Originally Posted by
waltonalice
I have one of the big boards and find that it’s great for ironing large pieces. I have a fairly heavyweight ironing board on which to place it and have one caveat: the boards are heavy and may cause the ironing board to fail earlier than it would have done with ordinary use. I had to to replace my last board after 8 years compared to the 35 years that my first board lasted.
My original ironing board is 63 years old. I had a neighbor fix it about 30 years ago (he charged me $5.00) and it is still going. I'm going to put a big board on it now; hope it holds up. It has height adjustment, so that is good for me. I can have it high to iron standing, and lower it to sit and iron.