Cardboard Chaise Lounge

Step 8 Position beam wedges under the beams

Since the beams do not touch the ground, and they are the main structural support you need to add some material to transfer the weight to the ground (the frame sheets are not there to provide vertical support). The way we did this was by cutting and/or rolling scrap pieces of cardboard into shivs that we then wedged them under each support. Sometimes taping the wedges helps prevent them from unwinding or sliding out of place. You have basically three lanes to place the wedges. We placed wedges for each beam on the outer most lanes. You do not have to have to create wedges for all the beams in the center lane though if you want to be extra careful that your cardboard couch won't collapse you can do it for some or all. Tape them into place to secure them. Another approach, which we will use for for the upper support, is to line the whole lane with material to act as a wedge/ buffer material. But since for the underside you know where the support needs to be the wedges saves some material.