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Furniture Repairs

© Chris Arnold

With the weather turning cold I have been looking for some indoor projects and found that some of my furniture was needing some attention.

As I have spoken to some friends I have found that many of us who try to be handy around the house tend to be a little nervous about doing any work on our furniture. Its really not that scary. It just takes a little time of looking at how it was origianlly put together.

One of the most common problems with older chairs is that the joints start to become loose and squeaky. Sometimes support cross bars will become loose or just fall out all together.

The first step is to look very closely at the offending joint. What you are looking for is to see if there is a mildly hidden joiner piece. Look to see if there is a sunken nail, wooden dowel, or some sort of pin.

If there is, you will need to work them out. Once you can get the joint loose, you can pull it apart. When you pull it apart you can clean the old glue off and then apply some new glue and reset the joint.

The problem comes when you can't get it apart, but it is still wiggley. One idea is to go to a woodworking store and get a syringe for injecting glue. You can drill a small hole into the back of the joint and inject glue directly into the joint.

Another option may be to use a larger dowel or screw depending on how the joint is done. Remember the furniture is suppose to be functional, but good-looking as well and your job is to find the happy medium between the two.

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