Ray Hayden here, going over the installation of caster wheels on our heavier furniture to make it easier to move things around, and for cleaning. This piece required a different technique in how to mount the casters.
The line from the movie is, "Don't make me He-Man b*#@hslap you." It is from "Deuce Bigilo, Male Gigolo," and I realized as I was speaking that it was absolutely inappropriate for a video! I also realized that it would not work in the sentence I was trying to say anyway... so - that alone is hilarious!
CATS! - Had to be said... Thanks for watching! The largest, heaviest piece of furniture we had is still on the same castors, and they are working perfectly! When we moved, the moving truck had a dent in the floor, and I was temporarily pinned - the thing is HEAVY! - but I lucked out, and got it up off of me, and safely strapped to the wall of the truck. Moving that same piece of furniture into the new house was... interesting, but it made the trip in excellent condition! Be safe they say! And I agree!
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Great video thanks brother. I like it better way of doing things. Like that you are taking your time to do it right. Keep up the great work see you in the next video thanks again brother
Yes, everything has casters on it in our house. Just remember to lock em in place! Liking, watching, supporting, and all that fun stuff! Happy Friday the 13th!
Thank you very much - this thing is great, huge, heavy. It holds the television and some of our bedding items during the day, in our bedroom... because of all of our cats, we have to make the bed for daytime (for the cats) and for us at night to sleep. The wheels on this unit have been holding up very well, and it is easy to roll it out to do anything we need to behind it, the vacuum I use for "Floor Day" can reach completely below this piece of furniture!
I figured I already watched part 1, so I may as well watch part 2 while I'm here! :D Oh! And because you are such an awesome bloke and supporter! :D That's really cool that you can remove the base and replace them with the casters and like you said, if you change your mind, you can change it back because it's not damaged :D Great tips as always Ray! :D #KittyCornerMeow! Mobile furniture for the win! :D
In the new house, the cabinets don't have any handles or knobs... we love that! I can see how some folks might not like it, but I love it. One of the things about our home - especially in South Florida - is that, if someone looked around, they would have seen only two chairs in the house - the office had four, and one lounge chair (inherited)... we had very limited seating! Now if I can just get rid of more of the junk I hold on to long after it has any more value!
Informative video, especially the bit about the diagonal joint :-). One inportant bit missing though. How are you getting tall heavy furniture upright? The castors mean there's no stable place to rock the furniturs upright !
You know what? That is an excellent point. On that particular piece of furniture, the wheels actually allow me to make a pivot point where the two side wheels touch the ground, and on the side of the piece. Now for the horrible news. We have since moved from that location, and while I was able to get this piece onto the moving truck, there was an off the wall divot or dent in the bottom of the floor. When I hit that with one of the wheels, the thing slow motion fell on top of me, and there was no where for me to move... thus, I had some bumps and bruises - and had to "He-Man" / "Hulk" the thing up, which was nasty, because it took a few attempts, and each time left me a tad weaker from the effort... Somehow, I got it upright, strapped it against the wall of the truck, and had no problems removing it from the truck at the new home. In fact, there is a slight upslope to the front doors, so it was almost like sliding it on a level surface... good times! Thanks for asking about that!
Hey Ray, How do you put wheels on that don't have holes to screw the wheels on or into the wood, but have a metal pole to insert into a hole? (Hope you understand my question!)
We still have this huge piece of furniture, it is our TV Stand. I do not recall it having any... like "pre drilled holes" in the bottom of it for wheels... in fact, I had to remove part ot the piece to get this to actually work. IF the furniture has a metal post - AND it is specifically for wheels - then you'd have to search around to find the wheels that would fit... and this can be a hassle. Both, our bed (has eight wheels under it), and our bird cage (had the four wheels, but the plastic thing that held the wheels broke apart, so I had to devise a way to put new wheels on that recently as well... and it was quite the pain to get it done. If the furniture is wood, there are a host of wheels that would work, and a variety of different wheel attachments that should also work. I never thought of it, but with how much that thing weighs, we might have been able to attach two wooden furniture dollies under it - having eight larger wheels, that could hold ever more weight. Look around the big box improvement stores, and if you don't find exactly what you might want, you should be able to find ideas for something that would work. Thanks for watching!
