How do I keep my sofa from sliding on my ceramic tiles?

Question

It has short square wooden legs and it keeps sliding all over the floors whenever I sit in it..

Answer 1

I had same problem, the foam mesh stuff that's already been recommented does work but, works best to stop mats and cushions moving, it wears pretty quickly under a sofa, so you will get fed up with it breaking up into tatters and having to change it.

Get a cheap or an old shower mat, cut squares just smaller than the legs (you don't want to see it), make sure you have a "sucker" in the middle of each one, which will help it grip the sofa.

Sit on it before you check for slip to make sure you get good contact with the 2 surfaces.

If the tiles are very shiny rub the bits where the legs go with an eraser to give them a bit of purchase - this is effective, without marking the tiles.

Answer 2

To protect the floor from the sofa feet, buy rubber cups; they come in brown and white, will not disintegrate, and will not transfer anything to the floor. Another possibility is to buy nylon buttons; the type with a nail that you drive into the feet. The nylon allows the sofa to move (maybe too much) without scratching the floor. I have found that the rubber cups work best, and keep the sofa from sliding when it shouldn't. Your sofa may not be on a rug, but there is another kind of cup that will work nicely, if all or some of the feet are on a rug. These special cups have a bunch of short, stiff, plastic or rubber fingers at the bottom, which grip the rug nicely.

Answer 3

Dental wax is one option. Pick it up at any drug store in the teeth care section. It's a wax used by people with braces. But a small square at the corner of each foot will hold it in place.

Another option is to get that padded and bumpy shelf liner. It's rubber and sometimes used beneath rugs on tile floors for the same reason you are needing it.

Both are cheap options and you can pick them at any drug or discount store.

Answer 4

Might sound silly but, depending on the thickness of the legs - the rubber tips on walking sticks work quite well - they can often be bought from shoe menders and the like. Or alternatively, buy a cheap rubber mat, cut it to size for the four legs, and then glue the rubber to the bottom of the legs. Lastly, there are non-slip mats available, maybe stand the sofa on one of these.

Answer 5

You have already got some good answers but another answer is to cut a Small piece of carpet the same size as the foot of the leg of the sofa glue and nail it to the bottom of the foot and put double sided adhesive tape. you may even get away with sticking the d/s tape straight to the foot. Tape is relatively cheap

Answer 6

Put some rubber stoppers on the feet of your sofa or small pads of cut out tubing from tyre inner works a treat.

Answer 7

at the store there is a little black rubber thing that is circular. you can get the adhesive kind that you can stick to the tile and place your sofa on them. you can get a solition to take the circles off after youare done and u want to move your sofa. it cost about 5-10 bucks for everything

Answer 8

Ikea and loads of DIY stores sell little felt pads that stick on furniture

Answer 9

You might put it on a rug that coordinates with the rest of your room or you could place some small carpet squares under the legs. Good luck!

Answer 10

you can get this foam rubber stuff thats non slip, my gran swears by it (and she doesnt swear often!) see uses it for shower mats, coasters, trays, on her walking stick, anywhere. I think you get it from things like better buys or Ikea or something.

Or nail the f*cker down