<p>I’m finally gettting a real grown-up desk delivered next week in my attempt to reconfigure the house now that we’re empty nesters. However, my biggest gripe with office desks is being able to get access to wires/cable behind the piece when you need to perform maintenance, etc.</p>
<p>With the smallish desk we have now (particle board), I’ve placed those felt pads on the bottom with hopes that I could just ‘slide’’ it out when I needed to access the back, but no matter how many I put under, it was still incredibly awkward and heavy to move when I needed to. </p>
<p>Has anyone here found a product that they put under a heavy piece of furniture (desk/armoire/etc.) that allowed them to move it easier when needed?</p>
<p>The only idea I’ve come up with as a possibility is to place a plastic mat under the desk, then place the felt pads on the bottom, thinking it might make it easier for the felt pads to slide on the plastic mat, as opposed to carpet.</p>
<p>Even though the desk isn’t being delivered until next week, I’m already starting the planning and organizing and need some ideas.</p>
<p>Yeah, we have gliders here at my house. I think you can find them at bed bath and beyond. They work wonders on saving your back.</p>
<p>^^We’ve successfully used the “moving men” to slide heavy objects around (fridge on hardwood, bed on carpet).</p>
<p>LOL, no seriously those really work. We had to move a paino, china huches, and the big tv and it helped allot.</p>
<p>icedragon - I have the gliders; they are under the current desk we have, which I’m assuming weighs much less than the one that is being delivered, and I don’t think they do much good. Perhaps it’s a matter of placement?</p>
<p>bunsenburner - this is a picture the desk we are getting (not from this store, though). I looked at the ‘moving men’ and they seem more appropriate for furniture with legs.</p>
<p>[American</a> View Computer Printer Desk and Hutch by Stanley Furniture - Morris Home Furnishings - Desk & Hutch Dayton Ohio](<a href=“http://www.morrisathome.com/Item.aspx?ItemID=1845270621&ItemNum=2651844%2B45-av]American”>http://www.morrisathome.com/Item.aspx?ItemID=1845270621&ItemNum=2651844%2B45-av)</p>
<p>teri, nice desk. I think something like this might work for furniture without legs:</p>
<p>[EZ</a> Moves furniture slides. Our furniture sliders make moving easy.](<a href=“http://www.ezmoves.com/products/ezmoves_pull_pro.html]EZ”>http://www.ezmoves.com/products/ezmoves_pull_pro.html)</p>