I made the mistake of buying about ten of the chairs that
are in the same condition at a surplus sale. The showing fabric is frayed the
reverse is OK. I found that no one was willing to take on
the job at a reasonable cost. I was suprised that
Herman Miller would use fabric that was not up to
the task. Anyone interested in a whole chair or parts
let me know.
I'm not sure I understand....
are you suggesting that the chairs are in excellent condition and were taken care of properly yet the fabric was of defective quality and fell apart with normal useage?
If this is what you are suggesting, this is the first time I've heard that Herman Miller's fabric wasn't made to last a long time.
Certainly, extreme misuse will ruin good fabric, but other than a few people complaining that the first Equa chairs fell apart under normal use, this is the first time i've heard anyone suggesting this.
The cost of getting the chairs redone depends on the condition of the materials underneath the fabric. Good upholstery fabric ain't cheap and it takes time to do them up properly.
Now you know why these are on eBay all the time and never sell
Yep, looks like a 20+ year old chair. If you sit in an aluminum group chair every day for 20 years, it'll look like that.
So, where are you located...I might be interested in a few if you're in the SF Bay area.
Reupholstering these are incredibly expensive since it requires special tools and skills to do it. And you'll never get the same look that the original chairs have. I've seen these done in mesh (a la the Aeron), but those just don't look nearly as cool as the original ribbed fabric.
When I looked into having HM do mine (I got a great deal on 6), it was going to cost almost as much as a new chair.
fm
fabric
fabric doesnt look that bad. I mean, faded yes, but still solid and in one piece.
I've seen some of these that were completely shredded. My aluminum lounge was vERY expensive to reupholster. I went for it because I think the lounge chair is a beautiful, elegant, under-recognized piece. For the task chairs....I dunno how much I'd be willing to chip in to redo it.
It's not a simple re-foam and staple job
For HM to do it, it's understandable...they don't want to eat into their existing sales by redoing old furniture. For someone else to do it, it's not as expensive...I believe LRF does them. But it takes special tools and a lot of skill to pull them apart and put the new fabric in place. The fabric itself, with it's ribs would be a challenge to replicate effectively...the ones I've seen redone don't even have them.
I don't know if LRF does the seams or not, but I completely understand why it costs so much: the fabric isn't cheap to begin with and it's not a simple re-foam and staple job. I don't know anyone in my area that would consider doing one.
fm
fm
you are right 100 percent
we cannot create the original fusing like Herman miller did so we machine sew them. we have never had a complaint or any dissatisfied.
as stated before you must make the pad and have it fitted with the side holes and then make sure it is tight the biggest problem , it is expensive, labor wise,
It take 5 hours of shop time at 60 a hour just to make the small ones so you can fixture the rest,
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