Save Yourself - Tighten Up Your Dining Room Chairs Now
Why do dining room chairs get out of whack so easily?
Many of today's dining room chairs are shipped in pieces so they’ll fit in a flat box for shipping. They are then generally assembled at the retail store before they come to you .
Over time, on virtually all dining room chairs, even with gentle wear and tear, legs can work their way loose.
Loose legs are liable to break.
This eventually happens on virtually every surface, but often the culprit is the grout lines on a tile or laminate floors.
As the chair is pulled back and forth over the grout, it gradually pulls on the bolts that hold your chair and legs together.
I've found many instances where the leg became loose and then snapped. All of that damage could have been avoided just by performing a little preventative maintenance.
This is not rocket science. Anyone with the simplest tools can do this. Turn the chair over and inspect the bolts.
Some may use an Allen wrench type tool which often comes with your chairs.  Some may also use a Philips head screwdriver or a socket to adjust the tension.
When tightening any loose bolts, be firm but take caution to not rival Superman. If you tighten too vigorously, you may damage the fitting that the bolt is screwed into and that is a bigger problem to address.Â
If you find that you are constantly having to tighten your bolts, here here are a couple of ways to help keep them in place.
- Go to an auto supply store and get some Loc-tite. This product will keep the bolts in place.
- OR Take the bolt all the way out, squeeze some super-glue on the end of it and rebolt it into place.
Dining room tables are also usually bolted together, the same precautions mentioned above should be taken.
I do recommend that you check your dining room set twice a year, (perhaps on the time change) to keep the legs from breaking.
Consider running over to the homes of your parents or other older loved ones to tighten up their chairs to make them safe, too.