Office Chair on Carpet.

christurbo · Feb 4, 2013, 06:13 PM

I am thinking about setting up an office on one of the bedrooms of my new house.

I am currently on the look out for an office chair however the room has just had fresh carpet installed and I am aware that casters can cause wear and damage.

I am looking at the 'visitor' type chairs that do not have casters but they are not as good as the 'dedicated' office chairs.

What solutions have you got? I am not keen on putting down a 'mat'.

Thanks,

mobilehaathi · Feb 4, 2013, 06:28 PM

Get a standing desk.

Peace · Feb 4, 2013, 06:32 PM

Buy one of those plastic chair matts.

Orange Crane · Feb 4, 2013, 06:46 PM

If you don't want to use a mat you might consider doing a corner of the room, or whatever area the desk/chair occupy, in something like pergo. Looks nice, hard to damage. Sucks to have to tear out a section of fresh carpet but better looking than a mat and better than rolling around on carpet.

If you're not using chairs with casters it may not matter.

christurbo · Feb 5, 2013, 03:54 AM

Are those caster 'glides' any good? They replace the casters to turn them into a normal chair.

You can get them from Amazon.

designs216 · Feb 5, 2013, 05:25 AM

I think most people get one of those acrylic chair mats. Don't forget to move it now and then to vacuum underneath so your carpet doesn't get permanently matted. I was sold on this particular model by the fourth bullet point...

oscillatewildly · Feb 5, 2013, 07:05 AM

Make a mat out of spare carpet?

heehee · Feb 5, 2013, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by christurbo

Are those caster 'glides' any good? They replace the casters to turn them into a normal chair.

You can get them from Amazon.

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Originally Posted by oscillatewildly

Make a mat out of spare carpet?

Those caster glides are not strong enough and acrylic mats make dents on the mat and carpet. I think your best best is to get a spare carpet or buy a cheap thick small rug.

rdowns · Feb 5, 2013, 07:46 AM

Get a nice wooden chair mat.

MacNut · Feb 5, 2013, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by rdowns

Get a nice wooden chair mat.

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Get a few of those and you can have a roller skating rink.

Macky-Mac · Feb 5, 2013, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by rdowns

Get a nice wooden chair mat.

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that's been my solution. I tried plastic mats but found that residential grade carpet didn't really offer enough support for the plastic

skepticidis · Feb 5, 2013, 01:06 PM

I used the plastic mats before and our carpet was too plush, so the mat would sink down whenever I sat in the chair. I'm thinking that wooden mat looks nice...

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christurbo macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Staffordshire, UK	Office Chair on Carpet. I am thinking about setting up an office on one of the bedrooms of my new house. I am currently on the look out for an office chair however the room has just had fresh carpet installed and I am aware that casters can cause wear and damage. I am looking at the 'visitor' type chairs that do not have casters but they are not as good as the 'dedicated' office chairs. What solutions have you got? I am not keen on putting down a 'mat'. Thanks, __________________ MacBook Pro 15" i5 / 4GB Ram / 7200 rpm HDD MacBook Air i5 1.7GHz / 4GB Ram iPhone 4 White/Black Click Here For My Video Mac Guides
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Peace macrumors P6 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Space--The ONLY Frontier	Buy one of those plastic chair matts.
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Feb 4, 2013, 06:46 PM	#4
Orange Crane macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2012	If you don't want to use a mat you might consider doing a corner of the room, or whatever area the desk/chair occupy, in something like pergo. Looks nice, hard to damage. Sucks to have to tear out a section of fresh carpet but better looking than a mat and better than rolling around on carpet. If you're not using chairs with casters it may not matter.
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Feb 5, 2013, 05:25 AM	#6
designs216 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: On the way to M-83	I think most people get one of those acrylic chair mats. Don't forget to move it now and then to vacuum underneath so your carpet doesn't get permanently matted. I was sold on this particular model by the fourth bullet point...
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Feb 5, 2013, 07:46 AM	#9
rdowns macrumors Penryn Join Date: Jul 2003	Get a nice wooden chair mat.
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Feb 5, 2013, 01:06 PM	#12
skepticidis macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Orlando, FL	I used the plastic mats before and our carpet was too plush, so the mat would sink down whenever I sat in the chair. I'm thinking that wooden mat looks nice...
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