I know what you mean, but you and everybody else sit on things all the time we don't know the history off. Getting all freaked out about cleaning a chair find isn't always warranted. Can't hurt either.
I fix those recliners too, but my brother has become a "master" at fixing them! He picks up everyone he see's, and salvages all the good parts for his parts collection! He also makes what ever else he needs to get them, and keep them going. SR
@@woodsprout then he should make videos and not just talk about himself in comments of other peoples videos 🤷 or at least share usefull information if just talking about yourself
As a Toronto man, I was screaming inside my head for him to stop touching the damn thing and burn it down while he could. Perhaps the east coast is still pristine and not riddled with the horrid things we have in Toronto
That freaking second corner brace is why you are an amazing inspiration to me. I would hope that my future fixes will go to the same extent as to improve an item in addition to just fixing it.
have you considered this to be a video series? fixing broken furniture and where you show their failure mode and reenginner around the failure, I think people will find that interesting to watch
I love bringing live to the broken stuff. it's quite rewarding, especially that sometimes the repairs take very little time + effort, and we quickly gain the full functionality of the "new" item. but 3 minutes to make a wooden tool? I'm sure you must have had a beer or made a cup of tea in that 3 minutes as well.
Lazy-boy with a lazy-design. I love seeing things not only repaired, but fundamentally improved to eliminate a weak link. Quick little clean and that's better than new.
I'd like to see you try to go into chair business and outcompete them with a cheaper and superior product. Everyone always says things are cheaply made these days, but that's how it has to be to be this cheap.
@@UhOhUmm furniture stores charge around 800-2000% markup on their products. They are made in sweatshops overseas for pennies on the dollar out of the cheapest materials possible and then slapped with a major name brand and a bunch of marketing which you seem to have fallen for.
@@SuperAWaC Well, I have one that's about 10 years old and one that's older (14 years, I think?), and aside from some normal wear and tear from almost daily use, they're both in excellent condition. They have a few loose stitches or tears in non-visible places where the fabric touches wood, usually because people (me) push off those places to readjust their position. They need a little lithium grease where metal meets metal once in a while to kill squeaks. But the wood and overall frame is still in _excellent_ condition, as is most of the fabric, to my surprise. Now, I do agree that they're steeply marked up. La-Z-Boy can be hard to haggle down, too, unless that's just my local place. But since they've lasted WAY longer than any other recliner I've had, I probably came out ahead. And believe me, I assumed it was a gamble, but I was tired of replacing junk chairs, so I figured it was worth a shot.
I had a similar chair with a very similar failure, I had more wood to work with on mind so I just replaced the staples with glue and wood screes. Seems to be working.
Watching your mind work reminds me so much of my grandfather, he had such a beautifully mechanical mind. I still have some box end wrenches that he modified to work in tight spaces. Thanks for sharing
When I lived in Belgium, I brought two Laz-e-boys with me and I had the exact same issue!! How much I wish I could have had you nearby! I guarantee you that there are a LOT of people that would love to have your skills or option to buy a fix! (Yes, I am a fat person. 🤣👍👍👍😷
Careful with their fingers around closing the foot part, years ago my daughter got her finger pinched in there. One of those childhood accidents that she came away still intact. :)
I love turning old recliners into outdoor furniture, I remove all the material and replace was soft wood, usually ceader. I will bo to stores and buy outdoor cusions and use them. Sometimes family laughs at my methods, until they sit on the chairs, and it's usually "hey, these are really comfortable", and in my head I'm thinking "no sh@t", lol.
Both of my Lazy Boy recliners came from homes I'm familiar with and were easy fixes thanks to people like you. I'm aiming on furnishing my new to me 100 year old home with made in America everything and wood grain is now in my cool category.
good job....I have had my Lane recliner for about 8 years,tho it is not a rocker...every few years a spring that holds out the foot rest would snap.otherwise it is great...you got a great deal 👍😎👍
The back brace that you were connecting the springs to looked like it was also held together by those "L" brackets...you should probably reinforce them as well.
I have two Lane recliners that I need to do the same repair to. It doesn't take a large person slamming down on the chair to brake it, either. It's a design defect.