I don't think I said, but I picked those up at Home Depot. It was just closer to our house at that time. Lowe's - or most other large stores have a variety of casters. Thanks for watching!
Hello, I have a corner cabinet that is a TV Entertainment Cabinet that I want to put casters on and I don't know how to do it on a triangle/corner cabinet. If you can give me any idea of where to place the wheels and/or if it would be safe. Thanks for your videos :)
Thanks for watching! It depends on what is available for mounting on the bottom of the cabinet. The heaviest piece of furniture we had required me to mount the wheels more "inbound" that I would have preferred, and I also had to remove the very bottom portion of the framing on that piece. We need to find the balance points for each piece, and it is specific to the piece, but the wider apart they are, the more sturdy the piece will be on wheels. For what is a corner piece (we have one of these in our current home, but it is built onto the wall, and we could not really put that on wheels.) It may be possible to mount three wheels and that is like a tripod... but it depends on where the wheels are (for balance and sturdiness) and how far apart they are. The tipping points of the furniture on wheels will determine where they need to be located though. We also had a huge piece of furniture in our kitchen in this home - it was used as storage, and as an instant dining spot - I really never saw anything quite like it before... but it kind of reminds me of an island eating spot in some kitchens... that thing had six or more sets of wheels on it, and it was rock solidly built. I kept wheels on it, but removed about half of it, because it is a good table / storage in the garage... and our kitchen looks quite large now.
@@rayhayden k thank you for your reply… I’m using it as a storage cabinet as I don’t have a pantry. My son is very concerned about this and doesn’t want it to tip over on me. The reason I want wheels is I’d like to be able to move it as I need it.
That is an excellent question, comment - thank you for asking! We move our heavy cabinet around to clean behind it (cats and such!)... if it is something you do not need to move very much, I would consider heavy duty sliders if possible. In EITHER case, a safety strap to the back wall is always a good idea. They should have one such item at the big box home improvement stores... ask for assistance... also, they should have something that will hold the cabinet from falling over on you, but when you might need to move it, it can be easy enough to release the strap as well. Ask at the store for assistance, they have been extremely helpful to me over the years! Thanks for watching!
I should make a video of our house... we actually have very few pieces of furniture, and we have not had a couch in years. When we did have couches, we had two, we used sliders under those. And perhaps I should make a video about that... there are two types, ones with a little bit of material for wood floors, and ones that are just plastic for floors that are carpeted. For most couches, they have legs, or feet, and a wheel might not be easy to do.... oh my, now you've got me thinking of how I would do that!
I realize this is from a few years ago but I’m hoping to do this on a wardrobe that is very similar in size and probably weight. Can you tell the casters you used to hold that amount of weight and do they have locks on them? Thanks!
The casters we used are still holding the weight. The wheels to not have locks on them, and are mounted as far to the outside of the furniture as we could get them secured - to aid in preventing tipping. If we had kids, or large pets, we would attach one of those safety straps to the wall as extra safety to avoid tipping. If I recall correctly, we picked these up at Home Depot, and they are 2" "Medium Duty" casters with a 90 pound limit per wheel. I am pretty sure our cabinet is not 360 pounds, but I am also sure we did the math on that at the time. The reason we went with 2" instead of larger, heavier duty wheels was probably due to the tipping potential, larger wheels lift the entire piece one inch higher - which would have required a safety strap - even for us... and of note - at the other house, we had it in a corner, facing into the room, which made it more of a concern - here, it is flat up against the wall. Make sure that whatever wheels / casters you use can handle the weight of the furniture you place them on.... these are holding up very well after three years and a move. Again, always with safety in mind!
