Carpet Protection

[Hylander]

Just had a nice new carpet laid in our second bedroom which doubles as an office. Suddenly thought this typists chair is rolling over the same spot all of the time. Has anyone any suggestions for a mat to protect the carpet that is not huge but just enough to do the job.

[goodall_m1]

Just had a nice new carpet laid in our second bedroom which doubles as an office. Suddenly thought this typists chair is rolling over the same spot all of the time. Has anyone any suggestions for a mat to protect the carpet that is not huge but just enough to do the job.

Any old offcut of the carpet that you just laid should do the job, if you have one big enough.

Size required would depend on how mauch you move the chair around...

[Hylander]

That was my first thought but it seems that the off cut left over has been used for something else. Pity I didnt get in first. Will keep looking to see what I can find. Thank you for the suggestion.

[Lucky]

Pop "chair mat" into eBay for all different sizes..... loads available.

[Julz]

An off-cut of the 'Cushion floor' type of stuff would probably work out better than carpet, which tends to bunch up and 'walk' when laid ontop of the fitted one, we have tried everything to stop this from happening in our caravan, including buying some of that rubber gauze stuff designed to keep mats in place on laminate flooring.

Most carpet shops will sell you an off-cut for the asking, if you lived nearer to me I would give you a piece, as we still have the remains of ours in the garage.

The other alternative is to buy some of that clear vinyl carpet protector which has the small spike anchors on the underside to help keep it in place, and is sold by the metre in places like Dunhelm mill, Carpet right and Wilkos

Julz

[RedRover]

Hi,I use a hard plastic mat from i think PC world if they still do it for chair wheels very hard wearing and chair glides over it.not cheap but carpet on carpet is not ideal for me.

[Brian J.]

Jogged my memory. We had the same problem. Found an offcut in the shed that had been earmarked for the compost bin - not any more! Now resides under the office chair. Edged it with gaffer tape to stop it fraying. Job done.

[Hylander]

Thank you for all of your replies. Have got my eye on an old piece of carpet I have spotted in Management's garage so will have a close look at that and see what I can do with it.