Hi Matthias, I'm curious why you didn't add glue to the joints. I assume "it wasn't necessary", but it seems like glue would have only added strength? Anyway, awesome fix!
Kudos! Nice fix and improvement! I had bought a recliner from Morris that failed (snapped) within a month of use- and we're not a 'heavy' family. I could have fixed it in the same manner as you did and made it even better than it was, but it wasn't even a second hand purchase let alone a trash pick and I refused to do that to a brand new chair that turned out to have workmanship not even worthy of the dollar store. (The gall some furniture manufactures/retailers have to pass off absolute crap as quality is beneath my understanding!) I returned the chair and after a long battle with the retailer and mediation from the BBB I got all of my money back.
Thank you so much! I believe I have the very same problem with my similar recliner, from what I can see underneath. Broken brace under the footrest... They really use cheap particle board making these. (2 hrs later) We made new brackets and longer screws for the cross-brace like the one you renovated...original screws and wood is too flimsy... used a ratchet strap to pull the board forward...now it works fine. Great.
I got one of these and I swear I can see the generations of cosy cutting where they took a design that used to be good and moved a fastener here, changed from plywood to osb there, and bam. Went from good for a lifetime to good for 10 years.
That looks just like my beloved chair that developed a problem. I can't get the footrest to go up as high as it used to. I know it needs some type of adjustment but I'm stumped.
Is it possible to include your measurements in inches? I have to repair the same chair and would like to have thiss solution made. Thank you for sharing.
I've done this kind of thing many times. Afterwards find people that need them and give them away. So I can have room to find and fix some other junk finds...
I’m surprised you did not use glue. You made nice brackets out of wood. I’m a person that has repaired recliners for years. If you take them loose and glue them, they will out last the chair. A little grease on the rivets will ease the stress and double the life of the chair. Good luck.
I found a nice recliner at a thrift shop. they only wanted $10 because the recliner part didn't work. I flipped it in the store and saw rope all wound around the mechanism so I bought it. Turned out there was like 30 feet of rope wound around everything in there. When I unwound it the chair worked flawlessly...plus I had about 30 feet of nice 1/4" nylon rope....for $10.
Pretty much where they usually fail. Whenever buying a new recliner, always look for one that has a full 4-sided frame and isn't just stapled together. La-Z-Boy still makes them this way, for example, but they're not cheap. But take it from a big guy: they last!
I am currently working on repairing the wood frame on a 1995 Franklin recliner I saw on the side of the road. It was just like the large recliner I had slept in for 6 years, but due to moving company's policies they wouldn't help me load it in the car, so I had to leave it at the storage place. I haven't had a decent night's sleep in over a year. I am so grateful for videos like this. And yes, I do have a Shark steam cleaner.. I do like to be able to reuse and repurpose things, and not be so wasteful. And with the economy the way it is right now, it's a damn good idea. Soon I and my two furry children will be sleeping in comfort in this huge recliner.. 😁😸😸
I just found a 2300 watt generator in someones trash by the road . It is like brand new but wouldnt start. I blew the gas line out and put gas in it. It started right up and worlks great!!! I have since been wondering if it was really at the road for the garbage truck? lol I am positive it was!!!
I'd make a minor effort to at least make sure it doesn't have bedbugs. I have a free recliner I'm using but I made a point of knocking on the door and talking to the people. I also sneaked a peek inside the house at the same time to help judge their cleanliness. :)
Agreed. At least steam it and spray it with 90% isopropyl alcohol. Then if you want to go a little further you can spray it with some pyrethrin and/or dust the chair with some DE powder or better yet CimeXa dust.
If you really want to be sure you can put the piece of furniture in a large bag with one of the Hot Shot No-Pest Strips. They will kill everything. You leave it for a few days.
I have two identical La-Z-Boy leather recliners which were $1,200 each, about 15 yrs old. One frame structure broke. Took apart and replaced components with 3/4" plywood, glued and screwed. Factory staples and lousy craftsmanship suck.
Holy cow. Matthias Wandel and ElectroBOOM both published a video about chair repairs within 2 hours and they are both exactly the same length... Coincidence? I THINK NOT!
