So, you are creating a home office, and you want to protect your rug or carpet from a table that will constantly roll back and forth. This is a very good idea. Chair castors can cause significant damage to your rug or carpet backing, causing the latex bond to break prematurely and for a relatively short period of time you will encounter a buckling, wrinkle or deterioration; You could get a whole on your expensive floor, which begins small, but soon grows in a size proportional to the amount of rolled chair that took place. Therefore, to protect your investment, you decide to buy a plastic or rubber chair mat to put on this expensive rug or carpet. This seems like a logical and economical solution, but if your home is built on a specific foundation, you can ask for more problems than you expected.
Even though you are protecting the surface of your carpet, you may begin to see some other problems begin to arise. You may start to notice water drops under the clear plastic mat. This is only a sign of impending damage. Although this is not obvious, most concrete slabs may have moisture or alkali in the soil, which eventually merges with the concrete. In most cases, we never know that this is so because air and gases can pass through carpets, linings and carpets. There is any moisture that crawls through the stove, is able to dry quickly and does not cause appreciable damage until you put something on the floor that does not allow the air to pass and dry quickly. It will be a plastic or rubber mat or runner. Plastic does not breathe, and in fact it causes condensation (like solarization) (plastic or rubber actually draws moisture or alkali faster through the slab). Sometimes you don’t even notice the problem until the damage is complete. This type of damage can occur under a rug or runner, and you won't even notice anything until it is time to remove or replace it. In my career, there have been many instances when, while removing a plastic mat, the carpet just falls into pieces, and the smell of mold rolls through the air when you try to remove it from the floor. Or the client will call me to consult about the hump under their rug or carpet, which was not there when it was installed. During the investigation, there is almost always an alkali mound, which makes its way through the concrete slab, dipping like a piece of fine white powder under the carpet. This alkali not only damages the mat, but can also damage your concrete slab, leaving craters or sunken ridges in actual concrete after the alkali has been dust-free.
This leaves us with a question: how to protect your mats from damage caused by damage to the chair? (or even exceeding road damage?) Many people often prefer to use plastic or rubber runners in high traffic areas to protect their floor mats. If you need to protect your carpet, and your house is built on a concrete slab, always use what breathes (allows air and gases to dissipate). One of the best products for desktops for the table is masonite (or any tightly packed parquet or veneer). They are made of compressed wood and allow your chair to easily slide on the floor without compromising your carpets and rugs. You can also kill two birds with one stone by building a platform for your office area and cover it with any materials you desire (hardwood or laminate materials look great). Thus, you can add your home decor by specifying the space that is used as a home office. Just make it large enough to keep the table and chair in place. It also allows transference. If you decide to change your office area, you just need to move your platform to a new location and Bob-your Uncle. It also allows you to play with the form of the platform. You can have a round, square or kidney space. If the platform is not available to your capabilities or budget, you can also use floor mats made from natural materials that are packed tightly and tightly. They can also do the trick just fine. If your home is built on a concrete slab, stay away from rugs, runners, or even carpets that are made of plastic or rubber, or have hard rubber or latex backing on them. It will bring you only heartache and eats up your investment on the floor.
What if my house has wood flooring? If your house was built from the ground with wooden floors that are part of your walk, you are safe to use plastic or rubber mats. But if your house is an older house with parquet floors already in place, why in the world do you have a carpet, get rid of this carpet and cushions, and your hardwood floors are finished. This will give great value to your home. But you can use the mat in the place where your table and chair for riding. If this is the case, you will most often be safe when using any type of rug (unless you suspect any type of moisture or leakage under a wooden floor). If you have any doubts about problems with humidity, it is easy to check the humidity of any floor. Just take a piece of plastic wrap, a square of at least six inches, and duct tape (at the edges) to a concrete or wooden floor in all suspicious places. If there is any problem with humidity, you will begin to see water droplets forming under the plastic film within two to three days (or earlier).
Any desert rat worthy of its salt knows how to use solarization for condensation. It can be your best friend if you get lost in the desert without water, if you have a piece of plastic. You simply dig a small hole in the ground, drape the plastic over the hole so that it falls through the middle and has a container under it to catch the condensed liquid so that you can drink some water. However, the same process is an enemy for your floors, and should be avoided if you want to keep your floor in good shape. Let your floors breathe and they will give you many years of quality service.
