Chair mat for hardwood floor

[skeedo]

My god, the agony I've been going thru finding a chair mat. My new apartment I didn't use a mat and chewed up the finish on my hardwood floor with my chair. Picked up a mat at Office Depot that is supposedly to be used for hardwood floors, thing is it doesn't stick. The other day I stepped on it and practically surfed on it straight into my PC. The thing is outright dangerous.

Hoping someone can recommend a nice rubbery mat that will just stick right to the floor, I don't know what this is made out of, polycarbonate or something but it's just terrible.

 

[jagec]

I used this, and didn't have a problem with it sliding around. But it certainly isn't rubber, and I don't know what your floor finish is like.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I'm curious about this too.

I use a piece of carpet but I'd like to ditch it, as it would be one surface less for my cat to puke on. One thing I've thought of is to just use a regular chair with tennis balls in the legs.

 

[alkemyst]

Carpet without a proper backing will slide and also scratch wood.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Here ya go.

 

[skeedo]

Sweet Magnus that's exactly what I'm lookin for, vinyl hell yea! It's exactly the same size as the one IU have now. I just hope Office Depot lets me return this surfboard so I don't have to drop another 50 bucks, granted Staples has a $10 off coupon.

 

[highland145]

Magnus or look at uline.

 

[Phoenix86]

Anything that doesn't breath will trap moisture beneath it.

 

[Good4Me]

My god, the agony I've been going thru finding a chair mat. My new apartment I didn't use a mat and chewed up the finish on my hardwood floor with my chair. Picked up a mat at Office Depot that is supposedly to be used for hardwood floors, thing is it doesn't stick. The other day I stepped on it and practically surfed on it straight into my PC. The thing is outright dangerous.

Hoping someone can recommend a nice rubbery mat that will just stick right to the floor, I don't know what this is made out of, polycarbonate or something but it's just terrible.

I was going through the same think a few month ago. Had just put in a new floor and could feel the flooring being torn up under the desk chair. Instead of a floormat, I replaced the rollers with softer ones. So far, this has been great. Also, much cheaper.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Phoenix86]

I was going through the same think a few month ago. Had just put in a new floor and could feel the flooring being torn up under the desk chair. Instead of a floormat, I replaced the rollers with softer ones. So far, this has been great. Also, much cheaper.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

This seems like a much better option...

 

[Stopsignhank]

i just put in hardwood in our kitchen and need something to protect the floor. I was planning on putting in the soft rollers on the chairs.

 

[Iron Woode]

I remember seeing hard, clear plastic floor mats that were about 1/2" or so thick for office chairs.

 

[Ophir]

You need a rug pad. Goes under the mat to make it stick like glue. Also adds a bit of cushion.

 

[BoomerD]

meh...I put one of the mats from Office Depot over the laminate flooring in my home office and it's fine. Of course, I have it "anchored" on one corner by the desk...but it's plenty big enough to do that and still give me acres of room to move.

 

[highland145]

i just put in hardwood in our kitchen and need something to protect the floor. I was planning on putting in the soft rollers on the chairs.

Could add the nylon tacks and keep it vacuumed.

 

[vi edit]

I went to Lowes and found some open box Pergo that were a very close match to my flooring. Bought a box of it, glued it to a sheet of hardboard, stuck some of that soft, rubbery meshing you line cabinets with under it for grip and then trimmed it out with a simple casing.

Had about $40 invested in it. Held up like a champ for years. Made a similar one for my Mom and it still looks like new 7 years later.


http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/viedit/mat.JPG

 

[Phoenix86]

We went through this at work a bit after they put in stained concrete down. Anything plastic is out, it's non-permeable so it doesn't breath. The plastic studs do raise it a bit off the ground but will dig into the wood/concrete.

The rubbery ones are even worse at breathing, traps moisture, ruins floor below.

Tried the bamboo with felt backing, slid too much. Anything you did to add grip would affect the floor (found some with rubber nipples on the bottom, also no-go).

A rug is almost the best option, for the floor... Sucks for you.

Replacing the casters is such a simple answer. The problem is the hard plastic casters scratching hard wood floors (the don't roll perfectly). So why add something between the floor and casters? Why not just replace the casters? It's also cheaper.

 

[cabri]

If you have casters, replace them.

If no casters and you have wood legs; get felt pads that can be nailed to the leg.
$1-2 at any hardware store.