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Coir (Coco) Entrance Matting & Doormats

Coir matting is the original scrape mat: stiff coconut-husk fiber that knocks grit off shoes before it gets inside. This page holds every coir construction we sell — Custom Coco Mats with a logo worked into the fiber, vinyl-backed Coir Matting for recessed wells, extra-thick Woven Backed Cocoa Mats for a plain doormat, and Woven Cocoa Roll Matting for hallway and stair runs. All of them belong at covered entries.

    1. Custom coco coir logo mat set into a recessed entrance well
      Custom Coco Mats
      $168.00
      Custom Coco Mats are made from real coconut fiber — coir — for entrances where a warm, natural-material look matters as much as keeping the floor clean. The coarse fiber scrapes grit and traps dirt at the door, while the organic texture gives a threshold a premium feel that

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      Custom Coco Mats are made from real coconut fiber — coir — for entrances where a warm, natural-material look

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    2. this coco matting is easy to clean with by shaking, vacuum, or rinsing
      Coir Matting

      Starting at $70.00

      Coir Matting is natural coconut-coir fiber tufted onto a solid vinyl base — the original boot-scraping fiber, set on a backing that keeps what it catches off your floor. The stiff coir brushes grit and moisture off shoes at the door, while the vinyl base seals the underside so

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      Coir Matting is natural coconut-coir fiber tufted onto a solid vinyl base — the original boot-scraping fiber, set on

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    3. Woven Backed Cocoa Mats
      Woven Backed Cocoa Mats

      Starting at $26.00

      Woven Backed Cocoa Mats are the coir doormat most people picture when they hear the word: a thick, hand-woven slab of coconut fiber with braided edges and a woven base, in natural tan, with nothing printed on it. It is one of the oldest coco matting constructions still made,

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      Woven Backed Cocoa Mats are the coir doormat most people picture when they hear the word: a thick, hand-woven

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    4. Roll of natural tan woven herringbone coco coir matting, partly unrolled
      Woven Cocoa Roll Matting

      Starting at $505.00

      Woven Cocoa Roll Matting is coco matting in its plainest form: coconut-husk fiber spun into coir yarn, woven in a herringbone pattern, and supplied on long rolls. Nothing is glued to it and nothing is printed on it. That plainness is the point. One roll cuts into a hallway

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      Woven Cocoa Roll Matting is coco matting in its plainest form: coconut-husk fiber spun into coir yarn, woven in

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    What Coir Matting Does Before Grit Gets Inside

    Coir works by scraping. The coconut fiber stands stiff under a shoe and brushes off the sand, mud, and grit that would otherwise grind into the floor inside. ISSA research puts the job at six to eight footsteps to clean a shoe, and shows that about twelve times more dirt comes through a door in wet weather. A coir mat is where those first footsteps land.

    Coir also holds what it catches. The fiber soaks up moisture and traps loose soil down in the pile instead of letting it ride back out on the next shoe. Add the warm, natural look, and you have the reason coco matting has stayed the default welcome doormat at homes, shops, hotels, and offices for well over a century.

    The Mistake That Rots a Coco Mat Early

    The mistake is putting coir where rain lands on it. Coconut fiber absorbs water and holds it. In an open doorway the mat never dries out, so it goes heavy and sour, mildews, and starts to rot from the backing up. That is often a single wet season, and it is not a defect. It is a covered-entry fiber used in the wrong spot.

    A soaked coir mat is also a slip hazard. Once the fiber is saturated it stops scraping and starts sliding, and NFSI points to entrances as the place slip-and-fall liability concentrates for building owners. A porch roof, a canopy, a vestibule, or an indoor threshold is where every coir mat on this page belongs. Fully exposed doors get a rubber or synthetic scraper instead.

    The second, smaller mistake is expecting a natural fiber to behave like a synthetic one. New coir sheds loose fiber for the first week or two. On a polished lobby floor that shows, so a backed construction that anchors the fiber, or a placement where a little loose coir does not matter, saves the complaint.

    How the Coir Options Compare

    Custom Coco Mats are coir on a vinyl backing, cut to your opening and finished with a bold logo, name, or border worked into the fiber. Sizes run from 2' x 3' up to 12' x 20', with seven base colors and a choice of beveled rubber edging or no edging for a recessed well, and a proof comes back before anything is made. Strongest fit: hotel and office lobbies, retail storefronts, and institutional entries where the coir doormat is the first thing a visitor reads.

    Coir Matting is the plain vinyl-backed version: natural coir tufted into a solid vinyl base about 5/8" thick, sold from 6'-wide rolls cut to size in natural, chocolate brown, or maroon. The sealed base keeps water off the floor underneath, and the fiber holds at a cut edge, so pieces can be shaped and fused to fill a wide recess with a barely visible seam. Strongest fit: recessed entrance wells and vestibules at restaurants, churches, offices, and homes with hardwood or tile inside the door.

    Woven Backed Cocoa Mats are the plain, loose-laid coconut doormats — natural tan coir on a woven backing at a full 1-1/2" thick, in six stock sizes from 18" x 30" up to 48" x 72". This is the thick coir doormat people picture on a front step, and it is the one that works when nothing is recessed or glued down. Strongest fit: covered residential front doors, apartment and condo units, small shops, and church side entries.

