Jude wrote:

We tried the chair mats
over our current carpets and they did a good job for a short time, but
after a year or so started cracking and coming apart, especially under
my heavyweight husband's chair! They also become quite discoloured
and appear dirty.

Yup, found the same problem with my one.

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Cheers,

John.

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