Protect your floors - and your back
I recently installed new tile in the kitchen and replaced carpets with hard flooring in the rest of the house. Laminate and wood flooring are great, but are susceptible to scratching caused by moving objects. Notice I did not say “moving HEAVY” objects, because I’ve seen wood damaged by items I would not classify as heavy. So, after installing new flooring, I knew we had to be careful moving objects. I bought enough felt backed furniture pads for every chair and table and furniture piece and I will review those separately. This review is for the larger “Furniture Mover” pieces, specifically bought to help put back our bigger furniture pieces such as a buffet, china cabinet, dressers and our behemoth of a refrigerator. A quick observation of key pressure points for the furniture or appliance to be moved ensured proper FELT placement. And since this was a new floor, I was sure to sweep clean the path I would be taking so that no grit got stuck to the felt and even attempted to cause damage as it moved. The absolute hardest part is getting the pieces correctly placed under the item to be moved. On the bigger pieces, I asked my wife to place the pieces while I lifted (and for the Fridge, I used a fulcrum to get leverage). These felt pieces were nice and large both in length/width, but also in height, which means they are thick enough not to get so compacted by the weight of the object being moved that they no longer move freely. Not a problem for this product! Where the felt side slides across the floor, the opposite side is nice grippy rubber and it mostly stays in place once the heavy item is placed on it. Once placed I easily moved all the items with the greatest of ease by myself, including monstrosity couches, epic dressers, towering bookcases and the aforementioned behemoth fridge. All moved from one side of a room to another and several were moved room to room (no transitions in the doorways). My wife was also able to move items by herself, which she was very happy to tell me about, many, many times. When I had carpets I used the smooth backed Teflon furniture movers for years. Now I am equally happy with knowing these felt movers are just as useful and efficient. Read more











