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Title: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: Jason Ryan on October 07, 2008, 08:49:21 pm
Alrite all,

Anyone no where i can buy those disks you use to put under furniture to make it easier to mover em??

Cheers
J
Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: derek west on October 07, 2008, 09:19:54 pm
h ttp://www.lakeland.co.uk/F/keyword/furniture+movers/product/20984
knock yourself out
there on offer.

derek
Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: craigp on October 07, 2008, 10:10:11 pm
never get them you have to lift a sofa to get them under! just lift it to move it.
Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: clinton on October 07, 2008, 10:18:30 pm
Same as you dave just move it without them mate.

You are bound to loose them one by one in transit ;)
Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: derek west on October 07, 2008, 10:47:21 pm
i'd be lost without mine, a 3 seater settee with 2 armchairs upturned on to it is well heavy, put the sliders on and its like dancing on ice.
derek
Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: Jim_77 on October 07, 2008, 11:30:12 pm
www.choiceful.com/disprod.php?pId=20299&deptId=I1

I get on very well with those.  Bigger the better in my experiences, furniture falls off the small ones because they still have too much friction on the carpet.

Keeping furniture up on sliders also removes the risk of dye transfer and water damage to the furniture whilst it's temporarily out of position.

Incidentally, there was an identical topic to this a while ago, sticky tabs were mentioned and a few folks said they were going to try them.. any feedback from anyone on those?
Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: Joe H on October 07, 2008, 11:50:59 pm
Been using the sticky tabs since I got them off JK back at the CCDO.

Been a great help. I make sure the customer sees me using them  ;)
Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: Jim_77 on October 08, 2008, 12:06:21 am
Nice to hear some feedback Joe ;)

Can you slide any sort of furniture about on them or only the light stuff?  The promotional video only uses light, easy to move furniture, it left me thinking that they'd just come off from a lot of furniture legs.  I suppose the type of carpet would have a bearing too?
Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: clinton on October 08, 2008, 07:24:48 am
Hear they are v handy those sticky tabs and joe swears by them :)

Jim do you have a web site mate ???
Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: Joe H on October 08, 2008, 07:49:54 am
I find they dont stick to some furniture feet as well as others. Probably the material of the foot of the coating on it.
Often moves better on the heavier furniture then on the lighter stuff.
Just got to make sure it is still in place after the move.
Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: Jim_77 on October 08, 2008, 11:15:26 am
Interesting Joe, thanks for that.  My current tabs will probably be gone in a month or so, I might just get me some of those to try out ;)
Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: Ian Gourlay on October 08, 2008, 03:18:54 pm
I bought some at ALLTEC  at the open Day

First one was a really Heavey piece of Leather  Gone through the material covering.

Did help with front but back legs very hard to get to.


I can see they help bit  but not convinced they are a must
Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: Jim_77 on October 08, 2008, 03:30:12 pm
Do you mean sliders or sticky tabs Ian?  Sorry I shouldn't have hijacked the topic :-[
Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: colin thomas on October 08, 2008, 03:36:00 pm
sliders are fantastic, move allsorts without breaking your back and the sticky tabs are very good as well, they do slide to a certain extent but the point is they are easier to put on the bottom of furniture than foil and they look more proffessional

colin
Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: COLIN BRIGHT on October 08, 2008, 03:58:15 pm
the best sliders i've got are from solutions UK beTter than any other ones i have used
i've got the lakeland, alltec one as well but the solutions ones are by far the best IMO
Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: colin thomas on October 08, 2008, 04:39:54 pm
colin, i also have both sorts and i have to say i don't find a difference, they are plastic, they slide, what more can they do? the lakeland ones at around a 5th of the price are well worth a punt in my opinion,

colin
Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: Ian Gourlay on October 08, 2008, 07:18:10 pm
Do you mean sliders or sticky tabs Ian?  Sorry I shouldn't have hijacked the topic :-[

Talking about sliders  Heard about them years back but thought I could manage without  but have suffered two injuries in past two months  so must be more careful etc

Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: Jim_77 on October 08, 2008, 07:54:38 pm
Honestly Ian, get some and try them out.... after a few weeks you'll wonder how you ever managed without them!
Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: Jason Ryan on October 08, 2008, 09:38:52 pm
Cheers all. ;)

j
Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: EWB on October 09, 2008, 12:03:45 am
Hi Jason
www.sliderz.co.uk
have been great. Even sold one set on to a customer but save a set of wages to help move furniture, especially in flats.
Regards
Martyn
Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: colin thomas on October 09, 2008, 07:09:12 am
blimey martyn, there's a recession on you know!!

colin    :o
Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: COLIN BRIGHT on October 09, 2008, 07:22:28 pm
i find the lakeland ones dont slide anywhere near as well as the solution uk ones, i find on heavy items they stick to the carpet more and have more resistance but still good for the price and better than not having any at all
got a delivery of STICKY TABS today
thank the lord!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
or john kelly
Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: Jim_77 on October 10, 2008, 01:12:42 am
Let us know what you think about them after a week or two Colin ;)
Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: derek west on October 10, 2008, 02:00:00 pm
just got my lakeland sliders and i'm not impressed, put them under a chair and sat on it (15.5 stone) and asked my wife (8 stone in the rain) to push me, nothing! put my sliderz (with a zed) (see web site in earlier thread) under and she moved me no problem.
sliderz 10 out of 10
lakeland  4 out of 10
in my opinion you get what you pay for.

derek
Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: Jim_77 on October 10, 2008, 05:29:53 pm
Less pies!
Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: colin thomas on October 10, 2008, 08:54:13 pm
jim. i have not got a clue what this lot are on about, lakelands are all i have used for over a year and i can say hand on heart i never have a problem with them, trouble is like anything, it's the operator that's usually at fault!!!! most of the time you pre-spray around the object to be moved and so once you push onto the damp bit you have to hold on tight so the table doesn't slide through the patio door!

colin  ps it also hurts a lot less at their prices when you lose a set
Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: Phillip Mold on October 15, 2008, 03:18:55 pm
"colin  ps it also hurts a lot less at their prices when you lose a set "

And you can make a few more by selling them to impressed customers!
Title: Re: Disc's to help move furniture
Post by: colin thomas on October 15, 2008, 05:50:16 pm
here here phillip, i have been known to give the small ones away to really good customers, that goes a long way,

colin    ;)