Diy Chair Mat For Hardwood Floor
These no frills mats are usually made from vinyl or pvc.
Diy chair mat for hardwood floor. Particle board is generally used as a sub floor material in houses anyway so it seemed ideal to use as a base for a chair mat. The base material i chose was 3 4 particle board. Particle board has a lot going for it in this application. Inexpensive chair mats for hardwood floors generally cost less than 35.
This was filmed with an iphone 7 plus and edited with filmora. I needed a fairly large one at least 4 x 4 and i was shocked at the prices of even the cheap plastic mats. It is cheap heavy and consistently flat. A single layer of vinyl is likely not thick enough to use as a chair mat unless the floor is wood or another hard surface.
Even short utility grade carpeting will let the chair legs or wheels. These mats are often made of polycarbonate and will have a much better non slip backing than the cheaper mats. Anything in the range of 40 to 70 is the medium price range. The pieces of flooring needed to be mounted onto a heavy flat base.