Chair Protectors
Finish damage from sliding shares
Finish damage
This will damage any floor
Hard plastic casters can damage hard surface flooring
Worn protectors
Felt protectors need to be replaced
Damage from sliding chairs
No felt protector
Plastic protectors can damage hard surface flooring
Protector has shifted and ineffective
Floor damage from rolling trafficdamage
This protector will damage the floor
Warn protector
Rolling traffic without chair mat can damage floor
Worn protectors - missing felt
This protector will damage any floor
Chair Protectors / Furniture Contact Conditions (Wood & Laminate)
Floor Detective® Claims and Conditions Guide
Summary
Surface wear, scratching, scuffing, gouging, or indentation may develop where furniture legs, glides, pads, wheels, or protectors contact wood or laminate flooring. When contact materials are small, rigid, worn, or contain embedded debris, pressure and friction are concentrated at the surface and can produce abrasion, compression, shear stress, or finish wear. Sliding, pivoting, rocking, and rolling actions may lead to progressive surface change that typically aligns with furniture placement and movement patterns, although similar damage may also occur from a single high-impact or concentrated contact event. These effects reflect interaction between furniture contact materials and
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