We’ve been moving furniture all day, from my son’s old room to my old office (I’m lucky enough to have a new one at home). My wife got these nonstick furniture sliders (kind of like these) that she insisted — “I saw it on TV” — would make it a breeze to slide heavy dressers down the hall. I was dubious. I often am. But damned they didn’t work, beautifully. Like skating on ice. I confessed my mistake to my wife; I was amazed. And we thought the same thing at the same time. “You going to blog this?” she asked. Of course.
I was dubious about them too. I crafted together a few different tools to make up a “lever assembly” to lift the legs of very heavy desk and credenza so I could slip them under.
Darn if they don’t slide with ease and no scratch marks at all.
She always knows what’s best. That is, the universal she.
what is the brand name of these critters? where can one buy them?
Hi fellas,
In Australia I picked up some similar ones from a national hardware store – Bunnings. While they work well, you have to match the size correctly with the furniture leg and they are damn expensive for very simple materials. I have found that that the white plastic base one work best while the cloth based ones wear a lot faster. The real shame is that I havent found any that attach to the legs rather than just have the legs rest on them. The concern for this is that if you give your couch a big shove and the legs escape from the sliders they make a very hefty divet in your wooden floorboards.