Archive for March, 2010
We just had laminate wood floors installed…can we have a leather office chair that rolls directly on it?
We have these floors in the office of our home. We had carpet in there and had one of those thick plastic mats on the carpet so you could actually roll the chair over the carpet. That particular mat has hard pegs of plastic covering the backside so it will dig into the carpet and stay put. We obviously can’t use that on out new floors. My question…will the wheels of the office chair damage the new flooring? Should I put something down to protect them? If so, do they make a mat with NO hard pegs on the back…one esp made for wood floors?
Laminate flooring is very durable. You can place your chair directly on the flooring without a problem. If however, you’re still worried, you can buy the same type of mat you had on your carpet but one that is made for hard surfaces. It’s exactly the same except for one difference, it doesn’t have the spikes on the side that goes face down. You can find them at Staples, no problem.