Getting the Right Office Chair Casters for Your Chairs
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When you are decorating your office, the chairs are probably one of the last things that you think of. Sure you pick out a color or a material, but are you really thinking about what kind of office chair casters they come with? You should be because the wrong ones can end up destroying your floor.
Hardwood floors are coming back into style in a big way. People are trading in the look of carpeting for the elegance and luster of hardwood flooring. Well if you already have chairs, you better take a really good look at them or you could end up destroying the finish that you are paying thousands of dollars to have put down.
The major difference in office chair wheels that are meant for hard surfaces and carpeting is that a lot of the wheels that are used on the carpeting are meant to slide more so than then they are roll. This is so they do not get caught up on the carpeting and end up snagging or destroying the carpeting.
If you have this type of wheel on a hardwood or solid surface, when someone moves in their chair, the floor will end up getting scratches. This is why it is important that at some time, you take a look at the chairs and makes sure that you have the right wheels for them.
Typically, you will want to have a caster that has a softer wheel for hardwood floors. This will enable the wheel to gently grip the floor and actually roll across it versus sliding across it. These wheels are much softer than the standard wheel and will not mark up the floor when the chairs are moving across them during the course of the day.
If you had the foresight, you could have chosen a wheel that will work well on both surfaces, but there are very few that can do this. Most wheels are particular as the surfaces are so far apart. Choosing the right caster can make all the difference in your staff sliding smoothly from location to location on their chair or merely taking a tumble like Humpty Dumpty on a bad day.
The good news as a consumer is that regardless of the office chair caster and wheel set that you currently have on your chairs, you should be able to buy something to replace them if you don’t have the right ones on there right now. You merely need to check the type of caster that you have and then order the proper part to have the wheel that is best for that surface. In most cases, they will either pull out or have a few screws that are fastening them. Removal and installation should be fairly easy.
In all your days, did you ever think you would be worried about what kind of office chair caster you had on your chairs? It is amazing how every little detail can affect something. People will spend thousands of dollars on something and then overlook one small detail that car ruin everything. Be proactive and make sure the details don’t get you on the short end of the stick.
