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Our expert sales consultants will be happy to guide you and demonstrate the products
on display in our showrooms. This simple guide will help you understand they key
things to look for.
Frame: Frames have to be tough, strong and durable to cope with
demands of everyday life. Made from a combination of timber and manmade substrates,
different shaped frames give structure and style to the furniture.
Support: Not all sofas have traditional springs. A seating platform
may be constructed of highly durable synthetic strips known as webbing or include
serpentine or zigzag springs, suspended front to back across the
frame. Depending on the gauge and tension of the wire used, serpentine springs can
offer a whole spectrum of comfort levels.
Where greater support is required, a sprung edge, or sprung
front rail may be used. It softens the impact you feel when first sitting
down, because you don’t sit directly on the hard frame. This also gives greater
durability to the suite.
Webbing and springs are also found in the upright back sections of sofas and chairs.
These systems form the basis of, and work with, the next layer you will find in
your sofa - the fillings.
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