A well thought out repair--better than new. [I am a bit surprised--Lane is a relatively well-known maker of (I thought) better-than-average furniture...to fasten an angle bracket with staples is not an approved method, I'm sure]
Lane USED be a quality furniture brand, started using the foreign plywood that had massive amounts of voids in it and the recliners fall apart like crazy.
Now just steam clean it really, really well...
*cough* bedbugs *cough*
I suggest 5 Liters of Gasoline and a match.
No! Steam clean 3 times! 🤣🤣🤣
I know what you mean, but you and everybody else sit on things all the time we don't know the history off. Getting all freaked out about cleaning a chair find isn't always warranted. Can't hurt either.
I fix those recliners too, but my brother has become a "master" at fixing them! He picks up everyone he see's, and salvages all the good parts for his parts collection! He also makes what ever else he needs to get them, and keep them going. SR
Thanks for the info! Will sleep much better now
@@cattleNhay Don't be an ass. Rob's just showing the same enthusiasm for fixing, that Mattias does.
@@woodsprout then he should make videos and not just talk about himself in comments of other peoples videos 🤷 or at least share usefull information if just talking about yourself
@@cattleNhay hahahahahahaha savage
@@cattleNhay idk it seems like all of your comments are pretty useless to me tbh
Up next on Matthias random stuff: How to fumigate your home for bedbugs!
I just started an indoor bug control company called "Bedbugs and beyond"
Bwahahaha good stuff!
Let's hope not.
Yep... First thought! Bring home used furniture and bring home the bedbugs.
As a Toronto man, I was screaming inside my head for him to stop touching the damn thing and burn it down while he could. Perhaps the east coast is still pristine and not riddled with the horrid things we have in Toronto
The craftsmanship in those brackets is 10 times better than the chair as a whole...
And made by an actual craftsman. Lol won't be surprised if the original couch was made in a factory in china and assembled by minimum wage workers
That freaking second corner brace is why you are an amazing inspiration to me. I would hope that my future fixes will go to the same extent as to improve an item in addition to just fixing it.
It's not that hard if you have a band saw.
I was just thinking I need a bandsaw and drill press
Your enthusiasm has received a boost from the curb.
After curb boosting; matthias uses his special ability, cheap repairs.
have you considered this to be a video series? fixing broken furniture and where you show their failure mode and reenginner around the failure, I think people will find that interesting to watch
It is so satisfying fixing something. I fix something like that chair and probably go back into my shop to look at it again 5 times.
"weak joinery" seems awfully charitable. Always love when you show us how things should have been in the first place!
My other half would murder me if I brought a sofa back I found on the street. 😅
But would you try to fix it like Matthias is the real question? 🤔
The same i thought :-)
As long as the smell of the decayed body has gone, all good.
Next episode: Matthias teaches you how to deep clean the fabric combining a water bottle and a shopvac!
I think you mean air compressor, ballast, brass 25° fan-nozzle and improvised quick-release valve.
@@LynxSnowCat I'd suggest gasoline and fire
@@fuzzy1dk Fire is the ultimate cleaner. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Seems with brackets like those, quality has definitely gone out the window Matthias. Great fix mate
Lazyboy way over priced imo
My only complaint is there wasn’t a long awkward stare into the camera at the end
That’s not a stare that’s a freeze frame like the end of Police Squad! (In Color)
Search for the really old ones, where he says hi at the beginning
Hahaha well said
"[The kids] were keen on having it." 🤔🤫😲
Rule 1: Always blame the Kids!
Better than "picking it for a friend" :D
The viewers were keen on watching a repair
Why am I so excited to watch Matthias fix broken things?
Because you are as sick as I am of living in a world of disposable everything
I love bringing live to the broken stuff. it's quite rewarding, especially that sometimes the repairs take very little time + effort, and we quickly gain the full functionality of the "new" item.
but 3 minutes to make a wooden tool? I'm sure you must have had a beer or made a cup of tea in that 3 minutes as well.
making the tool took seconds, experimenting, figuring out what I wanted, and finding a piece of wood just right took the time.
@@matthiasrandomstuff2221 I know man. we all know you're a genius.
just trying to crack a joke out of your 3 minutes intermission.
