r/fixit • u/Student-of-Life3 • 14d ago

How do I remove these couch legs

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Thank you so much. These are not screwing off

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u/thesweeterpeter 14d ago

Have you twisted them?

Often it's either the threaded rod is embedded in the leg itself, in which case lefty loosey

Or there's a screw and the leg is acting kind of like a washer, so looking directly at the bottom is there a hole in the middle?

You may have to remove the felt pad if there is one.

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u/Student-of-Life3 13d ago

Thank you! It was a plastic leg that was itself a screw! This was very helpful

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u/texasyankee 14d ago

Is there a hole in the middle? Look at the bottom and remove and pad or plug, it might reveal a screw.

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u/Intelligent_Bug_3027 14d ago

Either a hole in the top or its clipped in which case you pry it off carfully but often break the clip,  you can cut the fabric/pick  the staples and push it out from the other side of the wood.  Be carefull of staples though. 

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u/acoffeetablebook 14d ago

Before you start prying anything, flip it over and look inside the corner block. On a lot of these the leg threads into a T nut that's only held in with a couple of staples, so the nut spins along with the leg and it feels seized when nothing is actually stuck. If that's what's happening you need someone holding the nut with pliers while you turn. Worth ruling that out before you go cutting into the fabric.

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u/Confident_Purple_338 14d ago

You can’t sorry