Storage Beds

If you have come this far, it may be because you are preparing to move or maybe you want to move the sofa from one room to another or you simply want to get rid of your old sofa.

Be that as it may, below we explain all the tricks that you have to take into account, to dismantle your sofa, in the best possible way.

It is important to keep in mind, that the ideal number of people to dismantle a double sofa is two if they are expert assemblers and three if it has never been done or ever done in isolation.

The steps to follow are:

• 1. Protect the work area:

  • - If the floor of the room is made of parquet or wood, it would be best to place rugs or blankets to avoid scratching it.

  • - It is also highly recommended to protect the walls closest to the couch with cardboard, to avoid scratches and chips in the paint.

• 2. We lift the lid of the sofa before removing the mattress. This step is especially important, for the good and safety of the person who is going to dismantle it. The reason is that the lid of the sofa, if it does not have weight on it, can open by surprise and hit something or someone hard. Furthermore, this is the natural position of the hydraulic pistons and the starting point to begin disassembling the sofa.

• 3. We remove the mattress.

• 4. With the lid open, and with two people holding it, (one, if it is an individual sofa size, someone who has a lot of strength), the person who is free can begin to proceed to unscrew the square-shaped structures on which the hydraulic springs are placed. These pistons can be pressure or screwed. In the first case, they are easily removed by pulling them towards the inside of the sofa drawer. In the second case, it is as easy as unscrewing. It is recommended to keep all the pieces that we have removed in this process, together, to avoid losing any.

• 5. With the lid and the drawer separated, we will proceed to dismantle the drawer, taking care, each time we dismantle one of the sides, that they fall carefully on a blanket or rug, to prevent them from being damaged.

• 6. In the event that the cover is separable into two parts, we will also disassemble it, since the smaller the size of the pieces, the easier it will be to protect and transport it, so that it arrives in perfect condition at its destination.

And with these tips, you can now dismantle your canapé yourself. And if you have any questions, or think that we have skipped a step, you can speak with one of our advisors through the chat on our website or, if you prefer, on the toll-free number: 900 897 956.

There are many varieties of canapés on the market and at Colchón Exprés you will find just the one you need. If what you are looking for is to maximize the useful space of your room, and the sleeper or sleepers who are going to rest on the bed have a medium height or are quite tall, you need a large capacity canapé. The tallest canapés in our catalog are:

• - The Ingravity Evolution Canapé, with 39 cm high and the possibility of installing an assist light night

• - The Flex Wood 25 Canapé, with 38 cm height

• - The Relax Boheme Canapé, with 38 cm height

• - The Sonpura Solid and Sonpura Max Canapés, both with 38 cm height height

And if you want the opposite and avoid a very high bed, but are looking to have more storage space in your bedroom, you need a low canapé. The Canapés with the lowest height in our catalog are:

• - The Ingravity Curve Canapé, 31 cm high, with a maximum resistance lid, the possibility of a front shoe rack and the option of a storage system. displacement

• - The Flex Wood 19 Canapé, with +/- 33 cm high

• - The Ingravity Heat Canapé, 34 cm high

• - The Sonpura Line and Global Canapés, both with 35 cm height height

Our recommendation is that you always take your mattress into account when measuring the total height of your bed. And if you can't get the idea of ​​what your new bed would look like, with the canapé you like, you can place books on your current bed or on the floor, to get an idea of ​​the final height. This way, you will avoid unexpected surprises.

Why doesn't the lid of the couch close properly? The reasons why a canapé lid may not close correctly are varied. Although the most common usually occurs because the lid of the sofa is uneven and does not close properly.

Although if this happens to you with your new folding sofa, and the floor of the room is correctly leveled and the sofa has not been misused, it is due to an assembly error, which must be resolved by the store where you bought it.

A very common situation in which this can occur is because after moving the canapé, one of the sides of the lid has been pushed, so that it could have become unsquare. It can also happen, after disassembling a sofa and reassembling it in another room, if we have not previously repeated this task.

The solution is quite simple, although you will need the help of one more person, for greater safety during the work.

First of all, you must place the sofa with the lid facing up, without a mattress on top. Inside the chest, you can see the hydraulic piston systems that hold the lid.

They are square-shaped and on one side they are attached to the canapé drawer and on the other side to the lid. You will be able to see that in each of the joints there is a clearance, large enough so that we can achieve a better adjustment of the lid.

You will have to slightly loosen the screws of the joints with the drawer and almost completely, those of the lid, until you can easily move the upper part until it is centered again in the correct place.

During this process, there must be someone holding the lid, while the other person unscrews. The game consists of gently tightening the screws, on each side, two by two, like a mirror. That is, if we adjust the screw connecting the piston to the cover, in the area that is closest to the headboard, on the right side, we will not begin to tighten the one immediately after it, without having previously tightened the same screw on the left side.

It is important to leave the screws without fully adjusting, until we make sure that the cover closes correctly. When this happens, we can proceed to the final adjustment.

If this is not your case and you need help to know why your sofa does not close, you can contact our technical service on a free telephone number: 900 897 956.

If it has happened to you that your sofa opens only without a mattress, don't worry! It is not a problem with your couch.

This happens, because the hydraulic pistons that help open the lid of the couch are prepared to support the weight of the lid and the mattress. For this reason, when there is no weight on them, they can sometimes be triggered, as if it were a spring system, potentially causing damage to objects or people who are nearby, if this event occurs unexpectedly.

For this reason, at Colchón Exprés we recommend that if you have a canapé at home and your mattress has not yet arrived, as a precaution, keep the lid of the canapé open.

