How to repair outdoor chair?

copland92

Jason

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community. We're pleased to have you join us and trust you'll get loads of helpful advice and project inspiration from our wonderful community members.

Can you please tell us about your chair? Do you know the manufacturer and how old it is? Do you know what the material covering is? A little more information might assist members to provide more helpful advice.

Let me also tag our resident Bunnings D.I.Y. expert @EricL to assist you as soon as possible.

Many thanks,

Jason

EricL

Hello @copland92

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community. It's wonderful to have you join us and thanks for sharing your question about your outdoor chair.

I suggest having a quick look at this discussion - How to repair torn fabric on balcony chair? by @arnab. In the discussion I suggested using Coolaroo 3.66m Graphite 90% UV Heavy-Duty People Cover Shade Cloth - Per Metre as a possible replacement for the chair fabric.

Generally speaking, the chair must be disassembled, and the plastic end plugs removed. This will allow you access to the plastic insert that is holding the fabric in place. Once you pull the plastic insert out you should be able to remove the damaged fabric from the chair.

Observe carefully how the ends of the fabric were sown or folded as you'll need to copy it in order for you to re-assemble the chair.

If you have any other questions we can help with, please let us know.

Eric

garden-chair

will this fabric be the right width for this garden chair

JacobZ

Hi @garden-chair,

Thank you for your question and welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community, it is fantastic to have you with us.

The Coolaroo 3.66m Graphite 90% UV Heavy Duty People Cover Shade Cloth that my colleague @EricL has linked to above is 3.66m wide and comes on a big roll that is cut and sold by the metre.

Assuming the chair in your photo is not abnormally long, 3.66m should cover the full length of the chair, you will just need to measure the width of the existing fabric and have it cut to that length.

Let me know if you have any further questions.

Jacob