New (2) from $9.95 Rolland Office Chair Caster Wheel for Hardwood Floor - Stem Diameter: 11mm, Stem Length: 22mm - 5 Unit/Pack (BLACK) Most new office chairs are equipped with hard caster wheels designed to be used on carpeted floors. But what if the chair ends up on a hard surface such as hardwood, linoleum, tile, concrete, etc. If this happens, the hard caster wheels will scratch or permanently damage your expensive hardwood, linoleum or tile floors. The solution is to replace the hard caster wheels with these polyurethane caster wheels. The softer polyurethane material will prevent the wheels from scratching the hard floor while allowing the wheels to roll smoothly. Besides cosmetic, safety is another reason why polyurethane caster wheel should be used on hard flooring. Polyurethane provides better traction on hard floor thus reduce the chance of accidental slipping. Easy installation, just pull out the old caster wheels and snap these polyurethane caster wheels into place.
For optimum performance, all five caster wheels should be installed. Mixing different types of wheels may cause uneven rolling. Rolland (TM) polyurethane caster wheels are tested to the industry ANSI/BIFMA safety standard. 5.9 x 5.9 x 2.3 inches 4.6 out of 5 stars #1,559 in Office Products (See top 100) #15 in Office Products > Office Furniture & Accessories > Furniture Accessories > Casters 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) 5 star75%4 star13%3 star5%2 star3%1 star4%See all verified purchase reviewsTop Customer ReviewsFailed after 11 Months - 5 Stars for the seller though|Smooth and quiet - outstanding customer service|Ultra smooth on the hardwood. Nice product, but not a fit for my Aeron| See and discover other items: chair rollers for tile floors My wife's office has solid hickory hardwood floors, and I'd like to protect the floor from her rolling office chair. What can be done to protect the floor? Should I even be concerned about the chair damaging the floor?
In two old homes now I've shredded the wood floor under my chair, monster splinters eventually emerging. I work at home in semi-rural New Hampshire. I think they're very old pine floors, so softwood. I plan to try Shepherd Brand Urethane Casters after putty and repainting. From the manufacturer's site, "Nylon tread for carpeting, and urethane tread for hard floors." Much buzz on Amazon about these. Edit: After months with the new casters there are no new paint flakes or splinters. I haven't repainted the floor yet, but it appears these casters will do the trick. Replacing your chair's casters can help. Most chairs come with hard nylon casters, but softer rubber/polyurethane/neoprene casters are less likely to scratch or damage your floor. I live in a house full of wood floors (engineered hardwood). If the floors are kept clean and the wheels of the chair also are kept clean, every little damage will ever happen to your floors. If your floors are perfectly smooth and any imperfection will bother you, I do recommend either a low pile or woven rug under the desk and chair.
I say this, because if some sand or small rock gets between the chair caster and the floor it will mark it. You can always fill the small imperfection but a rug is a small insurance plan for that area of floor. I was initially worried about this, but I've had my office chair on hardwood for about 2 years without issue, with generally at least an hour to 4 hours use every day (and more when I occasionally work from home). It's a pretty typical chair with fairly hard plastic castors. I would either get some sort of "mat" or area rug. There are some plastic mats that are sold without the plastic spikes. There are also 'floating vinyls" or fiber floors that come in rolls (often at Home Depot) and they can just go on top of floor without adhesive. You can cut them to size. Usually, their weight holds them down. I would not use a plastic mat, as I did because a tiny piece of something got under it and I must have rolled over it a dozen times and it left a bunch of annoying marks in my beautiful hardwood floor.
I would use some sort of sacrificial mat, either a pre-made mat or a section of some laminate flooring material to cover the area that you will be using the chair. Of course I have bamboo floors so it blends in. The trouble is, no matter what you put down there, if it's a sunny room, your floor will age unevenly. I had one of those clear plastic mats down and when I removed it after a couple of years, a huge light spot was left behind. I have recently refinished the floor in this room and I'm reluctant to put anything down on the new floor--though maybe with the modern tools & chemicals it's fade-proof I don't know. But I think I have to expect some change of color over time. It's a very sunny room. Kept hoping I'd find something like casters with felt coated wheels. I had no luck. Maybe I should invent such a thing, Lol. Bet they'd sell well. My office chair is also terribly loud rolling across the floor. If you're really really into a solution here, you want a Flexible Glass Chair Mat.
It's that: glass you lay on the floor to protect it. Just Google that term. The first results lead to solutions. The chair mat is the way to go. You have to use roofing tacks hammered into the corners to hold it down, otherwise it will slide around and be annoying. Getting a mat is a good idea. If you don't do this what will happen is that dirt and sand particles adhere to the wheels of the chair and grind ruts in the wood creating bare spots. Thank you for your interest in this question. Because it has attracted low-quality or spam answers that had to be removed, posting an answer now requires 10 reputation on this site (the association bonus does not count). Would you like to answer one of these unanswered questions instead? Used & new (3) from $19.20 Sold by RokHardware and Fulfilled by Amazon. Office Chair Floor Protectors - Felt Casters Pkg of 5DetailsSlipstick CB680 2 Inch Floor Protecting Rubber Office Chair Caster Wheels (Set of 5) Standard Stem…
Dual wheel casters with permanently fused felt. Directions: Push caster stem into hole. *Note: For 7/16" diameter hole only. We understand these do not fit some Ikea chairs. Load capacity 375 lbs. per set. 12 x 7.2 x 2 inches #5,943 in Home and Garden (See top 100) #91 in Office Products > Office Furniture & Accessories > Chairs & Sofas > Desk Chairs 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Master Caster 70175 High Profile Bell Glides for Office Chairs, 2-3/16" Base Diameter, 7/16 x 7/8" B Stem Fastener, 5-Pack, Black Office chair wheels replacement rubber chair casters for hardwood floors and carpet, set of 5, heavy duty office chair casters for chairs to replace chair mats - Universal fit Short Office Chair Bell Glides - Low Profile - (5 Pack) - S4487 5 star59%4 star10%3 star9%2 star13%1 star9%See all verified purchase reviewsTop Customer Reviewsno more groovesSaved my floorsStability for you; protection for your wood floors.Been using them daily for over six monthsThe work great and roll with easyOffice Wheels for Hardwood FloorsSave your laminate floor and buy these castersGood product, didn't know such a thing existed