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Why won't my cover fit my L shaped garden sofa

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BG2015 · 05/06/2020 15:24

Bought an L shaped rattan sofa and cover.

The cover is 215 x 215 x 87 but it will not fit the sofa. Looked on amazon eBay etc and all the covers are 215 x 215 for this type of sofa.

One sofa is 171 and the other is 181 - the cover will not fit!

DP and I cannot understand what we are doing wrong.

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Bluntness100 · 05/06/2020 15:26

171 and 181 makes 352..

BG2015 · 05/06/2020 15:31

The longest section of the L is 250cm on my right
The shortest is 181cm on my left

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BG2015 · 05/06/2020 15:37

It's making my head hurt.

Why won't my cover fit my L shaped garden sofa
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Bluntness100 · 05/06/2020 15:39

So then it must be the depth? The 87?

EvenMoreFuriousVexation · 05/06/2020 15:39

Did the cover come with the settee?

ImpossibleGirl86 · 05/06/2020 15:40

Surely you just answered your own question if the longest dimension on the sofa is 250 and your cover is 215..

SoupDragon · 05/06/2020 15:40

The longest section of the L is 250cm on my right

But the cover is 215

Bluntness100 · 05/06/2020 15:42

Oh sorry hang what’s the 171 then?

If the sofa is 250 long and the longest length of the cover is 215 it wouldn’t fit.

notanaturalmum · 05/06/2020 15:43

I had this problem last year.
I gave up trying to get one to fit.
I ended up getting a massive square one and rearranging the chairs to try to resemble a circle.
Pulled it tight with a drawstring.

ScarfLadysBag · 05/06/2020 15:44

Because the sofas are joined together so the individual sofa sizes are overlapping, hence the 250cm? If the cover is 215cm it isn't going to fit a 250cm-long stretch.

Bluntness100 · 05/06/2020 15:58

Yes I think that’s what you’re doing wrong, it’s the end to end measurement either way that matters and if it’s 250 it’s going to be too big for a 215 long cover.

dungbeetles · 05/06/2020 16:09

I (think) I have this exact furniture.
The l shape pulls apart into two sofas. We got two covers for them.

LaurieSchafferIsAllBitterNow · 05/06/2020 16:12

you maybe have to un L shape the furniture, shove them together and then cover it??

BG2015 · 05/06/2020 18:28

The cover came with the sofa. It's going back and we've swapped it for another cover.

For 2 hours I've been sucked into the garden sofa cover world and at one point I thought I was going mad.

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