Now just make it shoot plastic caps and it will be perfect!
Great job, much better for the environment than going to landfill, and must have been satisfying to repair too.
Lazy-boy with a lazy-design. I love seeing things not only repaired, but fundamentally improved to eliminate a weak link. Quick little clean and that's better than new.
The firewood is higher quality wood than is used to make those chairs these days. They really aren't worth what they charge for them anymore.
It depends. You can get good ones still, but they're not cheap. La-Z-Boy is still solid, if not quite as robust as they were 30+ years ago.
I'd like to see you try to go into chair business and outcompete them with a cheaper and superior product. Everyone always says things are cheaply made these days, but that's how it has to be to be this cheap.
@@bloodgain la-z-boy is one of the brands i am specifically talking about
@@UhOhUmm furniture stores charge around 800-2000% markup on their products. They are made in sweatshops overseas for pennies on the dollar out of the cheapest materials possible and then slapped with a major name brand and a bunch of marketing which you seem to have fallen for.
@@SuperAWaC Well, I have one that's about 10 years old and one that's older (14 years, I think?), and aside from some normal wear and tear from almost daily use, they're both in excellent condition. They have a few loose stitches or tears in non-visible places where the fabric touches wood, usually because people (me) push off those places to readjust their position. They need a little lithium grease where metal meets metal once in a while to kill squeaks. But the wood and overall frame is still in _excellent_ condition, as is most of the fabric, to my surprise.
Now, I do agree that they're steeply marked up. La-Z-Boy can be hard to haggle down, too, unless that's just my local place. But since they've lasted WAY longer than any other recliner I've had, I probably came out ahead. And believe me, I assumed it was a gamble, but I was tired of replacing junk chairs, so I figured it was worth a shot.
Matthias, sometimes you just add the the bit of "missing fun" to my day. 👋🏻
See if you can can convince yourself to create your own version of such a chair. Then share 🙏🏻...
I love it. What about doing some scrap yard scavenging like the post apocalyptic inventor. That would be cool.
Damn both Electroboom and Mathias uploads a chair fixing video on the same day
I had a similar chair with a very similar failure, I had more wood to work with on mind so I just replaced the staples with glue and wood screes. Seems to be working.
Watching your mind work reminds me so much of my grandfather, he had such a beautifully mechanical mind. I still have some box end wrenches that he modified to work in tight spaces. Thanks for sharing
When I lived in Belgium, I brought two Laz-e-boys with me and I had the exact same issue!! How much I wish I could have had you nearby! I guarantee you that there are a LOT of people that would love to have your skills or option to buy a fix! (Yes, I am a fat person. 🤣👍👍👍😷
Always inspect for bed bugs first. Nice repair work.
Careful with their fingers around closing the foot part, years ago my daughter got her finger pinched in there. One of those childhood accidents that she came away still intact. :)
As a heavy person... I'm not offended, I think you are right LOL. I feel accomplished watching you post these little fixes. great vid.
My Leather Recliner was made in the UK and all the Structural parts are Welded Steel!
The neighbor realizes you fixed the chair. " Hay! Give me my chair back. I was just airing it out!"
The neighbors are the two dislikes, I'm guessing.
thats some tweaker shit xD hahah good one i could see em doin that
Glad I found your channel, now I don’t have to throw out my recliner
Repair….not replace!! Great job.
I love turning old recliners into outdoor furniture, I remove all the material and replace was soft wood, usually ceader. I will bo to stores and buy outdoor cusions and use them. Sometimes family laughs at my methods, until they sit on the chairs, and it's usually "hey, these are really comfortable", and in my head I'm thinking "no sh@t", lol.
Both of my Lazy Boy recliners came from homes I'm familiar with and were easy fixes thanks to people like you. I'm aiming on furnishing my new to me 100 year old home with made in America everything and wood grain is now in my cool category.
Sustainability at its best!
good job....I have had my Lane recliner for about 8 years,tho it is not a rocker...every few years a spring that holds out the foot rest would snap.otherwise it is great...you got a great deal 👍😎👍
The back brace that you were connecting the springs to looked like it was also held together by those "L" brackets...you should probably reinforce them as well.
