BUILD a Wooden Office Chair Floor Protector ! Lasts Forever!
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2018
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During quarantine I thought of this idea and told myself, someone had to have done this. I found your video super helpful and made my own. I’ve never done anything like this and being “female”, I can’t believe I made something. Thank you for the guide!
Awesome! Glad I could help.
Had the same idea and wanted to see if anyone else had already done it. I had the same issue with a cracking plastic matt. Thank you for showing me how well it could turn out. 22 Year AF vet. Aim High my friend.
Thumb's up for dropping the trim piece! Great idea. I'm going to do this.
Love it. My cheap plastic one just cracked and I was thinking of doing this. I have some leftover flooring from my upstairs.
I have been looking for this idea all DAY!!! Thank you for your service, and thank you for showing me EXACTLY how I can do this for my own office. I might be making mine bigger so that it will fit my desk and my chair. I also might need for the board to be thinner, but this is an awesome video. Thank you again. I am saving this one!!
Awesome! Glad to hear it.
This was awesome and pretty simple. Im going to attempt to do one in a Hex shape.. Wish me luck!!!! Thanks for the Tutorial as well as the inspiration.
Great idea! I bought laminate flooring that was on sale and just put it under the chair by itself (with just the joints holding it together) and so far it's been working okay but it warps a little so I think I'll try gluing it to some osb like this, if I can find it. I had trouble finding it last time I looked for it wider than 4 feet in width. thanks!
Thanks for this video, i just built one of these, and your video really helped.
I scored a bunch of free laminate (slightly chewed up on the edges) from my local restore so I was trolling UA-cam thinking someone else must have done this before. And aha, here you are. Going to try this.
Cool. Good luck
This project looks perfect for my needs. I'm doing it.
Great project. We just moved to a new house and the room that I'm dedicating to my craft room has brand new carpet. I thought of ripping it out and have a new laminate floor installed. But, It's a 15X15 room and well, I hate to waste that new carpet. Your project has certainly inspired me, but I think I'm going to make mine 8' X 8' square (two 4x8 sheets of OSB) to go under my 48" square sewing table and still leave room for my rolling fabric cutting table. I noticed my local Lowes has a big clearance section with some laminate in it. Hoping to check that out this weekend. Thanks again for sharing your project and how it was done and thanks for your service. My husband is a 24 year USAF veteran, too.
Glad I could help and thanks for your service. Yes it was your husband but spouses and family are an integral and important part too. Take care.
First of all thank you for your service - I am a veteran too - AWESOME video - I will copycat except the edge trim which I may redesign - Great idea
Hey, glad you enjoyed the video. Also, Thank You for your service as well. What branch btw? I was 7 years as an EW, Electronic Warfare Tech and left as an E-5 in 1991. I still miss those days actually, and am proud to have served and I honor all those who have, or are serving in defense of our country.
The other advantage to OSB that I thought of is less chance or warping due to moisture since the strands are random. Plywood is alternate layers going different directions, so a good 2nd choice. And after about 8 months or more, mine is still like new, edges and all. If you want, take a pic when done and send it to me, and I'll feature it in a post somewhere.
Thanks again, Guy
Thank you for your service! This project is beyond me, so I'll have to find a simpler solution for myself, but I enjoyed the watch. Good video and editing quality! Great instruction :)
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.
Also, you nailed it by using OSB sheets since they are made with adhesive and random layers of wood strands oriented randomly so chances of it cracking are slim Great
Bad ass , just found this totally inspired time to build!
I just came across this video, good one. Wish I had a shop, but maybe I'll chance it with just using my kitchen table.
Security Police Veteran here, Thank you for your service to our country and sharing your knowledge on youtube. Keep on brother and never give up! You helped me to move on with my life and be useful.
Hey buddy, thanks for the reply. Always good to hear from a fellow service member. And thank you for your service as well. I'm glad to hear I helped you move on and I need to hear that myself now and then, so it's good to have other veterans to chat with on here. Take care, Guy
Use construction adhesive under the entire sheet of laminate. No nailing.
Great Idea, I am going to make one also. Thanks
thanks! hated having to buy one of those plastic things every 6mo, thinking of making something like this and this video gave me great ideas!
Glad to hear it
I like him he reminds me of my gpa. I couldn't possibly make this myself im not this diy handy but still cool! I'm gonna get the plywood and use the sticker paper that looks like wood instead
haha awesome video and the chair mat looks great
Well done! Love your presentation.
Glad you liked it!
thank you for your service!
Thanks and thanks to all veterans for their service.
Hi, wondering if I can just by an already laminated sheet of wood, glue that to plywood instead of those flooring tiles.
Thanks for the video. I am currently planning to build this myself next week when the flooring we wanted arrives. Do you have a video how you made the edge molding?
I don’t, sorry. I made mine by cutting out the inside shape on a tablesaw. A router table would do it, as would a jointer.
