How to Stack Plastic Resin Chairs
Many people use plastic resin chairs in environments such as hospitals, schools, businesses, events and homes. The commercial grade plastic resins used to make the chairs are not only strong and long-lasting, but easy to clean and maintain. Although plastic resin chair designs vary, most plastic resin chairs consist of two types—folding and non-folding chairs. As a result, stacking plastic resin chairs—as with any stackable chair—requires understanding the chair type's design and the ways that you can use that design to stack the chairs together vertically or horizontally. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Folding Plastic Resin Chairs
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Choose a location to stack your chairs—against a sturdy wall or partition, on a table or a floor, or on a chair-stacking dolly or hanging rack.
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Grasp the chair back of the first folding chair in one hand and the seat in the other and bring the two together to fold the chair.
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Place the chair in your stacking area. Lean the chair against a vertical surface or lay it on a horizontal surface with the front of the chair facing the surface. If you're using a chair-stacking hanging rack, slide the bar between the chair's legs over a rack hook.
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Fold the next chair and position it against or on top of the first chair.
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Repeat the process until you have a stack of five to eight chairs—or a stack that safely fills your dolly or hanging rack—and then start a new stack if you have additional chairs.
Non-Folding Plastic Resin Chairs
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Position the first chair in the area where you want to stack your chairs or on a movable stacking-chair cart.
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Pick up the next chair, position it directly above the first chair and then simply place it on top of the chair. If your non-folding chair has loop-style arms, slide the back legs through the back of the armrest loop as you place the chair. To stack "single-piece” (molded from one piece) plastic resin chairs with loop-style arms, look for stacking grooves on the exterior of each chair leg—a design developed to accommodate close-fit stacking. When you slide the back legs through the armrest loop the legs of the top chair should slide into place down the grooves, stacking the two chairs close together.
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Repeat the process until you complete your first stack and then repeat as needed.
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Tips & Warnings
Never stack more than eight plastic resin chairs at a time (three or four if the chair has flat horizontal arms) unless stacking small chairs or using a dolly/hanging rack. Over-stacking can cause stacks to topple/slide out of position. In addition, each chair in a stack, except for the top or outside chair, can place pressure on the other chairs. Over-stacking increases that pressure and can cause permanent bending/warping damage depending on the hardness or grade of the plastic resin.
Always use caution when stacking plastic resin chairs that have metal legs as the paint on the legs can scratch as you stack.