Me: I have no idea how he's gonna fix that recliner
Matthias: It's easy, boy.
I have two Lane recliners that I need to do the same repair to. It doesn't take a large person slamming down on the chair to brake it, either. It's a design defect.
What where the measurements of the two pieces of wood,you used to make the new bracket?
Hi Matthias, I'm curious why you didn't add glue to the joints. I assume "it wasn't necessary", but it seems like glue would have only added strength? Anyway, awesome fix!
And if it had to be taken apart again?
@@breakinn403 That would certainly be a valid reason.
Pretty nice work, Matthias! 😃
Now it has a new life ahead!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Kudos! Nice fix and improvement!
I had bought a recliner from Morris that failed (snapped) within a month of use- and we're not a 'heavy' family. I could have fixed it in the same manner as you did and made it even better than it was, but it wasn't even a second hand purchase let alone a trash pick and I refused to do that to a brand new chair that turned out to have workmanship not even worthy of the dollar store. (The gall some furniture manufactures/retailers have to pass off absolute crap as quality is beneath my understanding!) I returned the chair and after a long battle with the retailer and mediation from the BBB I got all of my money back.
I love your problem-solving way of thinking!
Thank you so much! I believe I have the very same problem with my similar recliner, from what I can see underneath. Broken brace under the footrest... They really use cheap particle board making these.
(2 hrs later)
We made new brackets and longer screws for the cross-brace like the one you renovated...original screws and wood is too flimsy... used a ratchet strap to pull the board forward...now it works fine. Great.
I got one of these and I swear I can see the generations of cosy cutting where they took a design that used to be good and moved a fastener here, changed from plywood to osb there, and bam. Went from good for a lifetime to good for 10 years.
Excellent job. Thanks for sharing.
what would be the best way to clean and disinfect that kind of material on the armchair?
That looks just like my beloved chair that developed a problem. I can't get the footrest to go up as high as it used to. I know it needs some type of adjustment but I'm stumped.
Nicely done! Built back better than new, which is always rewarding.
Is it possible to include your measurements in inches? I have to repair the same chair and would like to have thiss solution made. Thank you for sharing.
I have also been repairing my orig. La-Z-Boy recliner, just wondering it's bad quality plywood and cheap constructions although they aren't cheap.
Been watching for years. Still love seeing your slipers appear in every video.
Asap fixer genius!
What a handy young man.
Thank you. I have the same brand of recliner, and I couldn't find out where the L bracket screwed in. And guess what, now I see.
I've done this kind of thing many times. Afterwards find people that need them and give them away. So I can have room to find and fix some other junk finds...
My recliner broke about 2 weeks ago. Wasn't the wood, but an actual bolt holding the back on. Cost me $0.14 to fix.
I’m surprised you did not use glue. You made nice brackets out of wood. I’m a person that has repaired recliners for years. If you take them loose and glue them, they will out last the chair. A little grease on the rivets will ease the stress and double the life of the chair. Good luck.
I half expected another "3 minutes later" at the end, with you sleeping in the chair :)
no gears were harmed during this video
Better than new! Other than having absorbed a few farts over the years, of course! 🤭
"a few...."
It can also be used for other purposes...
@@cord21465 "farts"
@@FreeOnGoal 🚪👈
I think it’s interesting enough for your main channel
When the repairs are the nicest wood on the entire chair
Released 19 second ago and already I’m the 4th ‘like’. We all instinctively know a Matthias video will be interesting and watchable :)
One of the few I have the bell on for!
I found a nice recliner at a thrift shop. they only wanted $10 because the recliner part didn't work. I flipped it in the store and saw rope all wound around the mechanism so I bought it. Turned out there was like 30 feet of rope wound around everything in there. When I unwound it the chair worked flawlessly...plus I had about 30 feet of nice 1/4" nylon rope....for $10.
That's hilarious! I wonder how that happened!
@@buddyclem7328 I bet somebody was moving it and put the rope in there so the foot rest wouldn't pop out. Only thing I can figure lol.
Do you have any plans on bringing back the mouse maze? Not sure if you have mice in your new place but those were some fun vids to watch.
