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,
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.
Are those caster 'glides' any good? They replace the casters to turn them into a normal chair. You can get them from Amazon.
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...
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.
that's been my solution. I tried plastic mats but found that residential grade carpet didn't really offer enough support for the plastic
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...