24 Responses to Has anyone put together an Ikea sofa?

  1. 10 Cents10 Cents says:
    26 Apr 2017 at 22:30

    The sofa has not come and “my friend” looked at the instructions and they are all in pictures. I never knew they made manuals for Vald.

  2. PencilvaniaPencilvania says:
    26 Apr 2017 at 22:30

    First, find a Swede. In Japan, you may be up a
    bäck.

  3. PencilvaniaPencilvania says:
    26 Apr 2017 at 22:51

    Wrong, if it’s not a Swede your project is dane the tubes.

  4. Avatarctlaw says:
    26 Apr 2017 at 23:15

    One serious issue is that with Ikea furniture what look like phillips screws are often pozidriv:
    http://www.chrisinch.com/blog/articles/show/why-do-ikea-screws-always-strip/

  5. PencilvaniaPencilvania says:
    26 Apr 2017 at 23:25

    I’m sharing that info, ct! Never knew that.

  6. 10 Cents10 Cents says:
    26 Apr 2017 at 23:38

    I think I am not screwed but hexed. Look at the picture in the OP.

    • Avatarctlaw says:
      26 Apr 2017 at 23:45

      This is why you should have had kids. This is a task for a teenager. My hands are too tender to use bent steel allen keys. I’d use a driver set (where you put the hex bits into a screwdriver handle).

  7. BrentB67BrentB67 says:
    27 Apr 2017 at 03:27

    Friends don’t let friends shop at Ikea.

  8. drlorentzdrlorentz says:
    27 Apr 2017 at 08:00

    Ikea directions are designed for people who can’t read. Tell your “friend” to find an illiterate person to assemble the sofa and everything will be fine. Alternatively, your friend could get a lobotomy; then the instructions would make perfect sense. However, there are some minor side effects to consider.

    I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

    • 10 Cents10 Cents says:
      27 Apr 2017 at 08:44

      DocLor, you are probably right. Anyone with a degree would not be able to do this. If I remember correctly nothing can be made unless one turns right repeatedly.

  9. AvatarEThompson says:
    27 Apr 2017 at 14:10

    OK, I can see I’ll have to straighten out an entire passel of non-mechanical types. We buy a lot of IKEA furniture for our offices and our first requirement is that it is delivered by people WHO WILL PUT IT TOGETHER on site! It is an additional fee but let us be frank… who among us has the option not to pay for this service?

  10. 10 Cents10 Cents says:
    21 May 2017 at 09:40

    The sofa was easy. It came mostly made. I had about 20 parts.

  11. 10 Cents10 Cents says:
    21 May 2017 at 09:41

    I put the desk together which was harder. This was the first thing I put together and I made a few mistakes which were easy to correct.

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