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Louis, when workrooms make these pieces they put a small hook latch on the back of the legs. This holds the 2 pieces together. You can get these at any hardware store and put them on yourself.

Try a c clamp, I have seen them on sofas at DWR to hold the two pieces together.

http://www.coastaltool.com/cgi-bin/welcome.pl?ref=froogle page=/clamps_vises/adjustable/cclamp.htm

Hmm. When I bought my York sectional from R&B, it came with hardware that joins the sections together. Wonder why that isn't standard on all their sectionals? Anyway, this is basically what it is (the one that came on my York looks like #917):

http://www.sofasnap.com/sofa-snap-types.htm

Room and Board were supposed to include hardware to keep them together - a pal bought a sectional from R&B and they hooked the pieces together when they delivered it.

Call the store.

I had this same problem with the same sofa ... mine also didn't come with any hardware. It drove me nuts having it slide apart all the time, and I later got rid of it.

Like others mention- a hooklatch.
I used a piece of rope-cord and tied the back legs and front legs together when I had a sectional. Couldnt be seen unless you got down on your hands and knees.

I would use a couple of short bar clamps to join the undersides of the sofa. Of course this means you would have to tear out the black meshing under the sofa.

The hardware that is typically used for this situation is a ganging mechanism.

http://www.sofasnap.com/sofa-snap-types.htm

I just bought the same couch. i paid $10 extra, i think, for the clip. you should be able to order separately.

I just went to the local hardware store and bought heavy duty cable ties and joined the legs. Best $2 I ever spent.

THANK YOU EVERYONE!

I called the store the person said that I should have been asked if i needed the bracket when placing the order, AND the drivers should have had spare ones on the truck.

Not sure how everyone was so ill informed, but the store was very apologetic and are going to UPS one to me (they offered to schedule delivery, but i do not want to wait).

I think the drivers were pissy because i refused delivery of a side table becasuse the veneer was chipped.

Thanks for all your help, I had no clue that brackets like this existed.

So glad someone asked this question! We just purchased a sectional sofa from West Elm and it drives us crazy that there was no way to keep the pieces together. Yeah! we will be fixing this weekend!

Brings to mind a childhood couch of a friends: it was about 15 long - way too long to fit inside a second-story apartment. They didn't want to get rid of it, so they literally sawed it in half to get it in. Once it was situated, they just sewed up the two halves. It was so ugly, too, very 70s. I laugh every time I think about that silly couch.

fab question and very helpful to me as well!

I work at The Sofa Company and we actually bracket all of our couches together on the sides where the 2 pieces meet.
Theses brackets cannot be seen and are extremely durable.
If anyone needs these brackets we would be more than happy to send some out to you.
They cost about $20 for a set of 4 and are fairly easy to attach.

Just give us a call 888-778-SOFA