Furniture replacement problems. Suggestions please.

[Byron B]

Hopefully the repairs will come before age catches up! I think we are all fighting the losing battle against aging. Aging beats the heck out of the alternative!

 

[-fall-creek-bob]

Just finished swapping out the crap leather furniture in our 2015, with Rec Pro Charles collection which is heavy cloth. I would never buy the "leather" stuff again. Lot of work but it is done, very happy with Rec Pro, very fast shipping and good customer service.

 

[Cat320]

....My wife and I were able to find suitable furniture at a local furniture store at a substantial cost savings....

Same here.

 

[Mikendebbie]

The peeling pleather was an RV industry problem ~2012 to 2021. It affected motorhomes, fifth wheels, travel trailers of all manufacturers. It was not unique to Keystone.

The sketch illustrates Byron's issue. Apparently the exact replacement couch is not made and other types of replacements need to be adapted to fit the dimensions. I looked at a Thomas Payne jack knife couch for this sketch. The window sill at 29" is the limiting factor. Replacement couches are 34" tall. My suggestion is to build a custom mounting frame of 2x4s and plywood to set the couch at the right height. The seat need to be 18" above the living room floor. The front apron hangs on a bar that is part of the jack-knife sofa frame. Confirm these dimensions before cutting any wood - don't take my word for it!

 

[Byron B]

That is a real close drawing/diagram as to what I have and the dimensions. I think Keystone special ordered the couch/beds for only this model. I looked all over and could not find any identifying markings as to who might have made these things.
Where you are showing custom wood frame on the drawing is actually where they placed a couple 2x4s and screwed some of the metal frame to it!
I won’t go to the trouble of making the replacements as I really try not to start a project that I can avoid….

 

[Mikelff]

Having done extensive research to replace the Thomas Payne crap, pealing, theatre seats in my 2018 High Country, I came up with Theatre Seat store.com. For around $200 more per chair than new Thomas Payne ( owned by Lippert) or Rec Pro new replacements, I bought REAL leather electric recline theater seating. The seats arrived quickly and in great condition. They easily fit through my RV door. All you have to do is slide the seat backs on once you have them inside your RV. They also have lots of nice options available like swing out tray tables. Those if you that bought new Rec Pro, good luck. That crap will eventually peal just like the Thomas Payne. Just a matter of when. For what I received for the extra money I paid for REAL leather, it was well worth the money. I have had the new leather chairs for a little over two years now with no issues. Montana has been using Thomas Payne in all their units since pre 2000. As others have said, the pealing pleather issues have been an industry wide problem. I have a bench top and fold out bed starting to peal. I’m going to have them recovered with vinyl marine material from a local boat interior repair company. Don’t need real leather for these and they will be extremely durable and probably last as long as the RV does. If you decide to keep your pealing furniture, slip covers are your only option. Re-covering is not an economical option. As far as the couch, keep scouring the internet. You should be able to find some options.

 

[jimborokz]

7 years and ours hasn't peeled---YET---, however we didn't like the theater seating. Power recline was so slow and once the power went out while we were reclined and we had to climb out. Also, we decided that two couches were more than we needed, never used more than one bed. So, we donated the theater seats to Habitat for humanity and moved one couch to our S&B family room after adding legs.
We extended the floor of the couch area to accommodate a recliner and put another recliner and side table where the theater seating was.

 

[fatcatzzz]

We bought from FactoryRV. https://factoryrvsurplus.com/
They were fast and the furniture is of good quality, as far as RV furniture goes.

 

[Byron B]

We bought from FactoryRV. FactoryRV.com | RV Parts | RV Accessories | RV Replacement Part
They were fast and the furniture is of good quality, as far as RV furniture goes.

Unfortunately this company does not sell sofas, jackknife or sleeper.

 

[Jetson]

We bought a power theater seat/sofa with 2 power recliners from Shop4seats.com 2 years ago to replace our recliners and really like it. The material is the as is used in boat upholstery.

 

[twindman]

I guess I am fortunate with recliners. First, I hate the 'leather' chairs - just too cold and 'un' homey. Second, I bought a lazyboy around 1972 and it finally got given away in the 2000's sometime. Mechanism still worked.
Soooo, I have 2 in my house and 2 in my rig. They can be pricey, but found a deal. Here in Phoenix, they have a repair shop. Bring in the chair or part that needs work, and any part is free for lifetime. They did something for me last year for $60. But the good part, is this facility is located at the back of their warehouse??? where they have a lot of things on display. There was a $1300 chair that they normally sell in the warehouse for around $700. BUT they had everything down to 35-40%. So we picked one up for around $400. AND I didn't know this before, but they have 2 cushion styles - one normal (and soft) and one much firmer. My wife has back issues and needs a firm chair. So we are very happy with LazyBoy.

 

[-fall-creek-bob]

We changed out all OEM "leather" for Rec Pro CLOTH MATERIAL, no more flaking off for us. Really changed the living area, couldn't be happier!

 

[Snoopy's Doghouse]

We use free-standing Lazy-boy Cloth Rocking Recliners. Takes a bit more time (30 min total) to stow when moving, as I have to secure the end-tables to the back so they don't rock during movement. Also had to put a couple small D-Rings where the couch was to secure it in the slide during travel, use strap from original loveseat for other. Pictureed