Hello Kilted Guy, I am putting together my studio at my daughters home and in looking for the plastic mats, for the size I need it would cost $210.35/free shipping at one place. Uline $180 with $140 shipping. THAT IS CRAZY!!! This is a great idea. It would be cheaper to have a friend make me one. I could do it myself, but I don’t feel like it:))). Can some sort of edging flush with the carpet so as not to trip coming into the room? Thank you.
I made a wooden floor protector using 1/2" MDF plywood about a year ago. I made the mistake of putting peel and stick tile down at 29 cents a square foot. The tile lasted about 6 months. Then 6 months ago I watched this video, turned the board upside down and did it the correct way, and used the lock flooring at 49 cents per square foot, and haven't had a problem since. Instead of putting a trim around it, I glued the lock flooring down instead, after 6 months it is still working.
The one I built in that video is two years old and looks like the day I built it. You’ll like it much better this way.
Where did you order the floor? Would you recommend peal and stick with adhesive? How's the mat holding up today :)
Go Air Force! Great idea but one question did you glue down the laminate pieces or are they floating held in by trim?
Hey, I actually just floated the laminate pieces and glued the outer trim on . So far, after over a year it's just like the day I made it.
Looking to do a similar project with wood flooring panels, but I am having a hard time finding a place that has used or donated flooring from other building sites. Can you give any examples of places to look for this? Thanks.
In our town we have a habitat for humanity that sells smaller batches which is where I got this batch. But I found people who are doing their own laminate floors will often give you all their scrap, which works fine for this project. Try running an ad in facebook, craigslist, etc.
Hi, great vid. What thickness of OSB do you recommend?
7/16 is enough
I used peel and stick flooring on cheap 1/2” plywood. Since its plastic, it would be resistant to crumbling/cracking like wooden surfaces, especially cheap plywood. My concern now is stubbing my toe on the edge and the edge deteriorating. I planned to fold the peel and stick flooring over the edge then stapling it to the bottom but its so thick that it causes itself to separate from the plywood on the top side. So i just trimmed the overhanging pieces. I think im gonna get a rubber beveled edge
How had it last?
Awesome! How did you make sure the wheels were right replacement size?
Theyre pretty standard. As long as your replacing them all you should be fine
I love this idea and it is much cheaper than buying something ugly and expensive. Plus you can cut it to a size you want. I am about to start a job that allows me to work from home and I wil have to use their equipment. So I am building a desk that allows me to have my main computer on one said and my work computer on the other.
A question in regards to modifying your build: Instead of having those edges that you glued, would there be a way to have no edges and the flooring rounded down towards the floor? Basically allowing the wheels to roll off the matt instead of bumping into a barrier. If that makes sense.
I put the raised edges on there so that I wouldn’t roll off the edge. Occasionally I still do and it freaks me out because it feels like you’re about to tip over. Plus I put rollerskate type wheels on my chair so it rolls extra easy. But you could with a little imagination do it that way.
Do you have anything on the bottom of the osb that touches the carpet? Or is it smooth enough that it won't tear or rough up the carpet if it does get kicked/moved by accident?
It’s just osb. Hasn’t harmed anything
I was thinking about doing this for a long time. But my measurements would be 55x72 inches because of two different desks. That’s such an odd size for the standard 4x8 sheet of plywood. What are your thoughts on that measurement of 55x72?
Maybe build 2 smaller ones and slide them together? Otherwise I think you'd have to do something like gluing the flooring to 2 pieces to get the strength, or laminating 2 layers of 1/4", with the top layer 90 degrees to the bottom layer. Good luck!
I have NO idea how to make the trim?
Found this helpful, but I have a concern. What about it crushing the carpet?
The traditional chair mats you get have bumps on them to prevent the mat from crushing the carpet. I'm thinking about building something like this, but adding something to prevent the osb from crushing the carpet.
I know the normal chair mats are expensive for what they are, but I was thinking about buying one and gluing it to the bottom of the osb. This would keep it from cracking in the future and should last for many years, assuming you build the platform correctly.
An alternative to buying a chair mat would be those furniture anti-dent carpet protectors you can get from amazon. Just place those through out the bottom of the osb to keep it from crushing the carpet.
Great video.
Those little tiny bumps are for grip, not to stop it from crushing. Those bumps are pretty short, like 3/16", they dont reach thru the carpet fibers to the hard floor. This wood mat won't crush carpet any more than the cheap plastic ones. The main weight is your body and the chair, and the large surface area of the mat will distribute the force across all the carpet. This thick wood one is more rigid, so it should distribute the force more evenly than those plastic ones.
Nathan Flint nailed it.
First off, this looks fantastic!
Congratulations on a job well done!
I was going to purchase one of those roll up bamboo chair mats, but was put off by the fact that they apparently only come in two colors. The bamboo mats are also $90!
I love the idea of being able to use wood laminate because of the wider color palette.
That said, I am a real newbie who only has a handsaw and some determination. I have no workshop or power tools.
