Hello everybody 'Lurgs' here welcome to my channel and today is how to install legs on a DFS sofa
I'll take you through all the steps to easily install the four legs and also the two supporting
struts underneath and then at the end we'll have a lovely cup of tea. This is what the sofa ends up
looking like this is a three-four seater sofa and we've also got a single seater sofa here
now on this three seater sofa it's got some support struts underneath and I'll show you
how to install those as well, if you're only doing it on this single seat this one doesn't have any
support struts it's literally just got the four legs one in each corner, right I think we best
get cracking. This is the DFS sofa that's just arrived all nicely packaged whatever you do do not
use a knife to cut open this packaging because if you accidentally cut the sofa you're going to go
crazy I've now uninstalled all the packaging in the cardboard this is the parts that we get with
it which will open up shortly I've removed all the cushions what you need to do is lay the sofa on
its back so you've got access to the underneath to install the legs just gently lean it over and as
we're on the subject to sofas there's a link above now about how to dismantle a DFS sofa bed really
handy if you're moving that or you're taking it to the recycling tip now it comes with four
plastic feet which are just transportation feet make sure that you pop these out
they literally just pop out just pull that towards you
and as I mentioned there's four of these so pop all of those out
Great stuff and this is the packaging which comes with the sofa we've got four gripper washers four
screws the four legs with the bolts and the two support struts and the gripper washers as well now
these support struts underneath are adjustable so if you've got a floor that's not very level
you can adjust those at the end and I'll take you through all those steps now in the useless
instructions it says there's only one support strut for this sofa but there's actually two
and believe it or not there's no holes in the fabric so we don't know where the holes are
so I'm just going to unzip the fabric here and see if I can find out where the holes are in the
timber supports just hoping that they have put them in and they have there's one of them there
with the bolt thread inside so that's good just means that we've got to cut a hole into
the fabric before we install those supporting struts the easiest thing to do is find it with
your finger and then just twist it around so you've got an indentation now I'm just
going to make a small hole just with a screw or a nail whilst I'm doing that there's a link
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top tip now this is a three four seater sofa and there's two support struts for this so we need to
find the two holes let's get this one in first make sure you put the plastic gripper washer on
and put it with the indentations facing upwards so it's got a bit of grip on it
push that into the hole that you've made and then turn it clockwise
just keep screwing it so it's nice and tight get it as tight as you can with your hand
and then that leg at the bottom unscrews to come down to the floor to give it extra support
but it's definitely best doing that at the end once the four legs are on each corner
we can adjust that just to give it the extra bit of support when it's laying down flat right let's
find the other hole as DFS haven't put the hole in for us again take your finger I can feel it here
just going to spin it round so we've got a nice indentation push the screw in to make the hole
again put your washer on with the grip of things facing upwards
push that in
screw it in clockwise nice and tight as tight as you can get it whilst I'm doing that there's
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Great stuff
Now we're ready to put the legs on one in each corner
I'll show you two on one end first and then it'll be identical procedure for
the other end so we've got the two support struts in here let's take one of the legs
take one of the plastic washers with the grippers on the upside
now make sure when you put these legs in you don't put them into the hole where the
plastic feet came out of that is not the right hole this is the right hole here just make sure
you do that because if you make a mistake and put it in the other one it will just
go round and round forever then you'll be pulling your hair out going ah it doesn't
it's not gripping onto the thread so make sure you get it in the right hole, ooh er missus.
So just keep turning it clockwise and it should just naturally tighten up nice and
tight into the correct position where it won't turn any further
So this front leg will be facing outwards and the leg that we put
on at the back will be facing backwards so that's as tight as i can get it into there
Then take one of your screws which has been supplied in your screwdriver
There's no pilot holes for this you're literally just screwing it straight into timber
so you've got to get a fairly good grip on this
Push it in as you're turning it clockwise so it starts gripping into the wood
And then just screw it in as tight as you can get it
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Gonna need a bit of extra power on this I'm just gonna grip the sofa
Fantastic that is nice and tight that is not going anywhere even if three of the world's strongest
men come and sit on it that leg is not going anywhere now we're going to put on the bottom leg
again the washer facing up with the indentation so it's got a bit of grip
make sure again that you put it in the right hole not the hole that the plastic foot came out of
now to turn this you're going to need to raise the sofa slightly to just wedge something underneath
and as with the other one we've just installed
Just get it onto that thread and then just keep turning it clockwise
until it's as tight as you can get it with the
leg facing backwards
that's as tight as it will go
then take your screw supplied
and your screwdriver and turn this clockwise again as with the other one you're just screwing it
directly into the wood there's no pilot hole supplied so it's fairly tricky need a good
bit of power on this if you've got an electric screwdriver that'll be great but I'm old school
There we go so that is the front and the rear leg fixed and not going anywhere
now make sure you do exactly the same on the other side I'm not going to show you that
because it's exactly the same procedure I have now installed the legs on the other end as well
but before I lay it down I'm just going to put some felt under pads on all six of those legs
because we're putting it on a tiled floor and it just stops it scratching obviously
you don't need those if you're putting it onto a carpet oh and there's Daisy coming to help
she just wants to play all day long what a great life!
You don't need this if you're putting it onto a carpet but we've got a tiled floor here
so it just stops it being scratched I'm just going to put one of those
on each of the legs and on the support struts in the middle
right we're ready to lay it down so get someone to help you so we can flip it over
it's actually not too heavy without the cushions on
There you go Daisy's wondering what is going on again so the four legs are nice and level and
we just need to now adjust the support struts now you can if you want get a few people to sit on the
sofa while you're doing this but it shouldn't make too much difference because it's a solid structure
so all we need to do is just turn this
you're turning it anti-clockwise as you're facing upwards and that brings the support strut down
it doesn't need to be super tight as long as it's touching the floor
that just gives the sofa a bit of extra support in the middle whilst I'm doing
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Great stuff
All nice and solid
Let's put the cushions on and Daisy is desperate to jump up on the sofa and she is not going to be
allowed but please I want to jump up on the sofa it looks so cosy no no no no oh that's comfy no
no I think it's time for that cup of tea now!
Whilst I'm having a cup of tea there's a link on the top left about how to dismantle a DFS
sofa bed and on the top right hand corner there's a link about how to keep your curtains super
smooth on the curtain tracks that is a really top tip and you can of course subscribe to my channel
by pressing the button in the bottom right hand corner cheers. 'Lurgs'.