Moving a heavy divan base on a wooden floor?

rosie383

We are going to put together an Ikea Brimnes double bed with storage tomorrow (after trekking to Ikea again to pick up all of the missing components!)

After having assembled a large wardrobe and desk and discovering how difficult it is to move large wooden furniture on lovingly sanded and varnished floorboards, does anyone have any suggestions as to what would make life easy?

We can assemble the bed where it is going to be used, and I have large pieces of cardboard which I can put down in the short term in case we need to move it a bit during or after assembly, but what about after that?

How do you move large pieces of furniture on a wooden floor without damage to either floor or furniture? If there is something we can do before assembly, then now would be the time to find out.

Thanks in advance.

Annisele

My own preference is to hire some big strong removals people...

You could also try furniture sliders, but some people seem to have more success with those than others.

kev_min

many places sell self adhesive pads for just this purpose

for example http://www.diy.com/departments/diall-beige-felt-self-adhesive-pad-protector-dia38mm-pack-of-28/197918_BQ.prd

Other DIY sheds are also available!

rosie383

Thanks Kev min. Just looked and Ikea do a set for 49p so that will do me rightly. Do they also help to make the furniture slide more easily on the floor? The floorboards are slightly uneven in places as they are old and moving the wardrobe we found it was catching on even the smallest difference in height between the boards.

London50

If you have some old towels they would take up the slack on the uneven floor boards,just make them into thick enough pads :0)

boliston

I think a lot would depend on the type of wood the floor is made of - all my floors (apart from kitchen & bathrooms) are oak which is pretty tough and resistant to scratches.