Comfortable chair mats - Partial Area Rugs

What to do when a wheeled chair is partially on an area rug and partially on hardwood?

This is an interesting and challenging arrangement for most chair mats. Most moderately uneven surfaces can be handled by our chair mats by the addition of additional rubber backing pads at our factory. We do this routinely at no charge and it works well with surfaces such as slate, stone and other such irregular surfaces. Simply specify at time of order that the mat is to be used on an irregular surface.

In this case though, the abrupt transition from a relatively thick rug to none at all would cause some problem for both the mat itself as well as the comfort of the user, due to the unlevel surface.

Our suggested solution for this is to obtain a small piece of carpet of approximately the same thickness as the area rug for the portion of the mat not backed by area rug. The mat would then be laid over the area rug and the piece of carpet. If the carpet piece was trimmed to the exact outline of the mat, a level surface would result without detracting from the appearance of the area rug and the hardwood. Any possible movement of the carpet below the mat from normal use can be controlled with application of small stick-on velcro strips which will not harm the floor or the mat and can be easily removed.