How to assemble a corner sofa?

Assembling furniture is a process that can be entrusted to specialists, or you can do it yourself. You can independently assemble designs of any type. This applies not only to cabinets, tables and nightstands, but also to upholstered furniture, namely sofas. In this article, we will examine in detail how to assemble an angular model of upholstered furniture with your own hands.

Many people prefer to assemble upholstered furniture on their own, bypassing the call of specialists, whose services have to spend extra money. If you plan to carry out such work, you need to stock up not only with patience, but also with suitable tools. It will be possible to correctly assemble the corner sofa using the following devices:

• a hacksaw with a tulsus or a good electric jigsaw - these tools will be needed for the manufacture of components of furniture designs of appropriate sizes;
• a screwdriver and a drill - with their help it will be possible to securely fix all structural elements in place;
• special construction stapler - a tool that will be needed to install the upholstery material of the corner sofa;
• scissors or a stationery knife - with the help of such parts it will be convenient to cut the foam if you are going to completely make furniture with your own hands, and are not passionate about assembling a factory product;
• screws, nails and self-tapping screws - with the listed components it will be possible to assemble a strong frame of the corner sofa;
• joinery and PVA glue;
• sewing machine;
• tape measure;
• sandpaper sheet for grinding individual pieces of furniture.

All of the above tools and adhesives will be needed by the home foreman in the assembly of a factory and home-made corner sofa. If you are manufacturing and assembling your own furniture, you will also need some materials, for example, fiberboard and chipboard sheets with dimensions corresponding to the future furniture design, filling the sofa and material for its subsequent lining.

Having prepared all the necessary tools and materials, you can proceed directly to the assembly of corner upholstered furniture. The main thing, carefully study all the schemes and instructions, which in most cases come with any furniture design. Do not neglect this stage, so that later you do not have to do “work on mistakes”.

Consider how to gradually assemble the sofa corner design on the example of a factory product.

• First you need to unpack all the components of the corner sofa. It is advisable to let them lie down a bit so that they “crack down” in the new conditions.
• First of all, you will need to attach the supporting parts to the armrests using self-tapping screws. It is necessary to fix the supports on the withdrawable part of the upholstered furniture.
• To the section that will be put forward, it is necessary to screw special support rollers.
• Components need to be fixed so that they fall on both the corner and the main part of the structure.
• Then, using the conformat, the corner part is connected to the side wall of upholstered furniture.
• The assembled structure will need to be well fixed with the corner compartment.
• The next step is to carefully connect the back and the main section of the sofa structure, again using self-tapping screws. It is advisable to use parts with parameters 3.2x32.
• Now with the help of the side bolts it is necessary to fix the armrests, as well as the drawer of the first section. The main component will need to be fastened to the corner using a conformat.
• After this follows the final stage, during which you will need to attach the sides of the sofa to the wall located in the rear.

We must take into account the fact that on the assembly process of furniture itself is influenced by the mechanism provided for in its design. If there is too complex a system with a large number of small and moving parts, it is better to entrust the work to professionals. So you protect yourself from serious mistakes that can spoil brand new upholstered furniture.

Each person can independently assemble upholstered furniture, whether it be a mini-sofa or a large structure with a built-in transforming mechanism. When carrying out such work, it is very important to strictly follow the instructionswithout neglecting any of the stages of work. In addition, the work will be faster and easier if you arm yourself with some useful tips and tricks from experienced craftsmen. Get acquainted with them.

If you planned to assemble not a factory but a home-made corner sofa, then it is important to build on your own experience and skills. If you have never done such work before, it is better to develop a product with the simplest design possible.So you definitely do not waste time and do not spoil the purchased materials.

For the first independent production of such upholstered furniture, it is not recommended to buy expensive materials. Most likely, for the first time you will make certain mistakes and just throw money away.

During the assembly of the corner sofa, the master may collide with sticking pieces of upholstery. Do not be scared - Such defects can be easily and quickly hidden using a special construction stapler or scotch tape.

It is recommended to prepare all the tools necessary for assembling upholstered furniture in advance. If all the devices are at hand, the master will not have to waste time in vain, rushing around in search of the desired item.

Even if you consider yourself a good master and confident in your abilities, you can not neglect the study of the accompanying documentation, which comes in a set with factory upholstered furniture. Many design features and assembly of sofas are indicated in these documents. Not knowing all the nuances, assembling the product can be difficult, long and not always productive.

When assembling the corner sofa, there is no need to rush and tighten the fixing bolts all the way. Many shortcomings and errors can be fixed easily and quickly if the bolts are not tightened too much.

Assemble upholstered furniture of an angular design carefully, do not rush. Treat all parts of the product with care. If you rush to assemble such structures, you can accidentally damage one of the important parts or harm the mechanism, if any.

If the furniture structure is complemented by a transforming mechanism (folding, roll-out or any other), then it must be installed especially carefully and carefully. If you make a mistake in this matter, the system will not function as it should. Because of this, the master will have to disassemble the sofa again, to seek out and correct the committed defects.

If you are doing the design of the corner sofa with your own hands, it is important to consider what material it is made of. Parts made of natural wood of any breed must be treated with antiseptic compounds before assembly. Thanks to them, the natural material will not rot, dry out or deteriorate due to attacks of wood parasites.

Having assembled the design with the mechanism, it is necessary to immediately check the serviceability of its work. When testing an existing system, do not make sudden movements and jerks. If the design works with a creak, crunch or jam, it is better to stop and look for the cause of such problems, and then be sure to eliminate them.

An example of assembling a corner sofa, see below.