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How To Protect Carpet and Hard-floor From Rolling Chair?

September 18, 2018 by Lokesh Leave a Comment

Do Rolling Chairs Damage Carpet?

Yes, rolling chairs do damage carpet. Sharp-edged rolling chair’s caster wheel can cause damage to your beautiful carpet. When you roll the chair on the carpet, the sharp edges of some caster wheels cut the pile on the carpet, this reduces the softness and life of the carpet.

 


How To Protect Carpet From Damage By Rolling Chairs?

Flooring adds a substantial value to your houses and offices, and rolling chair wheels damage these floors. To avoid these damages, you can use either rolling chairs with carpet friendly caster wheels or chair mats for carpet.

 

1. Using Caster Wheels

The casters of many chairs are made up of low-quality materials that damage your expensive flooring. Some companies designed specific caster wheels to save the carpets. The floor friendly caster wheels are covered with rubber-like, polyurethane material which keeps the floors safe from the sharp edges. These casters come in two styles: roller-blade and traditional style.

rollerblade caster wheels

 

In rollerblade style, the caster wheels do not have any sharp edges and hence do not damage the carpet. These caster wheels roll very smoothly in minimum effort. These soft roller-blade tiers have high tear resistance and high tensile properties which makes them extremely durable. These casters have swivel head i.e. they allow rotation of 360 degrees. The swivel action depends on bearings, shapes of the wheels, and lubrication. Rollerblade-style casters have a single narrow circular surfaced wheel which is way easier to swivel then a traditional two-wheel caster. In rollerblade style, Office Oasis Caster Wheels are the best caster wheels.

 

 

Caster Wheels

Whereas in traditional style, the caster has two wheels which are covered by polyurethane material which never harms hardwood floors, laminate, carpets, any tile, or slate. The rubber-like polyurethane covers the sharp edges of the wheel to prevent damage to the floors. It creates proper friction for rolling and prevents scratches on floors. These casters are also swivel-head type caster wheels, however, these are not as smooth as the rollerblade caster wheels because of the wider shape of two combined wheels. In traditional casters, Zitriom Office Chair Casters are best.

 

2. Using Chair Mats

Some people use chair mats (polycarbonate mats) to protect Their floors from wear and tear of the rolling chairs. Chair mats are clear, rigid mats that provide a smooth rolling surface for chairs on carpets and hardwood floors.

Floortex Ultimate Polycarbonate Chair Mat

Hard floors like hardwood floors, tile floors, concrete floors, etc can be protected by similar types of chair mat, but, if you are using carpets on your floor, then you need to use different types of the chair mat. You should use chair mats with spikes your carpets. Carpets have piles and so it is not possible to use a textured surface to resist skidding. Spikes, on the other side, can help to keep the chair mat in its place because they are deep enough in the pile to hold the chair mat. The thickness of the mat also depends upon the size of the pile. If you have a pile carpeting on your floor with large piles then you will need a thick mat and if you have a carpet with small piles then you will need a thinner chair mat. You can choose your chair mat from best chair mats.

 

Conclusion

You can use either of the solutions to keep your floor safe from wear and tear of rolling chair. If you are using office chair mats, then you do not need to use carpet friendly caster wheels; and if you are using carpet friendly caster wheels then there is no need of chair mats.

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