Bert Coules explained :
I imagine that the weight of the end unit would prevent much movement anyway:
it just - as I say - struck me as slightly surprising.

The idea is just to make the individual parts stay together and yes,
they are very heavy indeed, even in their separate parts. I cannot move
our two seater, without some help.

Harry, thanks for that. I've just been looking again and I can't see any
way of tightening the fit. It does seem a little strange though that the
play is only at one end - but the fact that the fixings are different from
those at the other end certainly suggests that it's a deliberate design
feature.

Bert Coules wrote:
Harry, thanks for that. I've just been looking again and I can't see
any way of tightening the fit. It does seem a little strange though
that the play is only at one end - but the fact that the fixings are
different from those at the other end certainly suggests that it's a
deliberate design feature.

It is quite likely that the original sofa was purchased from some paki shop
on some ****ty industrial estate and sold on to you. Sold on because it was
not fit for purpose. My late wife bought from these arseholes against my
wishes, I was working at the time. The arseholes would not even take the
cardboard away. The furniture fell apart within 18 months, it cost over £1k.
A telephone call always got the same response ...... "De boss is not here".
I am not racist, I just hate the paki ****s.