I have hardwood floors and want to protect them. I have a new washer arriving and wanted to know if I could put one of those office chair mats under the washer to keep it from scratching the hardwoods?
It is plastic.
Thanks
Donald
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Using a plastic floor mat under a washing machine on hardwood
- The problem
- The user wanted to protect hardwood flooring from a new washing machine and asked whether a plastic office chair mat could be placed underneath it.
- Likely cause
- No appliance fault was reported. The main concern discussed was that a smooth plastic mat for hard floors may move or slide during the washing machine's spin cycle.
- What fixed it
- The accepted advice was that a plastic office chair mat for hard floors should not harm the washer itself, but it may slide unless it is held securely in place. As an alternative, specially designed washing machine feet or vibration pads were suggested to protect the floor and reduce movement.
- Checks to try
- Identify whether the mat is the hard-floor type rather than the spiked carpet type
- Consider whether the mat can be secured so it does not move during spin
- Parts or tools mentioned
- Plastic office chair mat for hard floors
- Specially designed washing machine feet vibration pads
- Rubber or plastic cups for washing machine feet
1 Answer
The office chair mats come in two types. One with spikes for carpets, which are obviously inappropriate. The other type for hard floors is quite smooth underneath. The ones I've used move a little on the floor. I would imagine with a spinning washing machine on top they would be constantly sliding around. As long as they are secured in a specific space or otherwise held in place you could find it a nuisance. There is not problem as far as the washer is concerned though, as long as you can stop it sliding around it should be fine.
Alternatively you could consider some thing office floor tiles, though you could have a similar issue with them moving on spin.
Specially designed washing machine pads
There are plenty of feet for washing machines designed to cut down on vibration and consist of rubber or plastic cups that the washing machine feet slip into. You might want to try some of them. Search Google for - washing machine feet vibration
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