Sinking Couch Cushion

fixyourdns wrote:
Hello all...

So we have an older Southwind and the couch likes to suck us up. Short of replacement anyone know a good fix. I was thinking 1/4" plywood between the cushions.Thank youRich

Open up your couch part way and take a good look at where it attaches to the MH.

What feels like the cushions sinking is actually the couch not being all the way up flush where it should be so you feel like you have to crawl out of it to get up. The mechanism is pulling away from the framing.

They use real cheap fiber board to hold that jacknife mechanism AND for the frame and it can't hold up to the use. Had the RV guy show me that. It was pulling away from everwhere it was supposed to be attached.

We took the couch out and built a new frame out of real 2x4's and plywood put it back to together and WHAT a difference. When you close it now it sits inches higher up than from where it was.

Thank you, I will have a look this afternoon

Replace it.

Our Crossroads fiver had a hide-a-bed "couch" that was really more like an oversized loveseat. It, too, was sinking and would swallow you up. We took it out and replaced it with a wall-away style reclining loveseat. Clearance purchase at furniture store - I think it was $500 or so. Weighed less than the couch that came with the fiver, and was easier to get in the door because the back came off.

When we sold the fiver, we pulled the reclining loveseat out and kept it, because it was so comfortable. Replaced it with another purchase from the clearance section of a furniture store - spent $125 on a middle section (no ends) of an extremely expensive sectional couch. It had been damaged during delivery - a small hole was torn in the fabric in the back. Couldn't tell when it was installed. It filled the space perfectly, with about 1/4" clearance on each end - put some pillows at the ends for armrests and it was good to go. It was SOOOO comfortable - even moreso than the reclining loveseat we took out.

Shop around. Take measurements of the space you need to fill, and the doors you need to get thru. You can often find better quality, more comfortable furniture for not much money!

Buy an exercise mat/sleep mat to put on top of the plywood and under the cushions. Cushy firmness.