Sofas

[Guest guest]

Could be dust mites, especially if it is an old couch. Vacuuming with a

normal household machine is usually not sufficient to remove the mites and

their droppings. Don't know about the spray.

My allergist thought I was allergic to dust mites.

He put me on a monthly injection and sold me an impervious mattress cover

and pillow-case covers. Inconclusive results in my case, (and as far as

I'm concerned most of my problems were of the ASA variety.)

Ken West

> From: a Cerf <cerfe@...>

> Reply-samters

> Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 08:04:09 -0700 (PDT)

> samters

> Subject: sofas

>

> Hey everyone,

> I have a random question. It appears that everytime I

> lie on my couch I get congested and sometimes start to

> wheeze. I use this allergy spray that I bought from

> an allergy store and I regularly vacuum the sofas but

> nothing seems to work. Any suggestions?

> Sincerely,

> a

[Guest guest]

I have done a LOT of recent research on this subject. If you want to

almost design your own, Calio Corners has a sofa that is 20 " high

from seat to floor. And they have an extra firm cushion. There are

three to four choices for cushions. It is NOT cheap however. We

estimated at least $2500 for a medium range fabric.

In the end we chose to recover our 10 year old Lane sleeper sofa.

They are going to rebuild the springs, recover it and put in a new

foam mattress. I told them I was used to sitting on plywood under

the cushions so NOTHING could be too firm! The legs unscrew on this

couch, but at least so far I'm planning on leaving the seat height

at 18 " floor to ground. I'm not sure how far they are into the

recovering process or I would ask for an inch taller leg!

Another measurement to consider is depth of seat from front to back.

Too little and you sink back and have zero back support. There are

VERY FEW suitable couches/sofas out there. I have been to about a

dozen stores and sat on endless couches. These have ranged in price

from about $800 to $3000 or more.

I was not impressed with Ethan , Bassett, ville, Lazyboy,

Lane just to name a few. The quality isn't what it was even a few

years ago.

Kathy