House2Home Upholstery Stay Wire for Sofa Furniture Springs, 20ft with 40 Clips, 16 Gauge, Includes Instructions

Worked very well on my 11 year old Ashley Furniture couch that my 9 year old son likes to jump on. It comes coiled and has a lot of potential energy so be very very careful when unraveling it as it really wants to uncoil with a lot of force and potentially take your eye out. There are instructions and a warning on the coil because of this. We just have basic tools so what we did was use a wire cutter to cut the paper around the wire and add some weakness to the wire, then we bent it and it easily snapped into 2. You need some muscle to use the wire cutters to create weakness. The most time consuming thing for us was the clips. It took me an hour to remove all of the old clips. I used some pliers and I got blisters on my hands from all the repetitive pressure and twisting (I'd recommend wearing this gloves to help prevent some of this). It was very time consuming and difficult to do. So if there is some tool available for this purpose, I'd say it's worth the money to get it. My husband put the new clips on (since my hands were sore and had blisters) and that also took him an hour to do so with a set of pliers. So I'd say getting a crimping tool might be worth it. We ended up replacing both stable rod/wire things as they were both broken (from old age or my kid jumping on the couch or both). The excess rod left over, we secured to the bottom of the couch for storage and potential use later on. So it was very time consuming and difficult but not impossible but the product seems good quality so I'm giving 5 stars.Read more

This product worked perfectly! I fixed my two regular size 3-seat couches. Some parts of the wires were broken, so I fixed those first and also added a whole new line of wire in between the existing ones to reinforce the springs. This is enough for approximately 2 lengths of 2 couches (4 lengths total).As far as attaching the wire to couch springs, it is very easy, but the right tools definitely help. I highly recommend the ones in my photo. I know they sell the specific crimping tool, but I didn’t want to spend so much money on something I’ll use once. Luckily, my husband had these old ones in the tool box. I do recommend both, if you have them. That’s because those rounded pliers crimp it correctly first (I do center piece first to secure, then both sides), and the other metal thingy, tightens it all the way. You can just use one, though, just make sure to tighten the crimps all the way.Anyway, I highly recommend this product, it was the same look and gauge as the ones already inside the couch.

I used this to upgrade my recliner. I am heavier than the rated weight. I replaced the 9 gauge springs that it came with with these 8 gauge springs and added more to get a seat that will work for me.instructions were clear and shipping was fast.

I got this to repair my old 2003 sofas. They had a few broken springs each. So I changed all the broken springs in them, and I even increased the number of springs by adding some in between the original springs. I then used this stay wire with the provided clips and connected all the springs together. The sofas now look and feel like brand new ones.

Our old sofa broke and we were ready to toss it but I flipped it over to see what the issue was and if it was repairable. Turned out the springs and frame were fine, but there the wire that bridged the spaces between the springs was broken in two places. This kit was the exact fix I needed to replace the broke wire and restore the sofa.Took a little while to figure out an efficient way to crimp the clamps onto the wire and springs, but after that it was easy to do. Recommend having wire cutters though as regular scissors won't cut it.

My 20-year old couch looked good on the outside (c'mon, it's 20 years old so it's not perfect) but my 250 pound son had flung himself on it too many times and broke some wood. I got in there and replaced the wood but wanted to make sure it could support his weight. I figured this wouldn't be too hard (it wasn't) so voila--the couch lives again!

The new stay wires were pretty easy to install. I didn’t have the actual crimping tool that the clips were designed for but I was able to use needle nose pliers and vise grip pliers to crimp the stay clamps to the springs and the stay wire. I ended up installing three new wire on my chair, what a difference it made, my chair sits so much nicer. Well worth the money and effort.

Photo shows old broken piece above and new piece below. I’m a middle aged woman and I was able to install these. With the right tools you can spruce up your sagging furniture for a fraction of what it would cost to have a professional do the job.