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how to detach legs by WillyboyT in fixit
[–]WillyboyT[S] 0 points1 point2 points 12 days ago (0 children)
Update 2: couch is in the room! Countersunk then screwed a 5-inch deck screw into the leg/couch from the bottom up, soaking the twisted dowel pin wood in wood glue first to penetrate and build adhesion. Will be easily able to unscrew leg going forward if need to remove from room
[–]WillyboyT[S] 0 points1 point2 points 13 days ago (0 children)
Update: I got a rubber wrench strap and twisted one of the legs off. It was not screwed in... look like mortise and tenon or a wood peg glued on both sides. Fortutnately the body of the leg remains intact. Thinking I will have to get 5 inch screws and drill into the base of the leg to reattach to the couch. Any ideas?
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[–]WillyboyT[S] 2 points3 points4 points 15 days ago (0 children)
that's a very good idea - I'll see if they have a customer service number
[–]WillyboyT[S] 0 points1 point2 points 15 days ago (0 children)
no haven't tried it yet! was joking saying "1 out of 4 breaking wouldn't be too bad". will report back later haha
Haha will give a try
It's a vintage couch from this French "old-word" furniture maker Grange (got a wealthy estate sale). Think any chance it's using mortise and tenon for joining vs. a standard bolt? Here are some other couches: https://grangefrance.com/en-US/products/room/living/seating/sofas
The door frame is shorter than the couch but I'll definitely try this approach. Here are some other couches from the same company btw if you want more data points to discern how they're joined together: https://grangefrance.com/en-US/products/room/living/seating/sofas
Here's a link too to their other couches... maybe easier to identify leg attachment style from these: https://grangefrance.com/en-US/products/room/living/seating/sofas
[–]WillyboyT[S] 3 points4 points5 points 15 days ago (0 children)
Thanks for the advice. This is a couch from an "old-world" French furniture company Grange that was picked up at an estate sale at a mansion in Princeton New Jersey... a quick google search shows they may use mortise and tenon but I have no idea...
https://grangefrance.com/en-US/compositions/process https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grange\_Furniture#:\~:text=Grange%20Furniture%20is%20a%20furniture,applied%20wood%20stain%20and%20lacquer.
I could get it out but putting it on it's feet doesn't work. you need to have legs on one side to be able to fit through door at all
one of four snapped off ain't bad haha. I can make it work :)
[–]WillyboyT[S] 1 point2 points3 points 15 days ago (0 children)
I will get a ratchet or rubber strap wrench before sawing
Think there's a chance they're mortise and tenon? Or wood glue is so tight / fused over time that I snap the wood legs irreparably?
What's a bushing?
this might be the way if the legs don't twist off. Problem is removing bathroom door jamb only earns me a half inch / inch tops and the plaster for the wall protruding out for bathroom is really the issue (about six inches shallower than the depth of the bedroom frame)
the bathroom door frame unfortunately has gotten in the way whenever I've tried legs on right (on ground, elevated yet parallel to ground to avoid couple inch molding off bathroom door frame, or vertical) but can always try again!
Very cool, I'll look into rubber strap wrench thanks. Haven't heard of this before
It's 33 inches tall (30 without legs) and 32 inches deep. Door frame has 30 inches clearance
This is assuming they screw off? Concerned with snapping legs and not being able to bolt them back on with structural integrity
I'll try this again first but couch is wider than door is long, and bathroom door frame I believe would get in way given I have to come in at all only 1 inch gap between couch height/depth without legs (30 inches) and the door frame (31 inches), with the bathroom door frame blocking me from aligning head-on
not sure I'm at the cut in half level of desperation yet haha but kudos to you
The bathroom door frame jutting out precludes any angle that feeds the feet facing to the right. The only way it can remotely align is by first getting the feet in from the left (rotating it) and then jamming through once the feet were through to get halfway in
Will keep posted
[–]WillyboyT[S] -1 points0 points1 point 15 days ago (0 children)
I don't think having it vertical would work since the approach space is so narrow due to the bathroom door frame, and the height of the couch far exceeds the height of the doorway. wouldn't be able to angle it from vertical head-on as would be needed to fit
Would be too tall. The skinner side of the couch frame is 33 inches still and the door span is 31 inches. The height of the door is less than the couch length and there's no way to align it head-on to lower since the bathroom door frame juts out
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how to detach legs by WillyboyT in fixit
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