds up under rolling loads extremely well. The mat tiles are glued directly to the floor, so staying down is not an issue. As far as the ramp...if it's inside the building, near again, since they are glued down - they stick great. If you are purchasing directly from a businesswoman....DO NOT let them convince you that you do not stipulation to glue them down. There are several manufacturer of carpet tiles out at hand that promote this feature - and necessarily, they're full of it. I had a customer try it ONCE, they rolled a bed across them - not glue down, and they popped up like dominos. We glue them down, and they rolled hospital beds on them year in and hours of daylight out, without an issue. They are expected to be glued down. I would unequivocally recommend carpet tiles for a library.
The trick to doing replacements within the middle of a room, is to pull up some existing tiles from an nouns that is already installed, but doesn't acquire as much traffic....put the brand new piece surrounded by a closet or under a stool, so it won't be as noticable.
we have them contained by the hallways and i haven't see any that have stuck up or call for replaceing in times past year or more.