If furniture that is too heavy to carry must be moved load it onto a dolly and slowly push it across the floor.
How to protect wood floors from heavy furniture.
Your wood floor and your furniture may both be beautiful.
How to protect your wooden floors from heavy furniture wooden floors create elegant and beautiful interior in any home or office.
Greater concern for scratches and gouges comes from heavier pieces of furniture.
For another added layer of hardwood floor protection chairs and furniture legs need to be made more floor friendly.
Together however they can create some not so beautiful scratches.
Polyethylene gliders can be used on both carpet and hard floor surfaces for easy movement of heavy furniture.
Unprotected furniture and chair legs can still grind grit and debris into your floor s finish.
Over time hardwood floors can degrade and break down resulting in mold grayish ultra noticeable streaks and structural damage.
Heavy furniture especially when its being moved can do damage to any kind of flooring though natural hardwood is the most vulnerable.
Luckily there are products you can buy and make to protect your floors plus specific techniques for moving furniture that will minimize damage and keep your floors clear of scratches and scuff marks.
If furniture must be moved within a room do not drag it across the floor.
These round gliders are 4 in in diameter and have a 100 lb load capacity each.
While vinyl usually durable and low mantainence it can be damaged by certain materials found in many rug pads.
Furniture can be rough on hardwood floors.
However because wood is more easily damaged than travertine or carpeting you should take reasonable precautions in protecting hardwood floors from heavy objects such as furniture.
Dragging heavy furniture across floating laminate flooring can seriously damage or even rip apart the laminate boards.
Other floor protection tips in order to avoid scratches tears and damage you should check the upkeep and cleanliness of your furniture protection frequently.
However hardwood floors require a certain level of maintenance to protect their coating and integrity.
Maintaining your hardwood floors is actually quite easy.
Fortunately it s possible to protect your wood floors from your furniture by taking some preventative measures.
Rubber rug pads and vinyl floors.
Not a match made in heaven.