Ground Protection Mats

Ground protection mats are crucial for safeguarding sensitive surfaces like grass, turf, or soil from heavy foot traffic and machinery. They help maintain a stable surface, reducing the risk of accidents caused by uneven ground, while also preventing long-term damage to the underlying surface. Available in various sizes and strengths, ground protection mats can be used for a variety of applications and projects, making them an incredibly versatile product.

Heavy Duty Access Mats

Temporary Walkway Mats

Temporary Road Panels

Car Park Matting

Tree Root Protection Mats

Grass & Lawn Protection Mats

Temporary Outdoor Flooring

Outrigger Pads & Mats

Light Duty Ground Protection Mats

Non-Slip Exterior Matting

Matting Accessories

About Ground Protection Mats

Ground protection mats are a relatively new product to the market, they offer a cost-effective way to protect grass areas and other sensitive ground from heavy equipment and even foot traffic. Interlocking couplers ensure that the mats do not become separated during use, and can easily be removed when the mats are no longer required.

Providing traction in all weather conditions, our ground mats have coarse tread patterns that ensure traffic can reach where it needs to be even if it rains.

What Are Common Applications For Ground Protection Mats?

There are many applications where ground protection mats are required, this may be to prevent an area from becoming boggy, or to prevent vehicles from sinking and damaging the underlying soil.

Caravan Siting

Caravan sites rely on their pristine appearance to attract residents and visitors, after all, no one wants to camp on a site with torn up turf and mud. Track matting allows sites to bring in heavy vehicles when moving static caravans on and off site without causing damage.

Temporary Roadways

When construction needs to be carried out in a remote area vehicles supplying materials may have to cross fields and lawns to gain access. Temporary road mats can be linked together forming a road that will not only offer stability to crossing vehicles but also protect underlying turf.

Events

During events , especially those such as music festivals, airshows and car shows there is often a lot of traffic passing on foot between different areas. Our ground matting systems can be laid to prevent British summer rain from turning your event into a slippery mud pit.

Construction

When carrying out construction work around a property, not only can ground reinforcement be used to provide temporary access, it can be used to provide stability for lifting equipment by supporting outriggers and preventing sinkage.

Which Ground Mat Should I Choose?

Although ground mat systems may look very similar they do have a few subtle differences.

Different Colours

The difference in colour is purely down to the composition of each mat system, and only has any real effect on the visual aspects of the mat. The most common colours are black and grey.

Handholds

If you find yourself moving ground mats frequently around the work site, having a mat that has handholds will make the process much easier. On the other hand, mud and water can travel from through the hand holes when placed on exceptionally wet and soft ground.

Different Tread Patterns

Most of our mats have tread patterns on both sides; a coarse and a fine side depending on which traffic type is passing over. If you are planning on installing mats indoors or delicate grass areas, you might want to consider a ground protection mat which has a non-treaded, smooth side.

100% Recyclable

All our mats can be recycled, this is an important factor for us and many of our customers.

Need help finding the right product?

Give our trained sales team a call on +44 (0)1905 794875, they will help you in choosing a suitable system for your needs and will also be happy to discuss discounts for bulk quantity requirements and special delivery need.

Why buy from Start Safety?

We have the full range shown above in stock on the shelf ready to ship out next day, we offer special delivery services and can even arrange same day delivery on many products.