How does the top stay up. I have one and the top flops down flat. Is there another piece that I need like a spring or bent dowl?
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The dog's body holds it up a little, but the dog is supposed to just burrow/snuggle in it. I got one for my shih tzu and she loves it!!!
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Mine has a sticker on it saying "this side up". It's rough side up, apparently. The bigger question is: how do you get this rolled up thing to lay flat?!
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It's completely flat across the top -- we keep things on top. The hooks are "normal." One thing - the unit is very heavy and you will need heavy-duty anchors to install it.
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John,It will stay upright. You can not push it all the way down so it lies flat. Hope this helps.
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The top flips off. So far I've had no trouble with it coming off accidentally or in a strong wind. The side doors are to remove the finished compost.
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Mine sits flat, it will move if I jiggle it, but it should sit flat on its base!
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You can adjust the top so it is not as tight. Losen the screws and it will slide up.
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The center stem is completely removable, so put a little oil at an appropriate point and turn it around a little. There is a knob to adjust as well to tighten and loosen. Mine was a little stiff when I received it, but is fine now. Hope that helps! Lois
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The top will pop off if you hit it in the middle inside the structure. Repeat same on bottom. Then the walls will Fold flat. I like mine.
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Mine does not lay flat either. It popps up even with a sweater drying on it. The legs also tend to fold in so it can be a bit frustrating but it seem to work even though it does not lay flat.
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Hallo Sue, why fold it up at all? Mine stays up all year round, oops, I mean I don't fold it up at all. Still in good shape after several years.Jerry
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Mine isn't wobbly,it is nice and tight. I could barely connect the top with the bottom because they are so snug.
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I've had mine about five months but haven't experienced any sagging..... yet. Perhaps taking a piece of angle iron the length of the bottom shelf and fastening it to the underside with #10 X 1/2 panhead screws set into pre-drilled holes would work. Or, a simpler yet more intrusive fix would be to use a 2 X 3 or 2 X 4 instead and staining it to match. You can try an even simpler approach. Just prop up the bottom shelf with a piece of 2 X 2 run vertically from the desktop to the under side of the shelf. This will work like a basic column but will also be the most intrusive way to go. But give it some time first and don't overload it. You may never have any problems after all.
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Mine doesn't go up all the way either but I think it's designed that way. It has not caused any problems for me as the bottom stays on without being hooked on at that point.
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Ours flop all around, but I'm sure if you knew someone who did alterations or could sew a little, you could buy some foam and re-sew them into the pieces to make them as firm as you'd like. Depends on how badly you want it fixed I guess. That, or you could just buy a new one if it's the same cost to fix it.
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The top bar is not soft. The entire setup is not terribly stable. I put weights on the bottom to help but I am still aware of the pressure I put on it at certain angles. Hope that helps.
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Because the riser comes up at an angle, if you put the top into the base riser reversed by 180, you'll have a fixed, non-adjustable tiltIt's unlikely that that was an expected way to use it, because there are no bumps on the table top to keep things sliding off when it's tilted.