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How to Level Uneven Dining Room Chairs

When you are sitting down to a pleasant meal, the last thing you want is to have the chairs move underneath you. A wooden dining room chair that rocks back and forth on legs not level results in an unpleasant knocking sound and a weakening of the chair’s structural integrity. Bring your dining room chairs back to level by sanding them flat again.

Things You'll Need

  • Sturdy table
  • Coarse sanding discs
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Instructions

    • 1

      Place the wooden chair on a sturdy table.

    • 2

      Identify the two longest legs. Once these legs are shortened slightly, the chair will be level.

    • 3

      Peel the backing off two coarse sanding discs, revealing the sticky sides.

    • 4

      Place the sanding discs, sticky side down, on the table and underneath the chair’s longest legs.

    • 5

      Grasp the two longest chair legs in your hands and move them firmly over the sanding discs. Continue until the chair sits level on the table.