Texas Tiny Homes | A Seat In Our New Bus Needed Repair

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A corner seam on one of the seats in our new bus came undone so Saturday I drove it over to a local upholstery shop to see what the options were to get it repaired, and prices.

One option was to hire the shop to remove the entire bench seat out of the bus, and then remove the seat from the bench seat, and then remove the cover from the seat, sew it back together, and put it all back together. The price for that option would run $250.00. The owner also said if I wanted to remove the bench seat and the cover and bring them the cover the price would be $37.50 to sew it back together.

I decided to do the second option and Sunday I began the process of pulling the bench seat, which would require unbolting about 15 nuts and bolts, 8 of which penetrate through the floor of the bus, and bolted underneath the bus, which would be a two man job. One person would be inside to remove the bolts and one person would be under neath to remove the nuts.

After realizing what a job it would be to remove the entire bench seat from the bus I decided to look at other options and discovered a way to remove only the seat portion of the bench seat, and did just that.seat-4

The above picture reflects the seat portion removed, but the bench is still bolted to the bus. Below you can see the clamps that connect the the seat to the tubing pipe in the bench. The two end clamps swivel which are the key to installing or removing the seat only.  seat-2

Once the seat was out, I began prying out the staples that were stapled into the thin sheet of plywood that was attached to the bottom of the seat. seat-7

Once the cover was off, I got out a large needle and doubled up the thread and began sewing it back together. I ran the needle through the existing holes, which took about 20 minutes to do to complete the sewing portion. Once the sewing was completed, I reinstalled the cover to the seat and reinstalled the seat as shown in the last image. seat-5seat-6

For someone with zero upholstery repair experience I found the job to be pretty easy and fun, and it turned out just fine. You would not be able to determine which seat was repaired, and my bank account is out zero dollars for the repair. Until next time, be safe and blessed!!

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