Can anyone recommend a seriously good doormat, all the ones that I buy
dont seem to last long and fall to bits. Many modern boots and wellies
have fancy patterns on the bottom that collect the mud, even walking
thro long grass does not seem to shift it. I of course remember to clean
my boots and/or leave them outside, I remember cos I am the one who
cleans the mess up but my family, Sigh :-)

kate

Kate Morgan wrote:
Can anyone recommend a seriously good doormat,

Most Fair Trade shops seel coconut door mats, which last for years.
There are two types I have seen, rope-pattern and bristly. The
rope-pattern ones are cheaper, but for a doormat you want the ones with
fibres sticking up about an inch. Go for a very dark brown colour, the
lighter ones seem to "shed" and fall to bits after a couple of years.

http://www.makeanentrance.com doa range of tuft lenghts, but I know
nothing about them. I just know I saved the URL when I was thinking of
a doormat that said "Look, just bugger off, OK?"

Robert wrote in in reply to
Kate Morgan wrote:
Can anyone recommend a seriously good doormat,

Most Fair Trade shops seel coconut door mats, which last for years.
There are two types I have seen, rope-pattern and bristly. The
rope-pattern ones are cheaper, but for a doormat you want the ones with
fibres sticking up about an inch. Go for a very dark brown colour, the
lighter ones seem to "shed" and fall to bits after a couple of years.

I will vouch for that, ours is fitted in a inset at our front door and has
been there for many years and still looks as good as new. It's very dark
brown BTW.
All we do is vacuum it with a very strong upright vacuum cleaner (Kirby) to
get all the grit and dirt out. It's the grit that does the damage.

--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK

"Bob Hobden" wrote after Robert wrote in in reply to
Kate Morgan wrote:
Can anyone recommend a seriously good doormat,

Most Fair Trade shops seel coconut door mats, which last for years.
There are two types I have seen, rope-pattern and bristly. The
rope-pattern ones are cheaper, but for a doormat you want the ones with
fibres sticking up about an inch. Go for a very dark brown colour, the
lighter ones seem to "shed" and fall to bits after a couple of years.

I will vouch for that, ours is fitted in a inset at our front door and has
been there for many years and still looks as good as new. It's very dark
brown BTW.
All we do is vacuum it with a very strong upright vacuum cleaner (Kirby)
to get all the grit and dirt out. It's the grit that does the damage.

This is the sort of thing...
http://www.doormatsuk.co.uk/entrance/coir.htm
or
http://www.tradepriced.co.uk/coir_matting.html
or
eBay item 190055134966
or
any good local carpet shop especially the little independent ones.
--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK

"Kate Morgan" wrote in message
Can anyone recommend a seriously good doormat, all the ones that I
buy
dont seem to last long and fall to bits. Many modern boots and
wellies
have fancy patterns on the bottom that collect the mud, even walking
thro long grass does not seem to shift it. I of course remember to
clean
my boots and/or leave them outside, I remember cos I am the one who
cleans the mess up but my family, Sigh :-)

I used to use the old fahioned traditional ones made of some brown
sort of thing that had tufts (coconut fibre or hemp or.....?). These
all died very quickly on me and ended up in the compost bin. I
finally bought ones made of a patterned black rubber like substance
(and whihc are made to looks lik fake ironwork). These work well to
both catch the crud and keep on looking good.

It did cause some minor domestic disbliss when I bought them.
Himself, who for some very odd reason seems to think that he knows
something on the subject of housework and doormats (or could just be a
putative control freak?), had a few thousand words to say about how
they wouldn't work, yarp, yarp yarp, were pretentious looking, yarp,
yarp, yarp........... He's now gone very quiet on the subject and I
have been tactful enough to just lift the mat and sweep the crud away
and not remind him of his stupid comments.

Many thanks to you all, I now have food for thought and hopefully less
mud in the kitchen :-)

kate

"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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Robert wrote in in reply to
Kate Morgan wrote:
Can anyone recommend a seriously good doormat,

Most Fair Trade shops seel coconut door mats, which last for years.
There are two types I have seen, rope-pattern and bristly. The
rope-pattern ones are cheaper, but for a doormat you want the ones with
fibres sticking up about an inch. Go for a very dark brown colour, the
lighter ones seem to "shed" and fall to bits after a couple of years.

I will vouch for that, ours is fitted in a inset at our front door and has
been there for many years and still looks as good as new. It's very dark
brown BTW.
All we do is vacuum it with a very strong upright vacuum cleaner (Kirby)
to get all the grit and dirt out. It's the grit that does the damage.

I usually take them up and put them face down on a path, then stamp, or beat
the back, all the grit then falls out.

Alan


--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK

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I usually take them up and put them face down on a path, then stamp, or beat
the back, all the grit then falls out.

One of mine has tiny green shoots sprouting all over it, dont know what
they are,must try and grow them on and see :-)

kate

"Alan Holmes" wrote in message
...
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I usually take them up and put them face down on a path, then stamp, or
beat the back, all the grit then falls out.

Alan

That's how I treat the local vandals--did you spell grit correctly:-)

Kate Morgan wrote:
Can anyone recommend a seriously good doormat

It bothered me for ages because I knew I had seen the ad - found it
last night in Country Living - the Turtle Mat original dirt trapper
mat! www.turtlemat.co.uk or ring 0845 600 3478. The picture depict a
rather lovely mat with great colours. I'm tempted but I've given up
years ago to have mats because the dogs think it's a great place to
sleep on and chew )

Kate Morgan wrote:
Can anyone recommend a seriously good doormat

It bothered me for ages because I knew I had seen the ad - found it
last night in Country Living - the Turtle Mat original dirt trapper
mat! www.turtlemat.co.uk or ring 0845 600 3478. The picture depict a
rather lovely mat with great colours. I'm tempted but I've given up
years ago to have mats because the dogs think it's a great place to
sleep on and chew )

You are so right, I remember some one telling me about these mats ages
ago and I had forgotten all about them, must look into it. We are
dogless at the moment so mats stand a chance of surviving :-)

thanks

kate

"La Puce" wrote in message
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Kate Morgan wrote:
Can anyone recommend a seriously good doormat

It bothered me for ages because I knew I had seen the ad - found it
last night in Country Living - the Turtle Mat original dirt trapper
mat! www.turtlemat.co.uk or ring 0845 600 3478. The picture depict a
rather lovely mat with great colours. I'm tempted but I've given up
years ago to have mats because the dogs think it's a great place to
sleep on and chew )

I have something similar and can recommend them highly. You can stick them
in the washing machine when they get dirty..
Jenny