Fwd: [QUAD-L] Power wheelchair getting stuck on oriental rug.

2017-03-10 Thread Bryce Willis
Re: [QUAD-L] Power wheelchair getting stuck on oriental rug. Same issue..I have wood floors and it happens most on a rug by the front door, because I have to turn a bit to open it. I double back taped a rubber / plastic, chair mat for office rug / chairs. A lot have spikes to they don't move, bu

Re: [QUAD-L] Power wheelchair getting stuck on oriental rug.

2017-03-10 Thread greg
Same issue..I have wood floors and it happens most on a rug by the front door, because I have to turn a bit to open it. I double back taped a rubber / plastic, chair mat for office rug / chairs. A lot have spikes to they don't move, but you can find big flat ones. If you don't mind a slight bump, a

Re: [QUAD-L] Power wheelchair getting stuck on oriental rug.

2017-03-09 Thread wheelchair
Electric Wheelchairs, and rugs/carpets, are a no no. Granted it may take more time if its a tack down vs a throw rug, but any rug. Best Wishes In a message dated 3/9/2017 7:15:09 P.M. Central Standard Time, r.pra...@sbcglobal.net writes: One possible answer would be buy some duralock

Re: [QUAD-L] Power wheelchair getting stuck on oriental rug.

2017-03-09 Thread William Lang III
Yup, been there. The torque on the chair is causing the rug to come up. Bet it happens when the chair must first turn before exiting the rug area. I used two sided tape on the outside width and length about at the edge of the rug. Stays down gr8. Billy Bill Lang via IPAD HD > On Mar 9, 2017,

Re: [QUAD-L] Power wheelchair getting stuck on oriental rug.

2017-03-09 Thread Jeffrey Gaede
he rugs. From: RONALD L PRACHT To: Quad-list Post Sent: Thursday, March 9, 2017 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Power wheelchair getting stuck on oriental rug. One possible answer would be buy some duralock plastic Velcro and stick the edges down. Im sure this wont be popular with the hous

Re: [QUAD-L] Power wheelchair getting stuck on oriental rug.

2017-03-09 Thread RONALD L PRACHT
One possible answer would be buy some duralock plastic Velcro and stick the edges down. Im sure this wont be popular with the housekeeper. Or like you say find some plastic edging to lay on the start of the rug, might still need the plastic Velcro though called duralock. ron On Thursday, M

[QUAD-L] Power wheelchair getting stuck on oriental rug.

2017-03-09 Thread Dave Krehbiel
We have hardwood floors, and in one room we have an oriental rug. At first I was able to drive my chair into the room without any problems. But lately, my wheelchair seems to be grabbing the Oriental rug, and the rug and up wrapped around my drive wheels. Maybe it is because the rug is getting