The older I get, the further down I have to sit, it seems. Being on a disability pension, I was looking for a way to make my couch higher. I have seen blocks made to increase height, but they are very costly. Instead, I unscrewed a leg and took it with me to a hardware store. I purchased a piece of plumbing pipe (black) that just fitted over the wooden foot, increasing the height by 5 inches.
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The pipe length quoted was 10 inches (high/long) x 4 pieces (to go over the original legs.) This is plastic PVC or something similar. Hope the picture helps.
What if legs are not round,do u think pipe might still work??
My couch had short square legs. Several years ago my husband was struggling to get off the couch so I bought a length of 4" sewer pipe at Home Depot and cut it into even sections and placed it over the legs that were there and it worked perfectly and looks like the legs came with the couch. I cut my pipe into 7" lengths and it was a perfect height.
Hi, just a short question...
you mentioned a pipe of 4x8 inches...
um is the pipe 4 inches wide and 8 inches high
or is it a 4 inch pipe 8 inches wide
I will look immediately if I can do this with my couch. Perhaps I can find a fitting for the bottom of the pipe to make it look good and keep the feet from making deep round circles in the carpet.
Thanks for sharing.
I've been trying to think of a way to do that to our bed without having to purchase "risers". Thanks for the idea.
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