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Recliners and hardwood floors.....

Recliners and hardwood floors..... (post #120233)

forestgirl on Sun, 11/30/2008 - 07:04

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Our newly installed (by us!) hardwood floors are not faring well with our recliners. How do y'all protect your floors, if indeed you use a recliner? I put sticky-backed felt on the feet, but that didn't work. No carpeting, even a small square piece, allowed in this livingroom, help appreciated.

forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)

forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)

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by fussy in reply to forestgirl [original] on Sun, 11/30/2008 - 07:24

Forestgirl,

Check Lee Valley. They have anti-slip rings for bottom of feet. work great on hardwood floors.

Hope this helps.

Steve

There are two secrets to keeping one's wife happy.

1. Let her think she's having her own way.

2. Let her have her own way. President Lyndon Baines Johnson

There are two secrets to keeping one's wife happy.

1. Let her think she's having her own way.

2. Let her have her own way. President Lyndon Baines Johnson

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by forestgirl in reply to Anonymous [original] on Sun, 11/30/2008 - 17:38

Sounds promising, Steve. I'll have to dig out the paper copy of their catalog, not having any luck finding them online. Thanks!

forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)

forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)

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by WillGeorge in reply to forestgirl [original] on Sun, 11/30/2008 - 15:18

Our newly installed (by us!) hardwood floors are not faring well with our recliners. How do y'all protect your floors, if indeed you use a recliner?

Glue the feet to the floor?

Have a great day.. Life is wonderful even if you are having a bad day!

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by sapwood in reply to forestgirl [original] on Sun, 11/30/2008 - 20:28

I put the sticky back felt things on our chairs, sofa, etc when we went hardwood. They work fine for us but our floor is oiled, not a glossy film finish so any marking is harder to see.

Home Depot (in my neighborhood, at least) has a good selection of plastic like furniture glides. Theses are made of nylon or teflon or something of the sort. They are very slick. I put some on a very heavy dining cabinet (300# or so) to protect a wood floor in my clients house (glossy floors). They don't leave a mark and I could easily slide it into position against a wall.

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by stantheman in reply to forestgirl [original] on Mon, 12/01/2008 - 00:10

F-G

What about rubber foot caps? Come round or square, in various sizes. Stay put pretty well. Not very noticeable from a distance.

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by AB in reply to Anonymous [original] on Mon, 12/01/2008 - 16:56

Rubber caps will prevent scratches. They will also leave stains/ marks on your floor.

Well, I guess you need to be (post #120233, reply #7 of 10)

by shuberts in reply to forestgirl [original] on Thu, 11/19/2015 - 18:36

Well, I guess you need to be creative. Cut a peice of carpet, enough to cover its feet then glue it. In that case, it should be standing with its carpet covered feet. That is a perfect way t protect your flooring.

http://caldwells.com/

Strips of self-adhesive felt (post #120233, reply #8 of 10)

by ashleyjohn in reply to forestgirl [original] on Fri, 01/15/2016 - 02:43

Strips of self-adhesive felt can be bought to put on the feet of the recliner.

Killeen Furniture Store

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