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Chairs scraping on stone floor

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shysal Thu 17-Jul-14 20:39:04

Brush on some Copydex?

petallus Thu 17-Jul-14 20:31:04

Update:

I square rubber thingies were delivered yesterday and I tried them on a chair. They did not work too well. For a start, the rubber still made a bit of a noise when the chair was moved, also chair didn't slide under table so well. Also, the black rubber just did not go with the rest of the kitchen.

So it's back to the stick on foam things which I've had before. It's true they have to be defluffed and sometimes they come unstuck but still the best option.

Coolgran65 Thu 17-Jul-14 18:23:27

Socks for the chair legs - just love it.
But I'm sure DH would think I had completely lost my mind.
At present we felt on the bottom of chairs/table/sofa etc and it's been on for years though the dining chairs do need de-fluffed every couple of months.

mrsmopp Thu 17-Jul-14 18:05:49

You could knit little socks for them. There are some very pretty yarns around to match your colour scheme. smile

petallus Tue 15-Jul-14 14:49:39

I've found some square rubber ones on Amazon and am about to order the 25mm ones. They also have 20mm.

shabby Tue 15-Jul-14 14:16:58

My dining chairs came with discs (silicon I think) stuck on the legs. They are brilliant and don't make a noise or scratch my wooden floor.

whenim64 Tue 15-Jul-14 10:44:24

There are some square ones, Petallus. On EBay, too. I've just emailed the company to ask for exact sizing for my chairs, as the descriptions don't give a size for mine on any of the ones that look suitable. They're mostly made by the same company.

petallus Tue 15-Jul-14 10:40:23

Had a look at the rubber thingies on Amazon and am quite tempted except they are round and our chair legs are square.

Also, I did consider a rug of some sort but the dining end of the kitchen is not all that big.

Agus Tue 15-Jul-14 10:27:03

I have a large rug under table and chairs in the kitchen for this very reason. Does need vacuumed after a visit from GDs though! smile

kittylester Tue 15-Jul-14 10:12:52

Our chairs have square legs so those rubber thingies wouldn't work but I love the bright yellow ones!!

Elegran Tue 15-Jul-14 10:04:41

Would rubber paint stick better than slices of rubber ot cork glued on? If it wore thin you could paint another coat.

whenim64 Tue 15-Jul-14 09:59:25

Or these, which might match pine kitchen chairs better? Not sure what range of sizes in this one.

www.amazon.co.uk/Yellow-Rubber-Chair-Covers-Protectors/dp/B00H4WPPYS/ref=sr_1_7?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1405414524&sr=1-7&keywords=25mm+rubber+chair+leg+protectors

whenim64 Tue 15-Jul-14 09:48:47

Would these do the trick? Rubber chair leg foot protectors that slide on, come in different sizes.

www.amazon.co.uk/Furniture-Chair-Rubber-Covers-Protectors/dp/B0087Y7SNS/ref=pd_cp_kh_3

I'm going to get some - the felt stick-on pads gather dust and dog hairs!

jollyg Tue 15-Jul-14 09:26:57

Thinking on the same lines as phoenix, but if they are going to be dragged along, maybe cork would not be durable enough, and the glue might not last too long.

What about some rubber........ remember the rubber stick on soles bought in Woolworths, or a square of carpet stuck on, all cut to size of course, or rubber from the cycle shop for mending punctures!

Anne58 Tue 15-Jul-14 09:18:40

you could try cutting slices of cork and gluing them on?

petallus Tue 15-Jul-14 09:07:22

I wish I'd stuck to Amtico now, instead of going all modern with Porcelain.

petallus Tue 15-Jul-14 09:06:20

I don't think it would be all that easy to lift the chairs. I seem to have to sit down with the chair a bit away from the table and then shuffle nearer.

I have looked at the rubber feet on Amazon. A possible solution though they are somewhat unsightly.

kittylester Tue 15-Jul-14 08:45:42

I hate it petallus so I'd love to know the answer too. DGS2, who is currently living with us, carries the little blue plastic stool around but when he needs to be higher he drags the chairs all over the place! At least it's an early warning system and we rush to see what he's up to! grin

Nelliemoser Tue 15-Jul-14 08:29:51

Carpet? Lift the chairs up instead of pulling them along? You can buy push on rubber feet for stools but it would depend on the size of your chair legs.

petallus Tue 15-Jul-14 08:11:54

The wooden legs of my new chairs make a horrid scraping noise on the stone floor of my kitchen.

The previous chairs did the same but I bought a kit of self adhesive felt bits to stick on the ends of the legs. These weren't all that satisfactory because after a while they came unstuck and collected bits of fluff.

Any better ideas on how to deal with this teeth-on-edge making noise?