# Sawing my couch in half (no, seriously) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 9, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sawing-my-couch-in-half-no-seriously/127641 "2002-09-09T13:15:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sawing-my-couch-in-half-no-seriously/127641/41 "2002-09-13T00:13:58Z")
I had this done, twice. I moved into a first floor apartment and the couch wouldn’t fit. Had the couch disassembled and reassembled for about $125. The upholstery at the back of the couch (which cost $400 from Sears about seven years ago) was stapled to the frame. The guys unstapled it, then took the frame apart at the joints. The frame was surprisingly flimsy underneath. I think it may have been stapled, too. Anyway, when they put it back together, they used nails, and it seem to be more sturdy, if anything. The process took about an hour and a half. Maybe two. Ten months later, I moved up to the third floor of my same building. I called the same company. They sent two different guys. Disaster ensued. The new guys disassembled the couch and reassembled it incorrectly, though I didn’t know that when they left. The couch was unusable for several months while I fought with them to come fix it. Eventually, they gave me my money back, and I paid someone else $200 to fix it right. Worth every penny because that couch is super-comfy and I love it. But when I move, it’s staying here. The first fix and the second “fix” were both done guys who subcontracted for Jennifer Convertibles. Their couches are designed to come apart (and mine was not). Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![tramp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tramp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tramp)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sawing-my-couch-in-half-no-seriously/127641/42 "2002-09-13T13:57:07Z")
Thanks everyone. My boss actually knows someone who can do this. Depending on the price, it may be cheaper just to knock out the wall that is causing me so much money and replace the drywall rather than take the couch apart. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sawing-my-couch-in-half-no-seriously/127641/43 "2002-09-13T18:04:42Z")
I highly recommend that if and when you ever move, just sell the furniture to the next tenant. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sawing-my-couch-in-half-no-seriously/127641/44 "2002-09-13T18:07:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tramp \* > \*\*Thanks everyone. My boss actually knows someone who can do this. Depending on the price, it may be cheaper just to knock out the wall that is causing me so much money and replace the drywall rather than take the couch apart. \*\* If you’re gonna _do that_, add a new door that _will_ let you admit anything you need. Or a bay window that ammounts to the same thing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sawing-my-couch-in-half-no-seriously/127641/45 "2002-09-14T02:38:19Z")
perhaps the ceiling could be knocked out…if it is drywall efficient. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sawing-my-couch-in-half-no-seriously/127641/46 "2002-09-14T03:25:07Z")
My daughter moved into a 3rd floor apartment a few years ago and she had the same problem with her couch. We ended up disassembling it and put it back together. The biggest problem was getting the fabric back on straight. I went through 3 boxes of staples getting it back together. When she moved she wanted to leave it but the manager said he would charge her for the cost of disposing it. We pitched it from the 3rd floor balcony and it did not get damaged to bad on landing. One of the other tenants took it after we stuffed it into a dumpster. ---
**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sawing-my-couch-in-half-no-seriously/127641/47 "2002-09-14T12:13:19Z")
heard of people sawing their couches in half and bringing them upstairs and then, with glue and heat, they magically go back together. I am skeptical of this. First, has anyone heard of this? Anyone actually tried this? And where would I find a place in the Metro DC area to get this done? \*\* [/QUOTE] Once sawed the base of a divan bed in half to get it upstairs - got steel plates made to screw it back together with - wasn’t pretty though - definitely a DIY job - but we couldn’t afford a new bed at the time!!! and the sheets covered the damaged bits!! Dunno that I’d recommend it with a couch, though - I think taking it apart is a better option. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sawing-my-couch-in-half-no-seriously/127641.md?page=2)