Self-Adhesive Flexible Cement ADA Mats—Game Changing New Technology Available from ADA Sign Depot

SAN DIEGO - April 10, 2014 - PRLog -- ADA Sign Depot announced immediate availability of ADA Compliant and California Compliant Truncated Domes made using a game changing powerful “peel-and-stick” adhesive backing on fiber-reinforced, polymer-modified flexible cement mats. Made in California, these ADA Mats come in yellow and 5 more standard colors, and a range of sizes. ADA Sign Depot is offering these new products to contractors, cities, property managers, corporate and individual buyers with no minimum purchase required. Self-adhesive ADA mats can be ordered 24/7 through its secure ecommerce website, ADASignDepot.com.

“The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) has required use of truncated dome detectible warnings since 2001,” explained David Boyne, sales manager at ADA Sign Depot, San Diego. “But small business owners, property managers, and contractors have a tough time finding reputable sources of truncated dome pads that do not require large minimum orders. In addition, not everyone is equipped with the tools and experience to mount paving tiles that require drilling into concrete to install anchoring bolts, and applying adhesives to rigid tiles in the field. Not to mention that most standard surface or retrofit paving tiles will not adhere to asphalt, only to concrete. Yet most parking lots are asphalt, not concrete surfaces.”

With its nation-wide ecommerce internet store already providing ADA compliant signs and related products to contractors, small businesses and property managers, ADA Sign Depot now provides these easy to install truncated dome pads directly to its customers. “Even if all you need for your project is one ADA mat, we’ll ship it that day or the next business day,” Boyne explained. “We provide enough volume to larger customers like cities and new construction projects that we can eliminate minimum orders for mom and pop stores and small businesses or property managers, and contractors,” Boyne said. “We carry standard truncated dome pads and tiles for installation on both wet or dry concrete. But these new self-adhesive ADA mats are easy and fast for one person to install without special tools or experience. If you can put a stamp on an envelope or apply a band-aid to a cut, you can apply these ADA compliant mats. You just brush off the concrete or asphalt surface, lay down the pad, and press it down. With its powerful self-adhesive backing and durable yet flexible reinforced cement composition, it forms a bond with the surface these pads are going to last far beyond their five-year guarantee.That's why we use this same new self-stick technology on Wheelchair Symbols that are applied to asphalt or concrete in parking lots to indicate parking stalls that are handicap accessible. ”

A Reputation for Consistent Excellence

With the company’s new ecommerce website, individual consumers and corporate buyers have factory-direct access to ADA Sign Depot’s stock and custom-made ADA compliant Braille and non-Braille tactile signage, as well truncated domes and handicap parking signs.

“With accessibility becoming ever more critical for business and for people, our goal is to provide the products our customers need to make their publically accessed property ADA compliant. That’s why we offer code-compliant disabled parking signs, both National and state-specific, including California’s unique disabled parking signage. We wanted to make these new self-adhesive ADA mats available to everyone, not just municipalities. When we can make it easier for our small businesses to comply with the ADA laws, more people gain access to those businesses, and those businesses gain new and loyal customers.”

As well as their new self-adhering ADA mats, ADA Sign Depot also carries truncated domes suitable for surface application on dry concrete using anchor bolts and adhesive, as well as cast-in-place dome pads installed when fresh concrete is being poured. “We want to provide every option, so contractors, business owners and property mangers can make the call on which product will work best for their situation. New construction can use the cast-in-place pads,” Boyne explained. “And the surface applied, retro-fit style mats allow a small business, contractor or property manger to install ADA required truncated domes without having to demolish and remove concrete, then pour fresh concrete. But I have to say, these self-adhesive ADA mats, because one person can install them in just minutes, without drilling, or tools or hardware, or a boatload of previous experience—and not having to close off their sidewalks or parking lots for several hours—they’re a game changer. The power-bonding adhesive on these mats allows them to be applied to asphalt as well as concrete, and that’s a big advance. Most parking lots are asphalt, not concrete. Wheelchair ramps are wood or metal or plastic. These self-adhesive truncated domes will bond to those surfaces, no problem.”

Information on Detectable Warnings (truncated domes)

Detectable warnings are an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirement in the current Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) for the use of detecting the boundary between the sidewalk and the street. Truncated domes are the only detectable warnings allowed by ADAAG. Grooves, exposed aggregate, and other designs intended for use as detectable warning are too similar to pavement textures, cracks and joints and are not considered equivalent facilitation. Truncated domes are a unique design and have proven to be the most detectable surface.

ADA Compliant Signs and Products Availability

Consumers and corporate buyers can access ADA Sign Depot’s nation-wide ecommerce store 24/7 at: http://ADASignDepot.com.

ADA Sign Depot offers a wide range of ADA signs and related products, including ADA and Title 24 compliant Restroom signs, Exit and Entrance signs, custom made ADA Braille signs in a wide variety of materials, reflective aluminum Handicapped Parking Signs and ADA/California compliant truncated domes.