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Appliance rollers?
"John" wrote in message
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"Tim W" wrote in message
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Peter Parry
wibbled on Friday 23 October 2009 14:02
On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:41:32 +0100, Tim W wrote:
Before I buy these, anyone come across a set they are really happy with?
I had some which looked much the same as the Argos ones and they were
pretty useless. They add height to the machine so it may not fit
under work surfaces. The rollers were small and hence didn't cope
with any floor roughness. They were bought for use in house where the
plastic floor tiles stopped just underneath the worktop line and
behind that was concrete. Moving the appliance on them was no easier
than wrestling it out. You can only pull straight out and they would
stop on the lino lip at which point the appliance pulled off them. I
think you will find the pads are just that - with a slightly raised
edge rather than a significant recess for the appliance feet. They
also corroded quite quickly.
Unless you have room to pull the appliance fully out in a perfectly
straight line they don't work - they don't turn corners at all.
For a perfectly smooth floor under the machine with perfectly straight
access to pull them out they are fine - but on such a floor you don't
really need them anyway.
Cicero/Peter,
Hmm. We had some when I were a lad, but they were on lino.
Floor damage was something I was trying to avoid. I reckon dragging the
machine out (at 90kg) on its own feet is not going to do the floor much
good either (slate).
Perhaps I should look more at some little cups with felt on. The felt
shouldn't walk too much and will protect the floor while sliding.
Or maybe stick the felt on the machine's feet if they're big enough.
I agree with the idea of hardboard for a deliberate move - but sometimes
it
would be nice to slide the machine out for cleaning without a lot of
wibbling.
Height's not a problem as I can built the worktops to accommodate such
things 
Cheers
Tim
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Tim Watts
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I had some rollers and the rubber pads got squashed with the weigh of the
appliance. Also any grit on the floor got onto the roller and it marked
the floor. Hardboard idea is by far the best - I have 4 strips in the
garage just for this purpose.
Should be "GRIT"
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