And if you need to have the storage space storage, but you still don't have a mattress or you don't want dust to get inside the chest, you can place not very heavy boxes well distributed on the lid, so that they counteract the weight and it doesn't open by itself, by surprise.

If it happens to you that you cannot close the lid of your folding sofa because there is a hydraulic that does not go down, do not try to force it, because the lid can break.

Over time, it can happen that a hydraulic seizes. When this happens, the best and most economical solution is to change the hydraulics that the sofa has.

If we try to lower the hydraulics by force, we run the risk of breaking the lid or the bracket system and this can be much more expensive. Furthermore, on the market, a pair of good quality hydraulic ones can cost between approximately 20 and 40 euros.

It is advisable to change them all, so that they are from the same manufacturer and have the same strength, since otherwise, they could be unbalanced.

And if your mattress is made of latex or weighs a lot, buy a good quality piston model that can withstand the weight of the cover and the mattress.

It is also important to keep in mind Consider whether your hydraulics are screw-type or pressure-placed. Be sure before buying them, to guarantee the good result of your repair.

If you need to change one or all of your sofa's hydraulics, don't worry. It is a very simple process that can be carried out by one person alone, being careful.

Our recommendation is that if your sofa has more than one hydraulic system and you are going to change only one of them, because it has been a long time since you bought it and it has either lost air and you see that it does not have much strength or because it has seized, it is best to change them all at the same time.

This way, you make sure that the force exerted on one side and the other is the same. Doing it is very simple. Most likely, your hydraulics are fixed to the sofa's bracket system, using a screw at the top and another at the bottom, or by applying pressure until they fit into the holes prepared for it. Whatever system they use, you should find out before purchasing them to ensure that you can replace them. This is probably the most critical point of the entire process. Once you have chosen the right model and after having removed the previous one, it will be very easy for you to put the new one back.

When you go to buy your sofa, after having decided on the model you like the most, there is one last detail that you should take into account before buying it. It's about choosing the model, to the extent and in the form that best adapts to the dimensions of your house.

And why is this? Well, in double size canapés or double size canapés, we have several options when choosing the same size. For example, on our website, you can see the measurement of 150x190 in up to 4 different ways:

• - 150x190

• - 150x190 TP -> Split lid (this may sound a bit bad, but it means that the lid is manufactured in two pieces, which are then joined together at home into one single

• - 150x190 CP -> Split Drawer (The floor of the drawer is manufactured in two parts, which are then joined together at the client's house, functioning as a whole board)

• - 150(2x75)x190 or Twins of 75x190

And which one do I choose? Consider, as a limiting factor in your choice, the access to your house and the bedroom where you are going to install it.

This is because the sofa is transported to the home, in pieces, with the largest piece often being the lid. Starting with widths of 160 cm, most manufacturers, as a precaution, split the lid into 2 parts, so that it fits in any home. What happens is that carrying out this process is more expensive than making the entire piece. of greater labor in the assembly and this translates into a higher cost for the client. Therefore, where you really have to be careful is in the double measurements of widths of 135 cm and 150 cm.

If this is your case and you have decided on a completely manufactured model, check first that the largest piece, which would be the lid, could fit without difficulty through the natural access channels of your home. similar.

If you see that the space is very tight or you have doubts, don't take the risk and opt for the split lid system. Also, if you have a larger budget, you can join two canapés of individual measurements by purchasing a system of twin canapés, which in the future, if you want, can function as two individual canapés.

The useful life of a folding sofa is very long. Above all, if it is used appropriately. The part that needs to be most closely monitored is the lid. This is because this will be the main support where the mattress rests.

For this reason at Colchón Exprés we give special importance to the covers of the canapés and the total weight that will be placed on top. If we try to open a canapé with overload on its lid, it may bend and may not close properly afterwards. This can also cause the lid to rattle, sway or move when we move while sleeping. Therefore, if you want your canapé to last a long time, invest in a good quality canapé, with a sturdy lid. And remember that a 5-bar top is always better than a 3-bar, especially if your mattress weighs a lot.

The other element that is susceptible to losing effectiveness over time is the hydraulic ones. But as we have seen in one of the previous questions, it is very simple and quite economical to change them. The only thing you will have to take into account to do this is the type of spring and its power.

If you keep these tips in mind, your sofa will last until you get tired of it.

On some occasions, when buying a canapé, especially in large sizes, we doubt whether it will be able to open easily, having the mattress on top. The truth is that each model is a world. For this reason, we are going to give you the keys that you have to pay attention to, to ensure that your canapé can support the weight of your mattress, even with the lid open.

If you are going to buy a canapé with a size greater than 160 cm, the normal thing is that your canapé incorporates a double hydraulic system, which consists of either increasing the power of the hydraulics or, as normal as it usually is, putting 4 hydraulic ones instead of 2. This is also necessary in measurements from 150 cm wide, especially if they have a full cover and the mattress that is going to be placed on top is very heavy, such as a latex one.

With the majority of pocket spring mattresses, there is usually no opening problem with any type of canapés, just as there are usually no problems with viscoelastic mattresses with a height of less than 30 cm or with latex mattresses lower than 24 cm. In larger dimensions, it is better to find out before buying the canapé, to see if the model we are interested in can satisfy our needs.

As for the requirements that the cover must meet, depending on the weight of the sleepers, most rest bases support a maximum sleeper weight of about 120-130 kg on each side of the bed. If the weight of one or both of the sleepers is greater, we recommend that you choose a canapé with a highly resistant lid and always with 5 bars instead of 3. And if you have any questions, always ask the specialist.