Carpet tiles in the auditorium, chosen for acoustics.
You pick the tile to quiet the room. Speech and music stay clear. Weekly traffic is the wear you plan for. Modular tiles are the honest answer.
Acoustics first, then the wear line.
A hard floor in a tall, open room makes speech and music bounce. The right carpet tile takes the edge off footsteps and the chatter when the room empties. That is why you put tiles in the auditorium.
The first tiles to fail are the ones on the centre aisle and at the doors. We set the field so a lane can come up without closing the room for a fortnight. You repair the wear. You do not replace the whole floor.
Replace a tile. Leave the field.
Spills, chair legs and a wet winter door all show on the same few metres. A tile job means you are not recarpeting a 600 square metre room because one run went bald. That is the investment: buy the field once, replace the wear as it comes.
Colour and pattern are a drawing exercise against the seats and the stage, not a sample board in a different light. We leave samples in the actual room.
Interface Transformation Oatmeal. Official tile photography.
The slab underneath has to be right.
Moisture, level and the join at the foyer decide whether tiles stay flat. Send photos and measurements first. A visit, if it is ever needed, comes after the quote.
If the foyer is vinyl or Comcork, the threshold has to be honest. A hidden lip at the auditorium door will show on the first Sunday.
Interface Transformation Pewter. Official tile photography.