How to Assemble Log Furniture
|
Article by: C. J. Haus Many customers or potential customers are fearful of how much work it will be to assemble their log furniture , Planning Lightning once it is purchased. Hopefully this article will help to clear up some of the questions that naturally arise. While assembly instructions vary between log furniture , Air Ventilation For Protecting Against Leaky Basements manufacturers, there are many similarities as well. Following is an overview that should give you a better idea what is involved: Dressers, Chests, Night Stands and Armoires Most rustic , Make Your House A Home cased goods, such as dressers, chests, night stands and armoires require very little assembly at all. As a general rule we take off doors , Home Theaters Give You an Escape From Reality and drawer handles to avoid damage during shipping, as they tend to protrude and be at risk. There are holes in the drawer fronts or doors, , What a Tempermental Floor! and screws , How To Grout Your Tile And Stone are included, so for these items it is simply a matter of placing the wood furniture , Decorate Your Concrete: Ideas for the Do-It-Yourselfer handle over the holes, inserting the screws , How A Filterless Air Purifier Works through the door , A Study of Furniture Elements For Smaller Bedrooms or drawer into the hole, and tightening things up. Amish Low Post Log Beds Most of the Amish manufacturers , How to Plan for a Kitchen Remodeling or Renovation Project like to assemble the headboards on the log beds , Best Way To Tackle Cleaning themselves. Sometimes we ask them to leave the four corner legs off for ease in shipping, as the beds , Best Way To Tackle Cleaning can be somewhat massive and making them smaller helps save , Home Office Edition on shipping cost. All of the Amish furniture , Choosing Your Builder: Cheapest Quote Wins? makers I know use Gorilla Glue, which is an incredibly strong glue. Once they glue the headboard, you might as well forget trying to take it apart. I know people who have tried to take them apart, and broken a piece of the bed , A Checklist for Bathroom Remodeling Plans instead. So as a general rule, Amish headboards and footboards come completely assembled. At the very minimum, the ladder portion that goes across between the two posts is already assembled and glued. If the posts are not attached, you have to plug the two horizontal ladder portions of the bed , Home Theaters Give You an Escape From Reality (headboard and footboard) into the four corner posts. Amish beds , Ten Tips to Ensure That You Choose the Right Carpet For Your Home or Office are generally 100% wood. , Where to Buy Kitchen Counter Bar Stools That means the mattress and box springs , Ceiling Fan Energy Efficiency are supported by a wood , Wallpaper Doesn't Just Cover...It Defines The Room frame. As a general rule, two logs run down the side of each bed, , Getting Started with Home improvement Ideas - Part 2 at the base of the box springs. , Home Theaters Give You an Escape From Reality These logs are plugged into the headboard and footboard at each end. The bottom of these two logs has holes drilled for three "cross logs" which go across and support the bed. , Energy Conservation - Simple Tips that Will Reduce Your Energy Bill The middle cross log, on most Amish beds, , Home Theaters Give You an Escape From Reality has a little log piece which goes down to the floor , Bathroom Remodeling Ideas to offer a higher degree of support. So there you have it. If you've never seen an Amish bed , Home Heating - for the Winter frame before, you might have to look at those logs for a minute to figure it out. But once you understand, it's really pretty straightforward. You will want a screwdriver, as you will want to drive some 2 ½ inch wood screws , How A Filterless Air Purifier Works near where the log ends, or "chucks" as they are called, plug into their appointed holes. This secures the entire frame, and, together with the heavy dollop of Guerilla glue already administered by the Amish, makes it even stronger. A rubber mallet also comes in pretty handy at times, to tap an ornery piece of wood , How To Grout Your Tile And Stone into place. , Crown Molding Adds a Classy Touch...Cheap! But you can use a regular hammer, if you protect the wood , How To Grout Your Tile And Stone by putting a book or something in between. Low Post Log Beds , Bathroom Remodeling Ideas with Metal , Enjoy an Evening Outdoors with Friends Frames Assembly of low post log beds , Concrete Foundation Repair with metal , Air Ventilation For Protecting Against Leaky Basements frames is even easier. Generally the ladder portions come pre-assembled, so all you have to do is plug the "chucks" into the four corner posts and drive in the wood screws , Tarahumara Indian Crafts for Southwest Decor & Lighting provided to secure them. Most or our beds , An Interview with Design Psychology Expert Jeanette Fisher with metal , Patio Attachments And Benefits frames have pre-installed lag bolts on the headboard and footboard logs. You simply take the metal , A Checklist for Bathroom Remodeling Plans frame and hook it over the lag bolts on each, then fasten the nuts to secure the bed. , The Cubicle: Your Home Away From Home? Log beds , Air Ventilation For Protecting Against Leaky Basements with metal , Bed and Bedding via Online Shopping frames are very sturdy and probably a bit easier to assemble then the 100% log beds. , Carpet Care Tips for Today's Household They also take a little less room , A Study of Furniture Elements For Smaller Beds sideways, as they don't have the log side rails on the side. You can get decorative log side rails to fasten over the metal , Getting Started with Home improvement Ideas - Part 2 bed frame, if having a bed , Decorate Your Concrete: Ideas for the Do-It-Yourselfer frame showing bothers you. You can also cover up the metal , Bed and Bedding via Online Shopping bed frame with a skirt, and it will not show when the bed , Enjoy an Evening Outdoors with Friends is made anyway. Assembly of Canopy Log Beds Assembling a canopy log bed , Affordable Home Builders is a bit more challenging than the others, simply because of the height and size of the logs. This is definitely a two person job - I know some pretty mechanically minded men who tried to do one by themselves and really had quite a time. It doesn't matter how handy you are, you need someone to hold one post while you are working on another! Other than that it really isn't too hard. There are simply logs to plug into the top part as well as the bottom, and actually, it wouldn't hurt to have a couple of people to help hold the parts as you fasten the screws. , Affordable Home Builders If I Can Do It"¦ I am not known for being mechanical or handy, but I put together a low post log bed , Home Heating - for the Winter with a metal , Concrete Foundation Repair frame in less than ½ hour with the help of my 11-year-old son. So if you are mechanically challenged, it really is not so bad. But if a log bed , Bathroom Remodeling on a Budget - Remodel Your Bathroom in Stages is what you have always hoped for but you really are overwhelmed by the thought of putting it together, why not make some chocolate chip cookies for one of your screwdriver-wielding friends and let them give you a hand. In my humble opinion, however, putting a log bed , Air Filters Guide - Guidelines for Air Filters together is not nearly as hard as some other assembly projects I have tackled. So get out your screwdriver and have at it!Cari Haus has been selling Amish log furniture , Thatch Roofing Shingles and Amish log beds , Bamboo Wood Flooring on the Internet , How A Filterless Air Purifier Works since 1999, from her website http://www.logcabinrustics.com/. |
  
|
mygarden.net.au Gardening | Landscaping | Climate Change | Home Improvement | How To DIY | Home Garden | Interior Design | Home Security | Home Finance | Forum | DIY | Add Your Link |