Furniture legs adjustable in height, how to choose

Whatever piece of furniture is sold in the store, it will have supports. How to determine which legs to choose for furniture? Height-adjustable models have proven their worth.

Kinds

Furniture legs, the height of which can be adjusted, are more convenient to use than unregulated products. They have wider functionality than unregulated products, as they allow you to eliminate unevenness of the floor covering by installing furniture at the height that suits family members.

In shape

An adjustable furniture leg is made today for a variety of designs, is made with different shapes and has specific operational parameters. With the help of such devices, the product stands firmly on the base, does not stagger, looks holistic, concise, attractive They are highly resistant to impact, strong, durable, practical. It is important to understand this when choosing such products for your home.

Many furniture stores have different shaped legs for furniture. Let us describe their operational parameters further:

single elements - straight, curved, roller (resembles a wheel in shape), curly supports;
folding models - used mainly for transformer tables. Such products differ in compact dimensions when folded, so the table itself does not take up much free space, which is very important in small-sized apartments.

To size

Do not think that the design of such structures is limited to several forms, a pair of color schemes. Today, manufacturers delight buyers with a huge number of furniture legs with various shapes, with the ability to adjust the height of the product. We describe them further.

The adjusting mechanism of furniture supports allows you to choose at your discretion the height of the furniture set, cabinet or cabinet. This is extremely important if there are deviations of the floor from the horizontal.

By size, such products are divided into several groups:

low - such a product has a height in the range of 50-60 mm and is used for furniture such as cabinets, coffee tables, kitchen sets;
medium - the height of the models ranges from 60 to 80 mm;
high - have a height ranging from 80 to 850 mm. The highest options are used for tables. As a result, its surface is set at the optimal level for humans.

According to the material of manufacture

Today, manufacturers of furniture fittings use in the process of its production three basic materials and their various combinations. For the manufacture of furniture supports, plastic, metal, wood are used:

metal legs visual look very beautiful, concise. They are successfully combined with other metal parts of the kitchen set, shelf, closet. Such products allow you to quickly update the external aesthetics of furniture, complementing it with a subtle style, not flashy luxury. Models in demand in the domestic market from aluminum, chrome. Virtually more than one negative factor present in the living room cannot spoil the appearance of a metal support;
made of plastic, the supports do not look as catchy as metal, but they are characterized by wider variations in size and functionality. Such products are relevant for various types of kitchen furniture of different sizes and purposes. The color variations of the plastic legs are also wide, but they do not last so long, because the mechanical effect extremely spoils the aesthetics of the plastic surface;
wooden - such designs are relevant for sofas, armchairs, dining groups in the kitchen. Wooden supports are decorated with carvings, turning them into a real piece of furniture art. But natural wood has average resistance to moisture, so you should not allow the contact of wooden furniture legs, height-adjustable, with water for a long time.

For furniture made of natural wood, you can prefer the combined version of metal and wooden planks, which in tandem perfectly imitate the aesthetics of wood, but retain high strength.

Wooden

Metal

Plastic

What to look for when choosing

Today, furniture handles are very diverse in their operational parameters. Therefore, when choosing them, it is important to be vigilant. Let us describe the main recommendations of specialists in this regard.

Selection criteria	Characteristic
Design	When choosing furniture, it is important to ask the seller whether it is possible to pick up a telescopic leg of a different shape or color for a given item. If one support fell into disrepair, then there will be no problems with its replacement.
Furniture weight	This criterion has a strong influence on the choice of a particular furniture leg. If the headset has a high weight, it does not fit the curved shape of the legs, it is less resistant to stress than the direct option.
Product Dimensions	In this case, it is important to understand what kind of furniture the support will be used for, to measure its height before going to the store. For kitchen sets, it is better to prefer compact models, and for a coffee table higher options.
Room decoration style	The interior will look holistic. If the legs are furniture and the furniture itself will be in harmony according to the material of manufacture. Wooden headsets in a classic interior require wooden supports, and in a sleek high-tech metal options are relevant.
Product quality	Since the legs will experience fairly high loads, it is important that they are of high quality, resistant to wear. There should be no dents, scratches, chips or other defects on the product.

How to adjust

Experts argue that the features of adjusting the furniture supports are reduced to the type of furniture design for which the fittings are used. Therefore, you need to carefully measure the parameters of the cabinet, table or cabinet, as well as their missing height. Such actions will determine the actual height of the proposed piece of furniture, as well as understand what the design should be in the end.

We describe the comfortable height for various surfaces, depending on the fact which processes are performed on them:

the sink is mounted at a distance of one meter from the floor. Then it will be comfortable to use, and the human spine will not experience an increased load on it;
cooking zone, worktops, dining table will be as comfortable and safe as possible at a height of 85 cm;
the height of the closet with a maximum capacity of 190, 210 cm from the floor.

The support, the height of which can be adjusted, is very convenient to use.

The support must be screwed into a nut fixed directly to the furniture body. To set the selected height, you will need to take a screwdriver and screw the screw into the counterpart to the level that is selected as optimal.