Antibacterial flooring is a new concept, and it’s also an extremely important asset for health centres. The old saying that people can walk into a clinic and walk out sicker than when they came in is no joke. Antibacterial flooring is an important advance in maintaining high levels of hygiene. A modern hygienic carpet can solve a lot of problems for patients and staff alike.

Antibacterial flooring, explained

The problem for health centres is live microbial organisms, or germs in a dormant state. They’re present everywhere in the environment, but in health centres, naturally, they’re likely to be present in more different types and greater volumes. These are the typical organisms that cause re-infections in the workplace in flu season, and they’re a real nuisance. They’re a persistent menace to health centre staff, who have to work in the environment over long periods of time.

The antibacterial flooring concept is tailored to eliminate these endemic pathogens in the environment using a an anti microbial growth approach. This drastically reduce volumes of bio contaminants through ongoing prevention. Up to 99% of microbes can be eliminated using this method.

Design issues

Antibacterial flooring is also very design friendly. It’s been developed to be used in any design environment, and health centres can have any floor coverings they choose. This includes custom colours, and versatile long life and easy maintenance modular carpet tiles. These are the top of the range in high quality, super tough designer carpets, and they can achieve any type of design standard. You can even check out designs on visualization software to get an impression of design effects.

These are modern carpets, able to take very high traffic. They’re a different class of design from the old style broadlooms. Each tile has its own backing, and they’re joined to provide a solid, seamless surface which minimizes damage and risks. They’re also fully customizable from the planning stage. If you’re looking for a full design upgrade, you need look no further. Whatever type of carpet pattern, aesthetics or custom carpet you need for a health centre, it can be done, and it can be done well.

Costing

Antibacterial flooring is intended to be a viable budget choice for health centres. It’s easy to get a working price almost instantly, even with a quite complex design motif and special technical considerations. If you’re working on a budget, you’ll find the top suppliers not only understand the issues, they also know how to help. You’ll get advice on all budget considerations. You will definitely, make savings on maintenance, product life, patient health, staff downtime, carpet cleaning and reduced risk from high quality carpeting.

Getting a quote and technical advice

The quickest and most efficient way to deal with your needs is to talk direct to the suppliers. You can deal with any design or materials issues on the spot. You can get advice, quotes, and working figures instantly. The result will be a beautiful, hygienic new health centre.

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Earlier this year I was looking at buying cheap carpet in Melbourne for an investment property. I was faced with the conundrum – if I buy too cheap the property will reflect that, but if I pay too much then the tenants could equally stain or ruin the carpet within a few months. I was also worried that I would need to replace the carpet in five years time because it wouldn’t be durable enough.

These thoughts were running around in my head until I found an entirely better option – buying second hand (recycled) commercial carpet. This turned out to be not only half the price of the cheap new carpet I was looking at, but it was better quality and to top it off I scored major greenie points (buying reused commercial carpet meant I wasn’t contributing to landfill!). It was a complete no brainer and I have never looked back.

Quick tip: if you need cheap carpet then I would always go for recycled office carpet. (The difference in quality between commercial and domestic carpet is enormous).

Since purchasing the property my circumstances have changed and I have been living there whilst finishing renovations. I work from home so this means I walk on and see my recycled carpet quite a lot and so really get to see its wear and tear in action.
Not to mention I have a dog (a beautiful schnauzer) with a bladder problem… she has chosen to let loose nightly (in my office by the way) so I am ever thankful that I scored cheap (recycled) carpet.

Having written all that, I recently found out about carpet tiles and if there was a battle between carpet and carpet tiles, carpet tiles would win hands down. Let me pit them against each other.

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• Easier to replace if you have an issue (stain, rip etc) on a small section. Why replace the whole carpet if you can just replace sections?
• Quality is on par with carpet – you can still get commercial, heavy duty industrial tiles for a bargain and score the greenie points (they are reused also)
• You can choose funky designs (ie. checker board patterns – red and dark grey or one lighter tile, one darker).
• Commercial carpet tiles get better when they get older; because as the traffic areas become more walked on they start to blend in to each other.
• Carpet tiles have been starting to make a large impact on floor coverings only in the last five to seven years. This is mostly due to the DIY market – you can install yourself – saving costs and also heavy labouring.
• They work better in investment properties, offices, gyms, churches, houses where dogs, babies and kids live, houses where old people live (because the flat tile is easier to walk on), nursing homes, exhibition spaces, holiday homes, caravans and annexes

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• Simply, carpet is better than carpet tiles if you own your dream home and you don’t have pets or kids.

A great place to go hunting for cheap carpet in Melbourne where you can get commercial carpet tiles (and carpet if you are not convinced) is McMats Recycled Carpets. They have a HUGE range of heavy duty, industrial carpets and carpet tiles and over 18 years of experience in the biz.
http://www.mcmatsrecycledcarpet.com
(03) 9761 4451