The Problem:

What to exercise when springs kickoff 'sprunging' from your favorite chair's seat bottom?

unique lion head chair

Keeping the upholstery fabric was paramount to the possessor of this chair – she but wanted to save the springs!

bottom of chair with springs sagging through torn burlap

This chair did not even have true webbing – only a heavy burlap to agree the springs in place. Find the tiny metal clips holding the springs on the burlap.

The Solution:

Stretch the webbing across the lesser of your chair: Begin at center front-to-back, so center side-to-side. Piece of work to each side and toward front end and back, weaving the webbing as y'all go. Follow the numbered order in the infographic beneath.

At that place are several different types of webbing stretchers available. My personal favorite is the gooseneck style. Come across demo video to learn how to stretch webbing here.

How tight to stretch the webbing? Recollect, you lot do not want to stretch the webbing as well tight, or your chair'due south glued joints will somewhen loosen and fail. If you hear cracking, then it'due south likely too tight. Still, information technology should be tight enough to brand a drum-like sound when 'plucked'.

bottom of chair - order of webbing strips

Numbers point order to utilize each slice of webbing to bottom chair rail

On this chair, since the old webbing was withal holding the springs in their original position, it was left attached to the springs, and advisedly detached from the chair track in steps as the new webbing was stretched over it. The springs were and then stitched to the new webbing with push button twine and a curved needle to keep them in the correct position after the set up.

black cloth on bottom of seat chair

A blackness cambric covers the webbing for a finished look

side view of upholstery webbing repair

You can leave the existing upholstery fabric intact with this webbing repair method

Got a bigger problem that warrants violent your chair down to the springs? See this related post: 'How to Tie Upholstery Springs without a Manual'.

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