Q: I have a question regarding ironing boards. It's a simple one, with (I think) a complicated answer. My board is stuck in the 'up' position. How do I un-stick it? I have looked long and hard, and far and wide, and only found one tutorial, which wasn't all that helpful. Still, I'm not ready to give up and will take almost any suggestion.
Sent in by Stuck in Texas
Editor: Oh no! We feel for you, Stuck in Texas, but can't say that we've ever had that problem, but we can certainly imagine how discouraging it would be. We're going to throw this one out to our readers for their all their wisdom!
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without seeing the underside of your ironing board, which is where the up/down mechanism lives, it will be difficult for someone else to figure out what has gone wrong... Can you perhaps turn the ironing board upside down, with the ironing surface to the floor? Carefully look at how it all works, and see if you can figure out which lever or button is intended to release the legs and allow it to "flatten" If you can get a friend to help, have them hold the legs of the ironing board while you try the mechanism. Be careful. Most ironing boards have pretty simple "works", but they do occasionally break. Good luck.
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