Expert Advice for your Lawn & Garden TV Host of Today's Homeowner® and home expert for The Weather ChannelVideo, Carpentry, Repairs and Installation, Interior Published 11/01/2006 by Danny Lipford
A split seat or a wooden chair often sends it to the junk heap but this solution may save one at your house. The fix begins by forcing wood glue into the crack and clamping the seat back together. While this will put the chair back together, it may happen again. By adding a pair of 1×4 cleats to the underside of the seat, (we made ours from oak, beveled the edges and stained them to match the chair) we support the repair and the entire seat to prevent future cracks. Be sure to attach the cleat with screws that are long enough to hold it in the chair seat, but not so long that they stick in your seat.
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