I've been frustrated with my hardwood floors and my office chair.. I can't use the chair right on the floor as it scratches (the wheels don't turn very well on smooth surfaces, meant for carpets I assume), and I had one of those big plastic mats but I find it moves a lot and stuff gets underneath it and I've ended up scratching the floor terribly just with the movement of the mat and the dust that gets in between..
So damage is already done, but wanted to not make it worse.. I was going to get a carpet chunk to put there but then I need something to protect the floor from the carpet, etc.
So I checked out princess auto, and they have these casters:
http://www.princessauto.com/all-seas...el-stem-caster
The stems are longer but on my chair they still fit fine (ymmv), but the wheels are nice and big so they distribute the weight enough that they don't dent or mar the floor, and they're grippy so they roll rather than sliding. Seem to work really well, now I can get rid of my mat and it'll be easier to clean my office floor now too!
There are ones that are actually intended for office chairs:
http://www.castercity.com/eshop/10Ex...ood-floors.htm
But they ship UPS to Canada and Princess Auto was less than half.
Anyway just wanted to share in case someone else had a home office with hardwood in it.
Office Chairs & Hardwood Floors - Solution
