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Hi, one of our customers complained about one of the legs being chipped of/broken off from his dining buffet. One of our movers was trying to prep it but when he lifted it to the side, the leg broke off. I understand the bottom of the buffet table is made of plaster board. The customer called the shop where he bought the buffet from and the service agent said it is just best to replace the entire plaster board at the bottom, this is also what one of our contacts said who owns a furniture repair shop. I was wondering if we did the repair ourselves, could you please help me on how to replace the plasterboard at the bottom at how we would put back the leg? The owner of the furniture repair shop even said he would put plywood over the plasterboard to make it more stronger and then put back the broken leg. But the wouldn't we have to remove all the other legs as well when replacing the plasterboard? Please help.
Hello @roxy0625
Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community. It's sensational to have you join us and thanks for sharing your question about your buffet table.
If the leg that's broken is located at the back of your buffet table and is not visible, I suggest using Turbo 175ml Builders Bog Flexipack to fill in the damage. Your goal is to fill the gap to the same level as the panel in this manner you won't have to do a great deal of sanding to get the bog level. Once the bog cures drill pilot holes in the bog and re-attach the leg to the cabinet.
Another option is to use Selleys 100g Liquid Nails Construction Adhesive. Remove the leg from the broken piece and do a test fit to make sure that the timber still sits flat in the broken gap. Once you are sure that it is level put a generous amount of liquid nails and clamp the leg to into the broken gap making sure that broken piece is flat and level. Let the adhesive cure then remove the clamp before you screw the leg back on.
The third method is to fill the gap with builder's bog and then cover the bottom of the cabinet with plywood. You'll need to remove all the legs and put in a cut piece of plywood and screw it to the bottom of the cabinet. You can paint the edge of the plywood in matt black so that it will appear as an enhancement or edging for the cabinet. Re-attach the legs to the cabinet when you are ready.
Let me call on our experienced members @JoeAzza, @Dave-1 and @Nailbag for their recommendations.
If you need further assistance, please let us know.
Eric
Good Evening @roxy0625
Its a pain for all parties 😕 I like @EricL 's second option for a repair styled solution. I dont hold a lot of hope on it as i have tried to repair similar furniture at work without a lot of success.
I do like the option to install a base and attach the feet to that instead. Currently my actuall feet are on my ottoman that came home from work with the same issue as what you are showing. The attachment point on one leg had been snapped and the other leg was loose. I moved the feet 5cm inwards towards the center on all feet and reattached them.
For you I would suggest to screw two hardwood decking planks to the underside running the length of the buffet table in the same plane as your existing feet and screwing that to the buffet table multipe times along the length. Then just reattaching via screws through the feet and into the timber strips. All that you will be able to see is nothing 
tho in truth you would have raised the buffet table by the 19mm thickness of the timber.
Dave
Dave
