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Disassembling a two seat sofa

[Deleted User] · 2021-10-09 09:31:31

We are trying to disassemble a relatively modern two seat sofa for disposal - trying to save an £75 collection charge from our "bin men"The thing is put together with, literally thousands of staples, screws and multiple layers of ticking, foam and other pieces of material - then there's the glue - an extremely strong, not…

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[Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie

10 October 2021 at 11:03AM

Its done - took two of us a good 6 hours to get into transportable sections
The problem was that it was constucted out of multiple layers of different materials - with incredibly strong glue and literally thousands of staples - and the ticking was so think that a stanley knife failed to cut through it !
My wife was trying to get every single staple out to allow the wood to be recycled - but I didn't care and wanted it broken down

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