    Woven Cocoa Roll Matting is natural tan coir woven in a herringbone pattern at 5/16" thick, sold in full 150' rolls in 27", 36", or 72" widths with the short ends left unbound. It is runner material, not a doormat — a low profile that lays along a corridor or up a staircase and gets cut and finished on site. Strongest fit: multi-unit corridors, historic buildings, country clubs, and inns that want a natural-fiber hallway or stair runner in quantity.

    Three Things to Check Before You Pick

    1. Covered or exposed. This one decides whether coir is in the running at all. A porch roof, canopy, vestibule, or indoor threshold suits any construction on this page. An open doorway that takes direct rain suits none of them, no matter the backing. Confirm the spot dries out between uses before you spend time on the rest.

    2. Recessed, loose-laid, or a run. A recessed well wants a vinyl-backed piece cut to the opening: Custom Coco Mats if a logo or color is part of the plan, Coir Matting if plain natural fiber is. A door with nothing recessed wants a loose-laid Woven Backed Cocoa Mat. A corridor or staircase wants Woven Cocoa Roll Matting, which is cut and fitted on site rather than dropped at a door.

    3. Thickness at the threshold. Check the door swing and the recess depth. Woven Backed Cocoa Mats stand 1-1/2" tall, which is the extra-thick doormat feel but too much under a tight-swinging door. Coir Matting sits at 5/8", and Woven Cocoa Roll Matting at 5/16" for stairs and halls. Measure the gap under the door before you choose the thick mat.

    Why Mats Inc.

    We have specified entrance matting from Houston since 1964, and coir is a fiber where the placement call matters as much as the product. Send us the opening dimensions and a photo of the doorway, and we will tell you plainly whether coir belongs there. If it does not, we will point you to the scraper that does instead of selling you a mat that rots by spring.

    When coir is the right call, the work is in the fit. We cut vinyl-backed coir to a recess and fuse the seams so a wide well reads as one mat, and we send a digital proof of any logo within a day or two before production starts. The same coir that goes into a hotel vestibule is what we would put outside our own front door.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Can a coir doormat go outside on a porch or under an awning?

    Answered by Dustin Thompson, Owner & CEO

    Yes, as long as rain does not reach it. A covered porch, a canopy, or a recessed entry under a roof is fine, because the mat dries out between uses. The test is simple: if the mat gets wet when it rains, coir is the wrong material for that door. Natural fiber that stays wet mildews and rots, often inside one season. For an open doorway, use a rubber or synthetic scraper and save the coir for the vestibule inside.

    How long does a coir doormat last?

    Answered by Dustin Thompson, Owner & CEO

    Under cover, plan on one to three years. A loose-laid Woven Backed Cocoa Mat at a light-traffic home door tends toward the longer end. A vinyl-backed mat in a busy commercial vestibule wears the fiber down in the main path faster and lands nearer the shorter end. Two things end coir early: moisture that never dries out, and heavy footfall that thins the fiber in the walking lane. Replace it when the pile is worn flat where people step; the mat has stopped scraping at that point. All coir here carries a 1-year limited (Mats Inc.) warranty.

    Can I use coir on stairs or down a hallway?

    Answered by Dustin Thompson, Owner & CEO

    Yes, with Woven Cocoa Roll Matting. It is 5/16" thick and comes in 27", 36", and 72" widths on 150' rolls, which is the format for a corridor or staircase runner. It is sold by the full roll only, with the short ends unbound, so it is cut to length and finished on site by the installer. Keep it indoors or under cover, the same as any coir. Because it is a low, woven fiber rather than a thick pile, it suits a long run where a doormat's height would be a trip point.

    Which coir mat works for a double door or a wide entrance?

    Answered by Jinna Hopson, Vice President of Marketing

    Go with a vinyl-backed piece cut to the full width. Coir Matting comes from 6'-wide rolls and can be cut and fused to span a double doorway or a wide recess as one mat with a barely visible seam. Custom Coco Mats run up to 12' x 20' in stock sizes and can be made larger on request, with a logo or border across the whole span. A loose-laid Woven Backed Cocoa Mat tops out at 48" x 72", so a double door would mean two side by side, which reads as two mats rather than one entrance.

    What do coco mats look like, and what colors are there?

    Answered by Jinna Hopson, Vice President of Marketing

    Coir reads warm and natural — a brushy, golden-tan fiber that says welcome rather than industrial. The plain woven mats and the roll runner come in natural tan only, with the roll woven in a herringbone pattern. Coir Matting adds chocolate brown and maroon, which look a little richer at a hospitality or traditional entrance. Custom Coco Mats offer seven base colors — natural, brown, black, grey, blue, green, and red — so the mat can carry brand colors under the logo. A sleek modern lobby usually suits a finished synthetic mat better; a traditional, warm doorway suits coir.

    Can I get a coir mat with a logo or in a custom size?

    Answered by Jinna Hopson, Vice President of Marketing

    Yes to both. Custom Coco Mats are made to your dimensions with a bold logo, name, or border worked into the fiber, and you get a digital proof by email within a day or two before it goes into production. Coir takes clean, simple artwork best; fine detail and gradients belong on a printed carpet mat instead. For a custom size without a logo, Coir Matting is cut to any shape from the roll, and printed designs are available on it as well. Send the opening size and the artwork and we will confirm what translates well to coir.

    By Jinna Hopson, Vice President of Marketing, Mats Inc.

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