Stop my bed from rolling!

March 1, 2009 11:51 AM

My bed has casters that don't lock/break and don't come off. This causes my bed to pull away from the wall, making my covers and pillows fall between it and the bed. Do you have any suggestions of cheap things I could buy, or DIY to make my bed stop rolling?
posted by royalsong to Home & Garden (14 answers total)

how about some of those hard rubber doorstop wedges?
posted by ArgentCorvid at 11:53 AM on March 1, 2009

A shim wedged under each wheel out to do the trick if doorstop wedges are too big and would cost pretty much nothing.
posted by sinfony at 11:56 AM on March 1, 2009

You need something like these.
posted by carrienation at 11:59 AM on March 1, 2009

Get bed risers! The casters are confined to a small space so you won't move around AND you can now shove (more?) crap under your bed. If having a taller bed isn't something that appeals to you, I've seen ones that only raise it up about an inch. Just google around.
posted by phunniemee at 12:00 PM on March 1, 2009

Best answer: You need caster cups.
posted by Fuzzy Skinner at 12:01 PM on March 1, 2009 [2 favorites]

Don't buy anything, just wrap a couple of layers of duct tape, electrical tape, or packing tape (less residue) around the caster and its housing.
posted by Science! at 12:05 PM on March 1, 2009

Asked and answered - caster cups are the way to go.
posted by amanda at 12:12 PM on March 1, 2009

you can also drive a screw between the caster and it's housing
posted by Redhush at 12:22 PM on March 1, 2009

Best answer: My bed had the same problem... caster cups didn't fix it. Since I'm on hard wood floors the cups just slide so I got some of the texturized stuff they put in drawers to keep your silverware holder in place and put that under the cups.

Worked great
posted by magikker at 12:26 PM on March 1, 2009

You could also get a few C-clamps and close them on the wheels, preventing the wheels from turning.
posted by 8dot3 at 2:02 PM on March 1, 2009

I had a table like that, and the Caster Cups were exactly what I used. You can get them at practically any hardware store.
posted by raygan at 2:03 PM on March 1, 2009

Yeag, castor cups are probably the way to go, but I'd probably go out and buy some rubber O rings from a plumb shop instead, just to be difficult. Get some small enough that the castors sit down onto the o ring and compress them slightly.
posted by twine42 at 2:32 PM on March 1, 2009

Try those rubber O rings that are used to hang mufflers on cars in place of caster cups.
posted by hortense at 2:38 PM on March 1, 2009

You need caster cups. I made a blog post with pictures of the type of caster cups you need here.
posted by GregX3 at 6:38 AM on June 26, 2009