Okay, so Hubs' recliner... well, both of our recliners... are going on 13 years old and frankly, they've seen better days. But Hubs' chair has always been a little iffy in the seat. Well, his springs started popping ages ago and the last time I vacuumed underneath it, I saw he only had one unbroken spring left. I sat in it the other day and felt like I was falling through to the floor.
So, I got this idea to use strapping to replace the springs. It was actually pretty inspired, if I do say so myself. I ordered the strapping from Amazon - 2" heavy-duty nylon strapping in brown. A 10-yard roll of it costs like $14. Yesterday afternoon, Hubs reminded me that it was here and we were going to do something with it. We flipped the chair and surveyed the problem.
I had initially thought we could just go in there with the bolt cutters, snip off the broken springs, and then nail in lengths of strapping. Well... It ended up being more complicated than that. We wound up removing the entire apparatus of the rocking/reclining part of the chair. Once that was off, yeah, it was pretty easy to cut the springs off and put the strapping on. Then we had to put it all back together. Which was not easy. The whole thing took about 3 hours. I hurt. Hubs hurts. But it's done. And I curse the day Ashley, and all those who assembled these chairs, were born.
We discovered an interesting thing when we started taking the chair apart. There are way more holes for bolts than there are actual bolts. And the bottom part of the assembly is held on with only two wood screws. I mean, it made taking the thing apart easier, sure, but all told, the entire assembly only had two wood screws in the bottom and four bolts in the top. One would think there would be more. Hell, they used two bolts just to put on the lever than makes the chair recline, for pitysakes. Sheesh.
We are NOT tackling my recliner any time soon. It's only got one popped spring, so it's still viable as a sitting apparatus. On the upside, we now know how to do it and the length we'll need to cut strips of strapping to (and the # of straps we'll need).
The cats, who were locked in the office the whole time, were not amused.
Well...? Is it more comfortable sitting? Inquiring minds want to know! Yay for you guys being all handy fix-it types!
ReplyDeleteIt's been a week. We've had the HVAC dude out on the heater. Then LG had to finish fixing it. Long story.
I saw my "new" optomatrist yesterday. He's older. Nice. Good staff and they do their glasses right there in the office. He totally got my need and desire for mid-vision glasses to work on the computer. They'll be ready in about 10 days. $190 but I'm hoping SSA will cover at least part of them. They're supposed to cover 1 pair a year and I've only "charged" them for 1 pair in like 8 years. We'll see. Money back is nice but being able to work on the computer comfortably is far more important.
It's hot. It's cold. It's cold. It'll be hot tomorrow. And cold on Sunday. Go home, Mother Nature, you're drunk!
Toby ate my purse. The purse, the wallet, and some of the stuff inside it. LG discovered it at 4 a.m. one morning when Toby brought him some legal papers I keep in my purse in case of a medical emergency. At least the PITA Pup didn't eat them. He also didn't eat my pistol. I guess it's good he didn't shoot himself or anything else. Luckily, I had a standby purse. New wallet ordered, different from the one I had, which isn't available any more. Of course.
I still hate DST.
I still have The Cold From Hell™️
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, the play was fine...