I guess I’m confused as to how the wood laminate actually attaches to the OSB. You made the installation process for the laminate look super easy, but didn’t show the border installation process. Is the laminate only attached around the border?
Without the workshop or power tools would I be able to buy a border like that and attach with gorilla wood glue maybe?
The border really pulls the whole thing together! I’m about 50/50 if I can actually pull this off and have it look as nice as yours does.
Appreciate your feedback!
Hello, and thanks for asking about this project. Without power tools you can cut the laminate with a plastic miter box and handsaw like this one- amzn.to/2UQtEZq. As for attaching to the osb, I didn't actually attach them, I used the border trim to hold them on, but you could just glue them to the osb. I built one once before that I simply didn't trim, and I used wide flat screws to just screw each end on, which gave an industrial look to it, so you could do that.
Otherwise, maybe you can find someone who can put a rabbit joint in the trim pieces using a jointer, router table, or table saw? OR, you can by some outside corner moulding that's ready to go, like this example on Amazon- amzn.to/2N00Uuk. But you should be able to buy it a lot cheaper locally. Or just put a flat piece of 1x wood along the edges, at the same height as the laminate, and it will look trimmed.
It's really not that hard. If you need more detailed help I can do a quick video, or drawing, but that would come through my advice page at: www.thatkiltedguy.com/advice-page
Hope that helps, Guy
That Kilted Guy DIY Home Improvement Excellent advice! Thanks so much for taking the time to provide such a detailed response!
I feel much more confident in completing this project now.
Will post a reply when I complete the project.
Thanks again! 👍
Glad I could help, and do let me know how it comes out.
So you used 12 Vinyl sheets?
Roughly how much does the mat weigh? I would really like to make one of these but I move often so I have to consider the weight.
Maybe 40 lbs
Do it right, just do it. Do it right, do it right. What's the name of that song?
Actually it's 'Do it right'. It's a freebie youtube provides.
How is the carpet underneath of it holding up?
No change, which is MUCH better than when I rolled on the carpet. Only way to go if you have carpet.
Did you glue the flooring to the OSB?
No. You could though
I have no tools...anyway I can do this without?
Same thought as See had below! I had to get a new chair and it won't roll for hardly anything and all the exiswting mats are expensive/wont last long so off to googling I went and found this. The mat you made looks great. How much extra height has it added to the chair? I'm already at a very tight tolerance for clearance for the chair to fit under my desk so may have to shim it up a smidgen depending on how high it gets lifted.
Kevin I used 7/16 osb and the laminate which I think is about 1/4” so roughly 3/4”
Question what could I put on the freaking edges to stop jamming my toe? Also could it handle the weight of a desk?
That's the drawback, you have to get used to not tripping on it. I would prefer hardwood floors in my office, but since I don't have that, I use this.
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@@ThatKiltedGuyDIY Could you help me I hate to be that guy but I was just about to order the materials to make this but having second thoughts. I am getting Marble stock and peal tiles but hear that doesn't stick to well on the edges. I wanted to know if adhesive would fix that problem without making the trim? Here's a link to my items I were gonna use. My mat will be 5ft by 6ft
Marble vinyl www.homedepot.com/p/TrafficMaster-Black-Marble-12-in-x-12-in-Peel-and-Stick-Vinyl-Tile-30-sq-ft-case-26321061/206494885
Adhesive www.flooranddecor.com/wood-adhesive-installation-materials/liquid-nails-heavy-duty-construction-and-remodeling-adhesive-955252696.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7KzV1ozJ7AIVOvzjBx1gkQ2dEAQYAiABEgLXPPD_BwE
Wood www.homedepot.com/b/Lumber-Composites-Plywood/8/4/N-5yc1vZbqm7Z1z0mbbkZ1z0mcph?storeSelection=
I actually don't care for stick on tiles. I tried them once on a shop office floor entry section and had some come loose later. So if you try that, I'd get a better adhesive that is mean for flooring tiles, and get the glue on tiles, and just glue them on. I think the issue would be the flexing of the base as it can flex some with just 1/2" plywood.; With the laminate layer over it, mine flexes very little and after 2 years, it's as good as new. But it might work to glue them on. If you try it, let me know how it comes out.
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Cool! Is it still ok?
Still just as flat and sturdy as the day I made it. WAY cheaper in the long run and works way better than that plastic junk.
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then you need to raise your desk up by 1.5 inch
I'm kinda back and forth. I like it, and it look nice. But a smooth transition on the edge, would be a little better. I'm thinking about using fiberglass over plywood. Still not sure on that.
I put rubber wheels on my chair and it almost rolls to easy so I like the edge aa it stops me from rolling off the edge. Good luck on yours.
Why does every one think we want to listen to their version of music while viewing their tutorial? Lost my interest as soon as the music popped on. It's not a music video people . It's a tutorial.
Hmm, why do all tv shows do the same? I do less these days but all TV shoes do it too.
If you want to build it yourself just google for woodprix. I know you will find good solutions for all your ideas.