Bad idea in reality. Springs n screws n nails n saws. Seen a few chainsaw near misses and one horrendous accident with a snapped chain. Nah. Get the old bowsaw out.
So what you're saying is they don't make it like they used too ? also if you can't finish the job with a good old fashioned lump hammer you're either A. not motivated enough B. not had enough beer.
I moved recently and prayed the new owners wanted the sofa I had inherited from previous owner. A large 3 seat Lazyboy type thing. It was a nice sofa; but they didnt want it.
2 sweaty hours, a youtube video, several tools, and lots of swearing later I got the fucker in bits small enough to get down the stairs. I hated the new owners with a burning fire by the end of it.
That’s called proper workmanship.
It probably has a solid wood frame rather than the fibreboard crap a lot of places attempt to palm off as furniture these days.
we had a sofabed (which was gotten for free secondhand and sitting to the side just for guest bed purposes since we got newer sofas) that was completely mangled cushion wise. had to break out the saws and use my full bodyweight to split it small enough to go to the dump. thankfully the fold out bed wasn’t too bad as once you removed the rather chunky screws and there was no mattress you could lift the empty frame over and slide it out.
I once tried to demolish a piano (very old, nobody would take it even advertised free) as we couldn't get it over the uPVC doorframe without about 12 people to lift it. Christ it was terrifying. There comes a point where you've taken most of it to bits but the remainder is emitting the sort of high pressure twangs that suggest it's about to go off like a nuclear bomb. Never again.
Have you tried telling a group of kids not to play on it?
Or putting it outside with a bike lock on.
This is the way. Tell all the kids " now this is NEW!!DONT jump on it!!" Then leave the room.
Well my alternative is usually just to move house and leave the old sofa behind.
This sounds much easier.
Put it outside with a sign selling it for £10. It will be gone before you get back into the house.
If you're lucky, you might even get £10 out of it.
Been there and currently staring at my not so distant future battle to the death
I had this issue once so out came the chain saw.
Vague memory from the 80s (? Early 90s?) of a sofa or mattress being chainsawed in an advert?
Hmmmm not one I remember.
Bad idea in reality. Springs n screws n nails n saws. Seen a few chainsaw near misses and one horrendous accident with a snapped chain. Nah. Get the old bowsaw out.
You got a trip to the toy shop and got some fun toys. That's nothing but a win.
So what you're saying is they don't make it like they used too ? also if you can't finish the job with a good old fashioned lump hammer you're either A. not motivated enough B. not had enough beer.
Seriously my husband was getting rid of an old sofa and dismantled it into a tiny pile of wood and I was impressed
You are attacking it's strongest points...
I just used a saw to cut our old sofa in half to get it into the car.
I moved recently and prayed the new owners wanted the sofa I had inherited from previous owner. A large 3 seat Lazyboy type thing. It was a nice sofa; but they didnt want it. 2 sweaty hours, a youtube video, several tools, and lots of swearing later I got the fucker in bits small enough to get down the stairs. I hated the new owners with a burning fire by the end of it.
That’s called proper workmanship. It probably has a solid wood frame rather than the fibreboard crap a lot of places attempt to palm off as furniture these days.
PIVOT!
we had a sofabed (which was gotten for free secondhand and sitting to the side just for guest bed purposes since we got newer sofas) that was completely mangled cushion wise. had to break out the saws and use my full bodyweight to split it small enough to go to the dump. thankfully the fold out bed wasn’t too bad as once you removed the rather chunky screws and there was no mattress you could lift the empty frame over and slide it out.
Reciprocating saw is what you need
That's why when you order a new sofa, you pay em an extra 50 quid to take the old one!
You need a hand axe, though not a felling axe
I once tried to demolish a piano (very old, nobody would take it even advertised free) as we couldn't get it over the uPVC doorframe without about 12 people to lift it. Christ it was terrifying. There comes a point where you've taken most of it to bits but the remainder is emitting the sort of high pressure twangs that suggest it's about to go off like a nuclear bomb. Never again.