The sofa does not fold out, what should I do?

A sofa book is a time-tested piece of furniture that fits perfectly into a relaxation area and does an excellent job as an additional sleeping place. It occupies a relatively small area and is equipped with a drawer in which you can store not only bedding items. But sometimes the furniture starts to act up.

The sofa book does not fold out

Usually this problem does not occur suddenly. Often it is preceded by completely harmless phenomena: it becomes a little more difficult to unfold, you have to make a little more effort when changing position, the seat somehow suspiciously presses against the armrest.

If you pay attention to minor defects in a timely manner, you can avoid serious damage. After all, it is usually enough to tighten a couple of screws or rivets in order to extend the service life of the entire mechanism.

Possible reasons

By indirect signs you can understand what prevents the sofa from taking the required position. If the problems are related to wear of the locking mechanism, then this is indicated by:

• lateral play of the seat;
• skewed towards one of the armrests;
• absence of a characteristic click;
• the clanging sound that occurs when transforming.

It happens that the book does not fold out due to a broken frame beam. In the folded position, this is indicated by the sagging edge of the seat.When unfolded, there is an uncharacteristic bump at the location where the position locking device is attached.

Remedies

The true scale of the problem can only be assessed by looking at the condition of the mechanism. To do this you need to remove the armrest. It is usually attached to the box with bolts, which are quite easy to unscrew. Having completed the task, they begin to inspect the problem area.

Often the culprit is loose fastenings to the frame beam. If these are bolts, then you can simply tighten them by first inserting additional washers. When the fixation mechanism is attached to the beam using screws, then:

• they are replaced with analogues of a larger cross-section;
• the timber is drilled further and bolts are used;
• reduce the diameter of the holes using wooden choppers.

In a situation where the problem was identified untimely and the wood burst, there are several ways to solve the problem.

1. If the crack is longitudinal, then you can tighten the beam using metal clamps.
2. Transverse indicates the need to strengthen the frame with a plank. It is filled from the side opposite to the mechanism.
3. A completely burst timber is first glued. To do this, PVA is applied to the surface of the fracture, the fragments are connected and clamped with clamps. A day after this, the frame is strengthened using one of the above methods and the sofa is assembled.

Much less often, the cause of a breakdown is loosening of the rivets on the mechanism for fixing the book positions itself. After inspecting the removed device, even to an inexperienced person, the degree of its wear becomes obvious. Depending on the situation, rivets:

• compact;
• exchange for new ones;
• if the design allows, replace them with suitable size bolts with a disc head.

Sometimes the book does not unfold due to a foreign object getting into the mechanism. Most often this happens in systems equipped with springs. This problem can be solved easily - just remove the blockage, and the sofa will work properly.

Manufacturing defects often cause excessive efforts to be made when transforming furniture. As a result, the rods may bend. They are leveled using a regular hammer.

After the repair, you should make sure that the sofa can be easily converted. If defects in the operation of the mechanism are discovered, it makes sense to purchase a pair of new ones, since this indicates severe wear and the imminence of another breakdown.