Safely moving refrigerator over new Pergo
Doug Lowe
concerned about moving our refrigerator without scratching the new floor.
The problem is that about 41" from the front of the refrigerator is an
island range. I can roll it out straight, but then I have to turn it. And I
don't know how to turn it without dragging the wheels, which I'm afraid will
scratch.
Is the best way to do this without scratching the floor to get a good
appliance handtruck (the kind with the big strap)? Or is there some other
trick to making this turn?
Also, how easy does Pergo scratch?
berkshire bill
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Ron
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I just did it with an old piece of carpet, turned upside down so the carpet
is on the bottom and the backing is on top.
Joseph Meehan
I like bill's plywood suggestion. You could also use an appliance dolly
on the side to move it into position so you could roll it directly back.
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Mary Shafer
> Coincidentally, I just moved my fridge yesterday as I'm in the process of
> installing Pergo. I went to my local hardware store and got a pack of 4
> "coasters" that are designed to do just this. They are a heavy duty plastic
> disc that faces the floor material and a rubber "cup" that is about 1/2" tall.
> The fridge wheels fit nicely in them and you just push it along. It glides
> very nicely without a hint of a scratch.
Let me recommend the Teflon slider pads, which I think is what you're
referring to, for every piece of furniture they can be stuck to or
nailed onto or slipped under. Those pads really do work, both on
carpet and on hard surfaces.
I've been putting them on every piece of furniture that comes into the
house, old and new. I'm short, have no real upper-body strength, and
have a bad back, and these sliders are wonderful. I can actually move
the queen hide-a-bed myself now. Full dressers are no problem,
either. No straining, no scratching the floor, no snagging the berber
carpet. It's quite surprising and I wouldn't have believed it before
I tried them.
Mary
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Harry K
Even better in my mind and cheaper. 1/8" masonite hardboard. Smooth
side down. Just had new vinyl installed and that is what they used,
several peices layed as a road to wherever they were going. Have used
it myself since. Works like a dream for anything with wheels.
Harry K
Jeff Cochran
They're called "Moving Men" or furniture sliders, find a set in your
local hardware store. Teflon disks that slide perfectly.
>Also, how easy does Pergo scratch?
Not really that easily. Gouges like an appliance corner maybe, but
rubber wheels shouldn't really bother it. Rosin paper from the
building supply store is a good protectant when moving things on a
dolly.
Jeff
Stoic
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Put a moving pad on the floor then put a 1/4 or 3/8 inch piece of
plywood a little larger than the base of the frige on top of that. Roll
it onto the wood then slide it across the Pergo. If the laminate
flooring is glued at the seams the bond might break rolling a heavy
refrigerator over the surface.
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