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Sliding Chair
As part of my update I went from dual sofas to a sofabed and one of those european “stressless” type chairs with the big saucer-shaped base. I see these in many of your pictures and I had one in the house I wasn’t using. I installed a bunch of little felt dots to make sure it didn’t scratch the new hardwood floor when I move it to open the bed.
We took our first trip and I guess I expected it might move if unoccupied and I had hard breaking or a big curve, but it did the same with my daughter who wasn’t quite expecting it but found it enjoyable!
So my question is, what do folks do to stabilize these during the drive?
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If you need to minimize the sliding, use the rubber stuff that stops stuff from sliding under the base of the chair.
I had that issue with dining room chairs and used Velcro straps to secure the chairs. However, keep in mind in a collision Velcro or the anti slip stuff will not stop the chair from moving. They just resist movement, even under some hard braking.
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I have to slide the chair every night to fold-out the sofa so used the felt pads. I like your idea about the velcro. Even better, I need to retire so I am not in such a hurry 🙂
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I meant just before you move the coach lift up the base of the chair and slip a small piece of that anti-skid stuff under the base. It won’t take much to keep it from sliding.
My test is the my driveway. If I can keep everything from gathering up front between the two front seats as I go up or down the hill I have been successful.
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I had some carpeting cut into a circular shape and then had the edges sewn up and use some nonskid under it. It works just fine and we use it under the chair and the foot rest.
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“ I expected it might move if unoccupied and I had hard breaking or a big curve, but it did the same with my daughter who wasn’t quite expecting it but found it enjoyable!”
That chair is not designed to be occupied while traveling.
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