Good Day,
I just wanted to follow up on my experience with the L shaped sofa I reported on earlier in this thread. It took me about three hours to disassemble the couch and remove the THOUSANDS of staples that held just the bottom cushions on. I decided to have just the tops redone at the upholstery shop. Some things I discovered that may help someone else in the future are, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER
1. If you remove the cup hold at the center of the L unit, the screws that hold it in place are there. This took a long time to find, but those two are the only thing that hold that portion of
the unit in place.
2. The top cushions (or backs) in the L portion flip up.
3. The top cushions on the main couch/recliners do not, but they do lift up and the bottom cushion then flips forward, all but the small on at the end, it is attached front and back
4. That last small section against the wall has a face plate on it. Remove that to access the stapled front section
5. There were only three small L brackets that attached the main couch/recliner to the floor.
6. And one large drywall screw that I didn't know was still in the frame, DON'T ASK ME WHY I KNOW THIS, BUT NOW THERE IS A HUGE TEAR IN THE KITCHEN LINOLEUM, and I'll be
replacing that soon too. GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT!
7. Upon removal I found a wet spot in the hidden corner. Had I not move the couch, I most likely wouldn't have found it for a LONG time. Rotted the floor about a foot in diameter,
repaired that first.
8. Found that the L unit was not properly constructed and I finished attaching several pieces of wood that were just loose or broken.
9. It took two weeks for the upholstery to be completed, and cost $600 because some of the bottom fabrics were in very bad shape too! (reading this you'd think I had ten kids and lived
in it full time) but that's not the case at all. We take very good care of things. Just poor material and construction is the bottom line.
10. After extensive cleaning to make sure I got all the staples and loose material cleaned up, I reinstalled the cushions with my swingline staple gun. That only took about an hour and half to make them look good again. I have to reinstall the face plate and hidden door, then mound the couch and L unit back in tight, but that won't take too long I think.
So it looks good, but remember a lot of original material still remains, I hope that it holds up, but as far as the degrading seat cushions, they now look like new. Now to replace the flooring, which means off to another thread to see who knows the best way to complete that task. Lastly, I have discovered that when I leave my slides in for storage, I get a large wet spot under the refrigerator area of the slide when it is moved back out, Gotta figure out is causing that???? It must be a weather seal some where but WHERE??????
I am sometimes questioning my love of RV'ing LOL!!!!!!!!
See YA
