Our new sectional couch is oh so heavy. Too heavy to move often to vaccuum with my
questionable back problems. The feet on the couch and 48" ottoman/cushioned table appear to be just under 5"X5". Turning upside down you can see it has triangular shaped feet. AND all the feet already have a one inch plastic "slide", but I think a larger slide would work better. I'm hoping for dark, like black, definitely under 2 inches in diameter. Some attach with adhesive and some don't attach at all. Any advice will be appreciated. I'm hoping for a miracle. Thanks in advance.
We got sliders at Home Depot.
I'm sure specialty furniture stores might have some as well.
Good luck!
Take a picture of the feet with your phone and take it to Home Depot or Lowes, really any big box DIY store. They will show you exactly what you need.
(edited once I measured my sliders at home) You don't need them to attach if the couch is that heavy. I have round 3.5 inch in diameter furniture sliders permanently under several pieces of furniture. I have dark gray ones so they aren't too noticeable. If the feet of the furniture are 5x5, then you could easily use round 3.5 diameter sliders and they won't be noticeable (https://www.amazon.com/Furniture-Sliders-Scratching--Your.... If the feet of the couch are underneath enough that they are not visible, get even bigger sliders - my couch is this way, and I got sliders that are bigger than the feet. Since you can't see the feet, it doesn't matter and the couch moves really easily. The bigger the sliders are, the better they will work, but I'd go with the 3.5 inch ones at a minimum.
In my experience to get the best sliding action for large pieces of furniture I needed large sliders and as such the sliders were visible. Furniture weight, area of slider and load distribution drives the problem; the bigger the area of the slider the better, easier you can move the furniture around but the slider solution is not pretty to achieve ease of movement.
The furniture I put sliders under had feet which where regularly shaped (circular or rectangular/square) and I took the overall dimensions of the feet before heading to Lowe's or Home Depot. I bought almost coaster sized sliders with impressions for cupping the feet. Also the oversized sliders on wood floors kept the furniture from sliding back and damaging the walls; there was natural space from the furniture to the wall.
When I tried the fitted sliders which were more or less the size of the furniture feet, I didn't have as much ability to readily slide the furniture around. With those sliders I always needed my husband to help me move the furniture without damaging the floor or the furniture. Less slider area so not as good mobility of the furniture.
In short in my experience the best sliders for actually sliding are large and give a wide footprint around the furniture feet. In contrast the best sliders to avoid gouging the floor due to accidental sliding are fitted and adhesive or nail backed. I prefer the nail back because they don't come off. When I have dealt with carpet, I have also been known to put the sliders under the furniture, move the furniture, clean, put the furniture back and remove the sliders. The oversized sliders in that case don't bother me and for lifting one end at a time to slide the slider under is do-able. Otherwise, I could recruit my husband for a few minutes.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Magic-Sliders-1-3-4-in-Square-...
i would forego moving often to vacuum. my parents did it yearly. my hubbs wants it done monthly but then installed a floor thats easily scratched. so no more furniture moving here. he doesn't want the floor scratched so he overlooks the small amount of dirt under the couches. i do however slide a towel folded over a yardstick under the couch 3x a year to clean it out.
I guess I don't know why you'd move it to vacuum under it or even behind it or anything.
I have normal furniture and I only vacuum under it when we're moving the whole room around. I don't do that even every year.
