Chairs on a metal frame, selection and care

Chairs on a met­al frame are prac­ti­cal, durable and are pre­sent­ed in var­i­ous mod­els in shape and dimen­sions. Prod­ucts with­stand increased loads, are ver­sa­tile and func­tion­al. Mod­els are used in the design of apart­ments, office space, coun­try cot­tages, etc. Struc­tures made of met­al frame are prac­ti­cal, because for a long time do not lose aes­thet­ic and func­tion­al qual­i­ties.

Advantages and disadvantages

Met­al chairs are ver­sa­tile, attrac­tive design and organ­ic in any inte­ri­or. Aes­thet­ic qual­i­ties are com­bined with reli­a­bil­i­ty in oper­a­tion, because. mod­els on a met­al frame are wear-resis­tant and able to with­stand heavy loads.

Iron prod­ucts are resis­tant to mechan­i­cal dam­age. Designs retain a pre­sentable appear­ance for a long time and do not require fre­quent main­te­nance.

The prod­ucts are struc­tural­ly sta­ble, com­pact in size and easy to trans­port. Man­u­fac­tur­ers present a wide range of mod­els for office space and apart­ments. Due to the resis­tance to high humid­i­ty and tem­per­a­ture changes, the prod­ucts are also opti­mal for coun­try and coun­try hous­es. Met­al struc­tures are afford­able.

The lack of fur­ni­ture on a met­al frame is a lot of weight due to the mas­sive met­al base. With­out spe­cial pads, the legs of the chair may suf­fer dur­ing rearrange­ments. In addi­tion, iron prod­ucts are dif­fi­cult to repair on their own, because. work­ing with met­al requires qual­i­fied equip­ment and expe­ri­ence. The uni­for­mi­ty of mod­els should also be tak­en into account, since many prod­ucts of the mid­dle price cat­e­go­ry of fac­to­ry pro­duc­tion.

How to choose

The type of iron struc­ture depends on where and how the chairs are planned to be used. Clas­sic met­al mod­els of stan­dard height are opti­mal for place­ment in the kitchen or din­ing room. Trans­form­ing chairs are suit­able for arrang­ing a veran­da or ter­race. Frame fur­ni­ture is suit­able as an addi­tion­al place to accom­mo­date guests. The option on high legs is opti­mal for loca­tion in the bar area.

It is nec­es­sary to pay atten­tion to the design of the mod­el. Before buy­ing, you need to test met­al chairs for con­ve­nience and seat­ing com­fort.

Do not for­get about the choice of mate­r­i­al and col­or scheme, which should be in har­mo­ny with the inte­ri­or of the room. The mod­el should fit into the design of the room, com­ple­ment it or act as a bright accent.

After choos­ing a mod­el, it is nec­es­sary to care­ful­ly exam­ine the frame of a met­al chair. The design should be with­out sharp cor­ners and with high-qual­i­ty chrome plat­ing to increase the wear resis­tance of the prod­uct. The pres­ence of plas­tic cov­ers on the legs of the chairs will pro­tect the floor from scratch­es.

Often a set of chairs is pur­chased, so you need to pay atten­tion to the uphol­stery of the prod­uct. Mod­els must be iden­ti­cal in col­or and mate­r­i­al qual­i­ty.

Design

Chairs on a met­al frame are made from steel and alu­minum pipes, which can be giv­en dif­fer­ent con­fig­u­ra­tions depend­ing on the project. The prod­uct is cov­ered with lay­ers of paint or chrome plat­ing. The legs are com­ple­ment­ed with dec­o­ra­tive ele­ments from pipes with a small­er diam­e­ter. Glit­ter gives the mod­els an ele­gant look and is com­bined with the dec­o­ra­tion of the walls and floor of the room.

Chairs on a met­al frame with a soft back are com­ple­ment­ed by seat uphol­stery. They pro­duce mod­els with a strong frame, com­plete­ly hid­den by a dec­o­ra­tive fab­ric. Durable and wear-resis­tant mate­ri­als (flock, che­nille, twill, gen­uine leather) are used as dec­o­ra­tion.

Gen­uine leather trim is durable, high qual­i­ty, but has a high price. Flock is com­mon as a bud­get and reli­able uphol­stery of met­al struc­tures, because. the fab­ric is prac­ti­cal, easy to clean, pre­sent­ed in many shades.

Che­nille fab­rics retain col­or well, tol­er­ate wash­ing and clean­ing, so they are often used in the dec­o­ra­tion of kitchen chairs. In the liv­ing rooms and bed­rooms in the Art Nou­veau style, dec­o­rat­ing the backs and seats with jacquard is suit­able; the fab­ric is spec­tac­u­lar and durable, but requires care­ful care.