Pretty much where they usually fail. Whenever buying a new recliner, always look for one that has a full 4-sided frame and isn't just stapled together. La-Z-Boy still makes them this way, for example, but they're not cheap. But take it from a big guy: they last!
I am currently working on repairing the wood frame on a 1995 Franklin recliner I saw on the side of the road. It was just like the large recliner I had slept in for 6 years, but due to moving company's policies they wouldn't help me load it in the car, so I had to leave it at the storage place. I haven't had a decent night's sleep in over a year. I am so grateful for videos like this. And yes, I do have a Shark steam cleaner.. I do like to be able to reuse and repurpose things, and not be so wasteful. And with the economy the way it is right now, it's a damn good idea. Soon I and my two furry children will be sleeping in comfort in this huge recliner.. 😁😸😸
I just found a 2300 watt generator in someones trash by the road . It is like brand new but wouldnt start. I blew the gas line out and put gas in it. It started right up and worlks great!!! I have since been wondering if it was really at the road for the garbage truck? lol I am positive it was!!!
Great find!
Hey bring back my generator! My brother was coming to pick it up and it was gone ;o)
How to fix expensive chair with fire wood !
Genius !
Thx
3:33 Sound gives me the Fizz.
sweet new chair
I have a feeling it was the bigger "kid" that wanted it... LOL 🤣 Awesome repair tricks!
I got a similar one for my kids! They just love it! Had to fix it in a similar way! Great job!
“Now how do I do this? With a custom wood tool of course!” Had me laughing.
I was thinking of a meat hook or hay bale hook, but whatever gets a better grip is fine!
Have to do something about that creaking noise. That was the chair, right?
Nice work…
I like to see your process.
Man, I can't believe you just leapt into some grotty old chair like that.
Wait, so those L brackets weren't for a repair attempt from the previous owner? They were part of the original construction?
Rosida is alive
Love how you decided to fix it with firewood. 😃
Fun video.
Excellent work wood doctor
omg this guy knows how to repair! :D
i realy like your furniture repair videos
I wish you'd show how you made the replacement wood frame part for non-woodworkers haha
Beautiful ❤
Good video bro. Crafty 🤙🏻 Need to figure how to do this for my recliner
I'd make a minor effort to at least make sure it doesn't have bedbugs. I have a free recliner I'm using but I made a point of knocking on the door and talking to the people. I also sneaked a peek inside the house at the same time to help judge their cleanliness. :)
I'd lay out some cut up straws overnight too, just to rule out any potential Peehole-Crawler Silverfish infestation.
Bedbugs aren't an indication or symptom of cleanliness. You can pick them up at a hotel, movie theater, or work place. They're evil.
Agreed. At least steam it and spray it with 90% isopropyl alcohol. Then if you want to go a little further you can spray it with some pyrethrin and/or dust the chair with some DE powder or better yet CimeXa dust.
Just put it inside a mattress bag for like two weeks.
If you really want to be sure you can put the piece of furniture in a large bag with one of the Hot Shot No-Pest Strips. They will kill everything. You leave it for a few days.
When comments get more entertaining than the video...
If it free it’s for me! Not sure about road side furniture tho...
No glue ?
I expected some sort of wood glue usage
I have two identical La-Z-Boy leather recliners which were $1,200 each, about 15 yrs old. One frame structure broke. Took apart and replaced components with 3/4" plywood, glued and screwed. Factory staples and lousy craftsmanship suck.
Your kids will be telling their grandkids how we found a recliner on the street and dad fixed it better than new!
Holy cow. Matthias Wandel and ElectroBOOM both published a video about chair repairs within 2 hours and they are both exactly the same length... Coincidence? I THINK NOT!
yard couches always remind me of the Big Bang Theory episode with the animal in the chair
I'm sitting on a rocking chair right now wondering if I'm being supported by a bracket and staple only. :O
Hey, send a picture of the upgrade to Lane, maybe they will do an upgrade.
A well thought out repair--better than new. [I am a bit surprised--Lane is a relatively well-known maker of (I thought) better-than-average furniture...to fasten an angle bracket with staples is not an approved method, I'm sure]
Lane USED be a quality furniture brand, started using the foreign plywood that had massive amounts of voids in it and the recliners fall apart like crazy.