Top 10 Reasons to Buy Rubber Matting for Use in Stall Mats and Stable Mats

1. 12 year limited warranty of Rubber Mating
2. All mats available as  interlocking rubber matting
3. Environmentally friendly
4. Available in 3/4″, 1/2″ or 3/8″ sizes (with diamond or button top design)
5. Manufacturers have over twenty eight years rubber matting manufacturing experience
6. Will not harbor or grow bacteria
7. Comfortable cushion support for your horse
8. Rubber mats will not curl
9. Reduces the need for bedding which minimizes cleanup time
10. Recommended by Michael Plumb’s Horse Journal.

Rubber Matting Is Easy to Install!

They can be installed in new or existing facilities. And if you ask the people that have installed them, you’ll soon find out that you’ll save time and labor because stalls clean faster, and require less bedding.

Rubber Matting is a Humane Horse Mat

If proper care and protection of your valuable horses are high on your list of priorities, you can’t afford to be without the benefits of Humane Stall Mats…. and from a point of maintenance, you can’t beat the time, labor, and moneysaving convenience they have to offer. Humane’s combination of a textured surface provides traction and greater resiliency while providing cushioned comfort against injuries and swollen leg problems.

Rubber Matting in horse stall mats can save time and money, when used in the correct way and for appropriate applications. Unfortunately, they have a bad reputation among some horse owners, due to issues associated with the inappropriate use of them.

The advantages of horse stall mats over other floor surfaces are:

Yielding. The traditional concrete floor is very hard. Unless you provide a thick layer of bedding, this hardness can stress joints, possibly injure feet, and cause sore points where the horse lays down to rest or sleep. Mats provide a softer and more yielding surface which is more comfortable for horses and less likely to result in impact stress injuries.

Warmth. The materials used to make horse stall mats are naturally insulating. This is both more comfortable and healthier for horses, especially in winter.

Traction. Concrete and wooden floors can be slippery when wet; mats provide better traction and thereby reduce the risk of injury to horses.

Ease of Cleaning. Many mats have a smooth surface, which is much easier to clean than concrete or wood surfaces.

Sterilization. Stall mats can be easily sterilized with a disinfectant, which is difficult with absorbent surfaces such as wood or earth. Especially in the case of a horse with a contagious disease, the ability to sterilize the stall floor is important.

Drainage. Unlike concrete, mats allow urine to drain off. Usually this happens at the joints between mats, although a few types of mats allow the urine to drain through the mat itself.

Bedding. Less bedding is required with stall mats, partly because the mats perform the function of bedding (insulation, soft and comfortable surface, shock absorption, traction) and partly because the ability to drain off urine means that less bedding is soiled. This saves not only on bedding costs, but also in terms of the time and money associated with stall cleaning.

There are two main potential issues with mats:

Urine buildup under mats. Mat floors are generally made up of a number of individual mats. Urine can drain through the cracks when the mats are joined together. Unless one periodically cleans under the mats, or there is good drainage under the mats, the urine can build up under the mats. The urine then breaks down, releasing ammonia (an unhealthy and unpleasant smelling gas) and odours. See detailed discussion below.  You can avoid this by using liquid rubber instead (see rubber stable for details) or sealed cushioned stall floors.

Inappropriate use. Some horse owners and stable managers use mats in inappropriate ways, leading to various issues.

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