Ferdinand Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 (edited) Consider a 2 seat sofa with two electric recliners (which weighs a ton). I also have a 3 seater sofa and a one seater chair. All of which weigh a ton and are recliners. They are as uncommfortable as they are heavy, and ginormous. These are going because they were bought for when dad was seriously ill back in 2006. To be replaced with a Guy Rogers converti-sofa and 2 chairs which I still have stashed upstairs. Does anyone know how I get these dismantled and removed - really not a job I want to tackle? Even the label is underneath so I had to behave like a car mechanic with no lift to find out what it is. I think they are these - by Centurion Furniture of Lancaster (who have now closed). Lazyboy Recliners. There is no prospect of sale due to the electric and it is only worth tuppence. I think I will need to hire 2 men for half a day, or similar. All comments welcome. Ferdinand Edited February 20, 2020 by Ferdinand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Freecycle? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Onoff said: Freecycle? That is an excellent thought but TBH I do not want random (as opposed to paid and chosen) strangers in the house when I am processing mum’s estate. I may have to bite the bullet. The IVAR shelves you can see is my prototype green wall which is going where the sofa came from ? . Edited February 20, 2020 by Ferdinand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrerahill Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Ferdinand said: That is an excellent thought but TBH I do not want random (as opposed to paid and chosen) strangers in the house when I am processing mum’s estate. The IVAR shelves you can see is my prototype green wall which is going where the sofa came from ? . When you say dispose do you mean to a new home or just bin them? If the latter I'd simply be employing a Stanley knife to section things down and a saw to cut up the frames - make them small enough they will fit in your car and take the bits to the tip. If you want to give them a new good home then what about drag them outside and cover with a good new tarp and advertise for collection - that way no one in your house? I am always moving things to other places and meeting people on my drive with things so they don't actually get to see in my house or garage! Edited February 20, 2020 by Carrerahill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassanclan Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Council large item disposal service 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temp Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 (edited) If you are buying replacement some companies like DFS will take away your old one for free. Think they also donate £100 to heart foundation. Yes here you go.. https://www.dfs.co.uk/content/bhf edit: Actually it appears you don't have to buy a new one to use this scheme. Edited February 20, 2020 by Temp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recoveringbuilder Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 I recently bought two large three seater sofas and when the delivery firm came I let them come in through the bifold doors which they were really happy about because they told me they sometimes have to take the arms off to get in doorways, apparently if they remove the fabric on the bottom they can access whatever holds the arms on. In our last house we had a flat above the garage which our son lived in, he went out one day and bought a large sofa without thinking of the access, when the delivery guys came there was no way it was getting up that staircase, we had to remove the dormer window and haul it up with two people on ladders! When we sold up we had to saw it up into pieces to get it out! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Don't throw them away. You might find them uncomfortable but layzeeboy is a well regarded and expensive make. Offer them for free on your local freecycle and someone will be happy to come and collect them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Harris Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 If you don't want strangers coming around (which I can fully understand in the circumstances) then how about one of the charities that collect stuff for free? We have a couple locally, who were only too happy to take some of our left-over furniture, and as @ProDave says, they are a well respected make and look to be in fairly good condition. The charity that collected our surplus wardrobes came around in a small furniture van with a couple of chaps and had them out of the house and away in ten minutes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone West Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 When we cleared our bungalow we gave a lot of the furniture to local charities that collected it. There are national charities that will collect furniture. https://emmaus.org.uk/ https://www.bhf.org.uk/shop/donating-goods/f-and-e-collection 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 +1 for local charities, as said they are a good make and it would be good fir a charity to make something from them and green being re cycled ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 14 minutes ago, Jeremy Harris said: If you don't want strangers coming around (which I can fully understand in the circumstances) then how about one of the charities that collect stuff for free? We have a couple locally, who were only too happy to take some of our left-over furniture, I found the local charity shops less "helpful" For a start they won't take anything electrical as they don't have anyone to PAT test it so they can sell it. And we tried to give them a good leather sofa, but they van driver that came to collect it decided it was not perfect so they would not take it. So that one we put on Gumtree and sold it instead. Mind you we had to deliver it into a ground floor flat. The amount of pushing and shoving needed to get it in, I would not want to try and get it out of that flat again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Harris Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 I suspect it depends very much on where you live. There is a charity in Salisbury that help the homeless, and they both look for furniture to use for accommodation they find, and sell it in their shop to raise funds. They were more than happy to collect stuff from us. I found Freecycle very effective at getting rid of stuff, too, but you need to be aware that there are a few entrepreneurs operating within Freecycle that take stuff and then sell it on Gumtree, eBay etc. I gave away a boat (not allowed to sell it as it was home made, so under EU regs couldn't be sold), then got contacted by a chap miles away in Somerset who'd seen an article I'd written in a boating magazine and expected me to provide an after market service. He wasn't a happy bunny when I told him that the boat had been given away free, as it was unlawful to sell it. It might be possible to vet Freecycle people, perhaps. Maybe arrange to meet them on neutral territory and sound them out, first. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 (edited) I very much appreciate all the comments. I can’t go the charity shop route easily, as they are all electric recliners than are nearly 15 years old, and therefore excluded afaik. And unfortunately they will only come out in pieces as they are about 50% bigger than a standard door in any dimension, and I am built right up to both boundaries. Ditto the Council Service will only take things from outside the house. At the moment it is Big Spring Clean where they take 3 large items for free, but for that we have to get them outside and put them back together. However phoning round I have found an acquaintance who works in a local furniture factory making high end sofas, who has agreed to do the dismantling and take it to the disposal point or perhaps put it back together outside. We just need to decide. So problem probably solved ... he is coming round tomorrow for a look. Cheers all. F Edited February 20, 2020 by Ferdinand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone West Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 We have given electrical items to Age Concern without any problems, they said they would take anything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Our local charity takes electrical stuff, I believe a local electrician volunteers To pat test stuff donated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpmiller Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 the backs come off easily- bottom should be a velcro'd flap and in behind there'll be a bolt or clip each side that retains the back in a tapered dovetail. undo, pull up. done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gow Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 ☘️ On 20/02/2020 at 18:20, ProDave said: Don't throw them away. Take a leaf out of the RHS latest project - house plants and make your chairs spring into life? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) It turns out that the father in law of the chap who is dismantling it fancies leather electric recliners. So good home found. Thanks all. Edited February 22, 2020 by Ferdinand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 (edited) First 2 seater gone, so now I can get my prototype Green Wall going. They turned up at this AM having taken Tetris to the top, saying can we have the first one early to sit on. Goo-do The rest goes tomorrow. Edited February 22, 2020 by Ferdinand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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