Using flooring material as chair mat??
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The clear plastic one that Mik linked to isn't getting very good ratings. People say it's too thin and it's not lasting.
@wtg said in Using flooring material as chair mat??:
The clear plastic one that Mik linked to isn't getting very good ratings. People say it's too thin and it's not lasting.
Good catch, I just saw that it's not currently available and didn't look too much further.
Similar products on Amazon are all much more expensive.
The jury is still out!
Stay tuned!
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I'd just get a real chair mat. The flooring will look like it does not belong, while the chair mats just kind of go away.
@Mik said in Using flooring material as chair mat??:
I'd just get a real chair mat. The flooring will look like it does not belong, while the chair mats just kind of go away.
I used real chair mats before, and found that chair mats didn't work well on thicker (not "low pile") carpets. For the home, typically one chooses thicker carpets for comfort, which work against plastic chair mats.
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@Mik said in Using flooring material as chair mat??:
I'd just get a real chair mat. The flooring will look like it does not belong, while the chair mats just kind of go away.
I used real chair mats before, and found that chair mats didn't work well on thicker (not "low pile") carpets. For the home, typically one chooses thicker carpets for comfort, which work against plastic chair mats.
@Axtremus I think this is our problem, although I am obviously not in there as much as Mr SK is, and I should go down there and compare his carpet to the one in my home office. Because the carpet in my home office is too thick for a regular chair mat. The one I got works ok, but anything thinner would not work.
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Also, I think the photo @Axtremus posted looks fine. If Mr SK can figure out an option that doesn’t involve buying $150 worth of supplies, then a handmade solution could be fine. If not, then he’ll probably buy one of those bamboo floor mat options, since that’s what I have.
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If you’re going to explore all of the options, (and I know you want to
) you might consider the ultimate - remove a section of carpet and install either tile or wood flooring in the cutout.Or perhaps marble. Carerra is nice.
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If you’re going to explore all of the options, (and I know you want to
) you might consider the ultimate - remove a section of carpet and install either tile or wood flooring in the cutout.Or perhaps marble. Carerra is nice.
@Steve-Miller said in Using flooring material as chair mat??:
ou might consider the ultimate - remove a section of carpet and install either tile or wood flooring in the cutout.
Oh no, absolutely not!!! We'll stick with the path of least resistance -- i.e., leaving the flooring as is!!
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@Rontuner said in Using flooring material as chair mat??:
How are they attached to one another?
I think he said the boards are interlocking, like this photo I found online, which is the same brand as what he bought (Pergo).
Pergo is actually the brand we used in our old house before we moved up here. He said he hasn’t put any duct tape or anything else under the boards to keep them together, and he’s been rolling around like crazy to see if they’ll shift, but so far nothing. He said if it seems like they need it, he can do some kind of taping later.
@Axtremus yes, the boards do look really nicely aligned. This was one box, and the size fits his space perfectly! The assembled shape is approximately 4’ by 5’.