Office chairs are dec­o­rat­ed with velor, unpre­ten­tious in oper­a­tion, durable and aes­thet­ic. For busi­ness fur­ni­ture, twill is used, which is char­ac­ter­ized by sta­ble per­for­mance and dura­bil­i­ty.

In addi­tion to tex­tiles, plas­tic is used in the design of the backs and seats. The com­po­si­tion is prac­ti­cal, bud­get; pre­sent­ed in var­i­ous shades. Plas­tic allows you to give fur­ni­ture orig­i­nal shapes, bends. The mate­r­i­al is easy to care for, tol­er­ates tem­per­a­ture changes, expo­sure to mois­ture.

Dimensions

Man­u­fac­tur­ers have devel­oped a wide range of sizes for chairs with a met­al frame. Each type of fur­ni­ture is pre­sent­ed in its own dimen­sions, which you need to famil­iar­ize your­self with before buy­ing. Seat depth varies from 40 to 45 cm; width para­me­ters — 40–50 cm. In height, chairs from a pro­file pipe with a back from the high­est point to the floor sur­face reach 80–90 cm. At the same time, the height of the back is about 40–45 cm.

Com­pact prod­ucts are suit­able for chil­dren. Adjustable struc­tures made of a met­al frame have also been devel­oped, which, if nec­es­sary, are extend­ed and increased or decreased.

Price

The price cat­e­go­ry is influ­enced by the qual­i­ty and brand of man­u­fac­tur­ers. Met­al chairs are man­u­fac­tured by Ital­ian, Chi­nese, Turk­ish, Pol­ish, Russ­ian fur­ni­ture man­u­fac­tur­ers. Bon­tem­pi, Cal­li­garis, Fenice and Nati­sa brands are pop­u­lar among key Ital­ian man­u­fac­tur­ers. The cost of Fenice prod­ucts is the most demo­c­ra­t­ic.

Pol­ish and Chi­nese brands are bud­getary and are rep­re­sent­ed by prac­ti­cal mod­els. Russ­ian man­u­fac­tur­ers often use eco­nom­i­cal mate­ri­als to cre­ate a line of prod­ucts that affect the price of mod­els. Gen­uine leather in the fin­ish increas­es the price of prod­ucts.

When ful­fill­ing an author’s order, the cost of a met­al struc­ture is affect­ed by the com­plex­i­ty of the prod­uct, the qual­i­ty of mate­ri­als for the frame and dec­o­ra­tion. There­fore, to save mon­ey, you can choose sim­ple and func­tion­al designs.

The qual­i­ty of met­al­work­ing affects the price of met­al struc­tures. Advanced pro­cess­ing meth­ods (water­jet cut­ting, etc.) that make the cut neat and pre­serve the struc­ture of the met­al at the edges are used for mod­els in high price cat­e­gories.

For bud­get designs, meth­ods with a low­er cost are used. Here the cuts are less aes­thet­ic and rough. The vol­ume of a batch of chairs and the pop­u­lar­i­ty of mod­els affects the cost.

Care

Met­al frame prod­ucts are durable and reli­able, but require care­ful oper­a­tion and com­pli­ance with the rules of care. Move prod­ucts care­ful­ly to avoid scratch­es and chips. To main­tain the lus­ter of the met­al, it is nec­es­sary to peri­od­i­cal­ly pol­ish the sur­faces with a soft cloth.

The uphol­stery of a met­al chair can be dam­aged by expo­sure to direct sun­light and chem­i­cal treat­ments. There­fore, care requires spe­cial deter­gent com­po­si­tions for the tex­ture of fab­rics. From expo­sure to the sun, chairs must be pro­tect­ed with capes. Fab­ric uphol­stery is cleaned with a steam clean­er. To remove dif­fi­cult dirt, a clean­ing com­po­si­tion for uphol­stered fur­ni­ture or a soap solu­tion is suit­able.

Prop­er care of met­al sur­faces will help main­tain the dura­bil­i­ty of the prod­uct. If the out­er lay­er is dam­aged, it is rec­om­mend­ed to use a poly­mer aerosol. The sub­stance is applied to the met­al after pre­lim­i­nary clean­ing from dirt, dust, greasy stains.

Under mechan­i­cal influ­ences, parts of the paint break off from the met­al struc­ture. You can restore an even coat­ing by select­ing the required paint tone and restor­ing the dam­aged area.

Met­al frame fur­ni­ture that is used out­doors should be paint­ed after 1–2 years to pre­vent cor­ro­sion.

Home struc­tures coat­ed with tita­ni­um, cop­per or chromi­um alloys need to be peri­od­i­cal­ly cleaned with a soft sponge. Do not use prod­ucts with coarse abra­sive par­ti­cles or acidic com­pounds.

Met­al sur­faces are pol­ished with a cot­ton fleece or flan­nel impreg­nat­ed with a chromic solu­tion. You can remove the dark­en­ing of steel sur­faces with ammo­nia.