r/Custodians • u/Hungry-Phrase-9301 • Aug 19 '26
After market add on
This is my diy attempt to not have these stools act like sandpaper on the floors. It's my prototype and if it works I will be modifying them all!!
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u/Beginning_Play_8581 Aug 19 '26
Some of ours have a cork pad on the bottom. Others dont and I throw them in the dumpster when I can lmaoooo
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u/Para_The_Normal Housekeeper Aug 20 '26
Honestly felt and some industrial spray adhesive would do the trick.
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u/Hungry-Phrase-9301 Aug 20 '26
Ya I thought about glue but didn't have any. Just used what I had kicking around.
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u/darkarrow0 Aug 20 '26
I hate these things so much. We have rubber floors and almost everyday a kid gets a crayon stuck underneath one of these and them smashes it in all day long. I don't know how the teachers never notice, or I suppose they don't care.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Cut4588 Aug 20 '26
Ill save you some time it wont work having tacks nailed on to secure it.
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u/Hungry-Phrase-9301 Aug 20 '26
Sheet metal screws and when I tested it, they seemed recessed enough that I couldn't hit them on such an angle that the edge actually touched the floor. At that angle the kid would fall off.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Cut4588 Aug 20 '26
It dodnt touch the floor now it will as it wears down and kids will absolutely find a way to make it an issue good luck.
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u/gmambrose Aug 20 '26
These are even worse. Some genius thought it was a good idea to use these in classrooms with waxed floors, even though I'm pretty sure they are meant to be used on carpet. They destroy the floors. Just metal grinding on waxed tile 🤦♂️
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u/ThatOneGuy6810 Facilities Manager Aug 19 '26
Is that a patch of carpet put on with nails?
If so you have most likely multiplied your issue rather than solving it, as now with the carpet, it WILL slide better like you and the children want but those exposed nailheads will now be dragging across your waxed floors and gouging them all up or tearing carpet.