Comments on: The Moment I’ve Been Dreading Has Arrived: Office Teardown http://www.jasondunn.com/office-teardown-1749 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:54:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jason Dunn http://www.jasondunn.com/office-teardown-1749/comment-page-1#comment-17559 Jason Dunn Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:32:28 +0000 http://www.jasondunn.com/?p=1749#comment-17559 I ordered the rubber wheels...so we'll see if they help. :-) I ordered the rubber wheels…so we’ll see if they help. :-)

]]> By: Cold Flame http://www.jasondunn.com/office-teardown-1749/comment-page-1#comment-17558 Cold Flame Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:14:09 +0000 http://www.jasondunn.com/?p=1749#comment-17558 To be honest Jason, even with the raised bumps on the garage tiles, the rubber wheels that the hardwood casters offer will make it more comfortable rolling over those anyway. I absolutely HATE plastic wheels on chairs, even when it is on a carpeted surface and would much rather have rubber casters given the option to choose. One day when I can afford an Aeron chair for myself, I will accept no less than to have the hardwood casters put on, at any cost to me. Money well spent in my opinion! To be honest Jason, even with the raised bumps on the garage tiles, the rubber wheels that the hardwood casters offer will make it more comfortable rolling over those anyway. I absolutely HATE plastic wheels on chairs, even when it is on a carpeted surface and would much rather have rubber casters given the option to choose.

One day when I can afford an Aeron chair for myself, I will accept no less than to have the hardwood casters put on, at any cost to me. Money well spent in my opinion!

]]> By: Jason Dunn http://www.jasondunn.com/office-teardown-1749/comment-page-1#comment-17547 Jason Dunn Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:10:04 +0000 http://www.jasondunn.com/?p=1749#comment-17547 I emailed a company out of Victoria about getting the softer wheels - but here's the thing; it's too risky to switch out the wheels and HOPE that it works. Because if it doesn't, and the floor chips, I have no more spare boards to replace them...not would I want to re-do all the work I've just done. So that's why the added flooring is a must-do. I've installed the garage tiles - they're plastic and have slightly raised bumps on them, but I can still roll around pretty easily. Amazingly, my floor chipped again when I was installing them. I'm thinking I picked the worst flooring ever made. I emailed a company out of Victoria about getting the softer wheels – but here’s the thing; it’s too risky to switch out the wheels and HOPE that it works. Because if it doesn’t, and the floor chips, I have no more spare boards to replace them…not would I want to re-do all the work I’ve just done. So that’s why the added flooring is a must-do. I’ve installed the garage tiles – they’re plastic and have slightly raised bumps on them, but I can still roll around pretty easily. Amazingly, my floor chipped again when I was installing them. I’m thinking I picked the worst flooring ever made.

]]> By: mrozema http://www.jasondunn.com/office-teardown-1749/comment-page-1#comment-17545 mrozema Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:22:05 +0000 http://www.jasondunn.com/?p=1749#comment-17545 Funny, I was going to suggest the same thing about casters designed for hardwood flooring. I remember my Ikea chair (http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/S19817087) had an option to buy different caster types. The garage floor tiling you found is flat? I took a very quick look around and only found stuff with that aluminum checked pattern. Not so good for the office chair ;-) Funny, I was going to suggest the same thing about casters designed for hardwood flooring. I remember my Ikea chair (http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/S19817087) had an option to buy different caster types.

The garage floor tiling you found is flat? I took a very quick look around and only found stuff with that aluminum checked pattern. Not so good for the office chair ;-)

]]> By: Cold Flame http://www.jasondunn.com/office-teardown-1749/comment-page-1#comment-17543 Cold Flame Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:42:23 +0000 http://www.jasondunn.com/?p=1749#comment-17543 I just did a quick search and found this: Caster: The option of one of three different casters is available for the Aeron chair to adapt to any style flooring. The casters choice is a standard caster, deep-carpet caster or hardwood caster. A standard caster works perfectly with most low pile office carpets and have a wheel that is 2 ½ inches in diameter. The deep-carpet casters have a larger wheel of 3 inches in diameter to help prevent snags and to move better across their thicker carpets. Hardwood casters have a thin rubber coating on the wheels that gives excellent traction on hardwood and non-carpeted floors, as well as prevents damage to the floors. You'd be very surprised how much of a difference they would make. I have a few chairs at work that have rubber wheels/casters, and it's amazing how much smoother they are to move around. They don't seem to catch on anything, and because the rubber has it's own "give", it might just solve the problem. The garage tiling will likely also work... Definitely let us know the outcome. I just did a quick search and found this:

Caster: The option of one of three different casters is available for the Aeron chair to adapt to any style flooring. The casters choice is a standard caster, deep-carpet caster or hardwood caster. A standard caster works perfectly with most low pile office carpets and have a wheel that is 2 ½ inches in diameter. The deep-carpet casters have a larger wheel of 3 inches in diameter to help prevent snags and to move better across their thicker carpets. Hardwood casters have a thin rubber coating on the wheels that gives excellent traction on hardwood and non-carpeted floors, as well as prevents damage to the floors.

You’d be very surprised how much of a difference they would make. I have a few chairs at work that have rubber wheels/casters, and it’s amazing how much smoother they are to move around. They don’t seem to catch on anything, and because the rubber has it’s own “give”, it might just solve the problem.

The garage tiling will likely also work… Definitely let us know the outcome.

]]> By: Jason Dunn http://www.jasondunn.com/office-teardown-1749/comment-page-1#comment-17517 Jason Dunn Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:58:46 +0000 http://www.jasondunn.com/?p=1749#comment-17517 Cold Flame, Thanks for the suggestion - someone else said the same thing on DHT. I had no clue I could get different wheels for this chair! I think though that the problem would still happen, even with rubber wheels, so I bought some garage floor tiling to build a new floor top for my chair to sit on. I haven't installed it yet...I'll report back when I do. Cold Flame,
Thanks for the suggestion – someone else said the same thing on DHT. I had no clue I could get different wheels for this chair! I think though that the problem would still happen, even with rubber wheels, so I bought some garage floor tiling to build a new floor top for my chair to sit on. I haven’t installed it yet…I’ll report back when I do.

]]> By: Cold Flame http://www.jasondunn.com/office-teardown-1749/comment-page-1#comment-17509 Cold Flame Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:47:06 +0000 http://www.jasondunn.com/?p=1749#comment-17509 The trick, if you can do it with your Aeron chair, is to get rubber wheels put on it. Herman Millar (COI is their dealer here I think) might be able to get them for you? The plastic ones chew the heck out of anything they go on... The trick, if you can do it with your Aeron chair, is to get rubber wheels put on it. Herman Millar (COI is their dealer here I think) might be able to get them for you? The plastic ones chew the heck out of anything they go on…

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