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How to Save Tons of Money with DIY Patio Chair Repair

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See how to save a ton of money with DIY patio chair repair. Before you buy new patio furniture because of separated chairs see how to repair patio chairs and save yourself the expense. Outdoor furniture repair will basically always cost less than new patio furniture.

Patio furniture can cost quite a bit of money. So when the mesh tears or separates from the chair frame it can result in an angry owner. Every time I look at my damaged patio chairs I would say to myself (or my husband) “for what these things sell for you would think they would last longer”. It seems I was wrong to assume that, unfortunately. I almost broke down and bought new outdoor furniture but we decided to save ourselves the expense and try our hand at the patio chair repair ourselves. Luckily, DIY patio chair repair turns out to be easier than you would think.  See how to save a ton of money with DIY patio chair repair. Before you buy new patio furniture because of separated chairs see how to repair patio chairs and save yourself the expense. Outdoor furniture repair will basically always cost less than new patio furniture. #diypatiochairrepair #patiochairrepair #outdoorfurniturerepair

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How to DIY Your Patio Chair Repair

Materials Needed / Source List

  • Outdoor Patio Spline, Replacement Awning Cord, Sling Chair
  • Socket wrench 
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Broken Patio Chairs

If you look closely you can see one of the chair mesh seats has completely separated from the frame making it useless. If you try to sit on that patio chair you will fall through and probably fall on the floor. Unacceptable! patio chair repair, outdoor furniture repair, broken patio chair slings

The photo above is the worst broken patio chair of the two, here is the second. patio chair repair, broken patio chair, repair patio chair slings, fix outdoor furniture

Once it starts it just won’t stop. You also can’t push the seat back in without taking it apart. broken patio slings, fix patio chairs, patio chair repair

How to Repair Patio Chairs

The first thing you need to do to repair patio chairs is to lay your chair on the ground to find the bolt holding the seat in place.how to fix patio chair, patio chair repair, remove chair bolt

There should be one towards the front and one towards the rear of the chair. Using a socket wrench, remove both of the bolts. socket wrench, repair patio chair

Place the bolts aside, do not misplace them! removed patio chair bolts, repair outdoor chairsYou will see that there is a cord (spline) inside each side of the mesh seat. This cord sits inside the track keeping the mesh patio chair seat in place. Or at least it should. patio slings, repair patio chair spline, patio chair repair

Now that both bolts are removed you can easily remove the seat portion from the base frame. patio chair repair, how to fix outdoor furniture

Remove the old cord. repair patio cling chairs, repair broken patio chairs


Replacing Patio Chair Spline

We’re going to replace the seat cord with new. But I am using a slightly larger cord this time around since the original cord clearly was able to pull right through the track. You can get this vinyl patio spline HERE. replace patio spline, patio chair repair, diy repair chairs

Use the old cord that you remove to get the right length for the replacement cord. spline for patio chair repair

Feed the new vinyl cord back into the opening for the patio chair seat. new sling chair spline for patio chair

Next, feed the mesh seat back into the track for the patio chair frame. repair aluminum patio chair

The cord will sit on the inside of the opening while the mesh seat on the outside. repair hampton bay outdoor furniture

Once you feed the entire mesh seat back into the track you can line up the seat with the chair frame. repair hampton bay sling chairs, patio chair repair

Considering your repaired patio chair seat should be nice and tight or taught, whichever you prefer – this may take a little muscle to get the seat in place. diy chair repair, outdoor patio chair repair

Once in place, you can now resecure with the bolts that you removed earlier. repair broken patio chair

Your once broken patio chair can now be used allowing you to spend your money on things like BBQing and enjoying time with loved ones instead of new outdoor furniture. patio chair repaired, repaired broken patio chair

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If you don’t want to deal with patio chair repair but still love to DIY? Then make sure to check out these great ideas:

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See how to save a ton of money with DIY patio chair repair. Before you buy new patio furniture because of separated chairs see how to repair patio chairs and save yourself the expense. Outdoor furniture repair will basically always cost less than new patio furniture. #diypatiochairrepair #patiochairrepair #outdoorfurniturerepair

 

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  1. Tricia Johnson says

    May 22, 2020 at 9:21 pm

    Thank you! This is wonderful!

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  2. Dianne says

    July 19, 2020 at 6:12 pm

    Is this a new mesh seat? It looks as if it’s only the new tubing but not mesh or I missed that part!

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    • kandice kullmann says

      July 21, 2020 at 9:13 am

      This is just new tubing. The mesh has no damage on these chairs, so we only had to replace the tubing

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  3. Julie Mac says

    July 29, 2020 at 10:06 am

    thanks for your instruction: very helpful. I’m having a hard time pulling the mesh out? did you use a special tool?

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    • kandice kullmann says

      July 30, 2020 at 11:34 am

      hi, no we didn’t have a special tool. The mesh coming out was a big part of our initial problem. Im sorry you’re having a hard time.

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      • Neil says

        July 5, 2021 at 2:51 pm

        I had the same problem – the mesh was difficult to pull out. I solved that problem by bathing the mesh in soapy water and it then it slid right out. I also put some liquid soap into the track so that I could slide the mesh back into it easily. The side benefit of this approach was that I got a cleaned mesh seat! Now it really looks like new.

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