These stools are not for people over 225 lbs.  My husband is about 235 and after we had owned them for about a week the stools were not sitting level anymore.  The welds all broke after about 2 weeks and I had to take them to be repaired. I was told that the metal under the seat is very thin.  The repair may not work because of that.  If you have big people in your family, these stools will not work for you.