Re: Sleeper sectional sofa....
Hi Bryan,
The issue with Sleepers is they make for a lousy sitting piece. When you install a sleeper mechanism, you're removing all the frame structure that makes the piece strong and replacing it with an open box, to which you are dropping in and attaching a sleeper mechanism. Add to that the loss of all the 8-Way Hand-Tied spring deck, and you have at best a hybrid piece that will never perform well either as a sitting piece OR as a bed. That's why you don't see them in higher end pieces, because by the nature of the build they are compromised pieces. I don't even recommend sleeper units unless the bed unit is going to be used every week and multiple times every year - you are just giving up too much. To build one all mortise and tenon-ed out of solid hardwood frame is going to be a $ 15,000 and up piece, that's another reason you won't see them. The best you will likely find is a plywood based piece, screwed and glued.
For most my customers, I prefer to steer them into conventional stationary pieces as they will get a MUCH better piece, and then get a premium air mattress setup with electric air pump when extra sleeping space is needed. That's what I do at my house.
Duane Collie
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