Laminate Floor's, Gun Safes and Office Chairs

[wood714]

I've been on a making my house nicer kick the past month or so.

Had quartz counter tops put in, and tile backsplash. After 40 years I ordered a new bed I should get in a couple weeks I hope. After getting rid of my 40 year old double pedestal bed. It seemed like a good time to have laminate flooring put in the bedroom.

I got lucky and Home Depot still carries the exact flooring I put down in my great room.

The carpet in the bedroom that I use as an office is shot. Multi stains from CLP and Hoppes, plus I was eating blueberries, and dropped one and proceeded to roll over it with my chair. Those stains will never come out.

Only reason I've not had laminate wood stuff put in there was my 2 gun storage kinda safes that are bolted to the floor, stud's, and each other are in the closet of that room. I really don't want to move them and and have to bolt everything down again.

How ghetto would it be to leave the carpet under them, and have the rest of the floor wood? I was also wondering how well a chair matt will work on the floor? The rollers on office chairs would be tough on laminate.

If I ever planned on selling the house some day, I'd remove the safes and put the flooring under them, but it's paid for and I have no intensions of ever leaving until I'm dead and bloated. My daughter can worry about it then.

 

[Sikiguya]

Just unbolt them and do it right. It isn't as they are 1000lbs.


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[Fishinfool]

Honestly, in your situation, I would do the same thing, just trim the carpet with an exacto knife.

A few years ago, I refinished the hard wood floors in my living and dining rooms. I debated what to do with the 100 gal. aquarium in the corner of the living room. Ended up just finishing around it's stand.

Larry

 

[olcop]

I did exactly what you are describing with excellent results:I had two safes sitting on a raised platform, the platform was installed over carpet, so, I put down the flooring right up to the platform then trimmed it out as needed, then I used some of the flooring to trim out the sides of the platform and installed the safes. Recently I had to move on rather short notice, so I removed the safes and the platform and had a professional flooring contractor come in and he was able to match and join the area where the platform stood and I cant tell where the "patch" was installed from the rest of the flooring; probably need a real professinal and a not a carpenter.
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[chief38]

I would just unbolt the safes and do it right! If you leave the carpet there it could bite you in the butt down the road if you decide to move them, move, change the rooms purpose, etc. . It's not all that much work to do it the right way - as they say........ just "geterdone"!

 

[WardenRoss]

Me?......

I would move the safes out and do it right. Easy to move the safes. Just cut away the carpet and then roll the safes on pieces of pvc pipe.


Or...

Since they are in a closet with bi-fold doors, I would leave the carpet in the whole closet. Just run the new flooring up to the edge of the closet. Everything will look normal when the doors are closed.

 

[Truckman]

Just cut away the carpet and then roll the safes on pieces of pvc pipe.

Or golf balls in case you need to move in more than one direction......Ben

 

[arjay]

Lay the new floor up to the closet,roll safes out into the room,finish laying floor and put the safes back. You'll have to pay the installers to cover the extra work,but it'll be worth it.

 

[AJ]

Lay the new floor up to the closet,roll safes out into the room,finish laying floor and put the safes back. You'll have to pay the installers to cover the extra work,but it'll be worth it.

In the camp of "Do it right". If you move leave the safes, they can be a selling point.

 

[RogerA]

I would sell those safes, do the floor, and buy one new larger safe, and have it professionally moved in.

 

[kraynky]

I'm being honest. I know the right way, and 20 years ago I would move the safes and do it right.

Now I would trim around them and leave enough of the new flooring in the closet for the new Owner to us to patch it back up. Just stand them up in the corner somewhere with a note for what it's for.

My knees and hips are hurting just thinking about laying laminate flooring again. Good luck in whichever direction you choose to go.

 

[Wrangler Rich]

I think emptying the safes and then moving them, do the floor, re-install the safes, then restock them would be what I would do. Who knows, you may find something in them that you had lost or forgotten about.

WR

 

[Jeff423]

I had a similar situation where (due to a flood) I had to have carpet replaced with tile. The previous owner had a curtain wall installed over the carpet. When they laid the tile they could not remove the carpet from under the wall so they covered the carpet edge with the same molding they used elsewhere. It looked fine. Quarter round might look good.

 

[WR Moore]

There are a variety of chair casters available. Some have wide composition rollers rather than thin plastic wheels. Check out Rockler as a source.

 

[wood714]

I would sell those safes, do the floor, and buy one new larger safe, and have it professionally moved in.

I'd love to have a big monster size 1000+ pound "real" safe, but don't want something sitting out that people can see.

Would be killer to have one custom made to fit in that closet.

As far as the do it right crowd. As I said I won't be leaving this house, unless I won the lottery and had my dream house built. I haven't played the lotto in a few years, so the chances of winning is 0%.

 

[arjay]

You could run the new flooring up to and just under the closet doors for now and keep enough extra for the closet if/when things change

 

[wood714]

You could run the new flooring up to and just under the closet doors for now and keep enough extra for the closet if/when things change

I'm really leaning that way. On each side of the safes are mass steel ammo cans. I bet they would do a job on laminate too.

 

[csurp34]

I was also wondering how well a chair matt will work on the floor? The rollers on office chairs would be tough on laminate.

I have had one of these glass chair mats in my home offices for over 15 years. Once on hardwood and now on carpet.

So much better than the plastic ones.

Glass Office Chair Mat For Carpet, Hardwood & Tile | Vitrazza

 

[Rustyt1953]

Your mom will notice it.

 

[johngross]

I have had one of these glass chair mats in my home offices for over 15 years.

I'll second the glass chair mat. Much nicer then the plastic or carpeted ones which oftentimes slide around and have to be repositioned. Plus the glass allows your nice floor to show.