The seat broke off one of our breakfast bar stools. A quick search suggests replacing the seat isn’t much cheaper (if any) than replacing the whole stool.
So, wondering what to do with the base. Have vague recollections that recycling centres don’t much like high pressure gas struts so wondering if anyone knows of cheap “re-seating” options, interesting ways to reuse the seat pedestal/gas strut or how best to dispose of it.
Tim
A photo of how/where the seat broke might help illustrate the problem.
They’re all very similar in construction with different styles of seats attached by 4 screws into the plastic seat base. The screws have ripped out of the seats leaving large holes and the seat covers are coming off so not really worth repairing.
Tim
So it sounds like you could make a new seat out of wood for example (covered and padded if required) and screw the base to its underside?
A chair was slowly sinking on the strut - took about a week to go down too far. Decided to replace it with a fixed spacer* so removed the seat. Looking a what to unscrew or whatever, I kept well away from the strut. Couldn't see anything obvious so tried pulling the end out to its limit - all the gas came out! I don't know if they're designed that way.
*By pure luck I had an old spring from a motorbike that was just the right OD, ID, length and strength for the job. I knew it'd be handy one day - about 30 years!Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.
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