WA14, WA15 · 35 min from workshop
Upholsterer in Altrincham.
Altrincham, Hale and Bowdon are about thirty-five minutes from our Stalybridge workshop, round the M60 on the Trafford side. That is further out than our Tameside regulars, so most Altrincham jobs start with photos and a written quote. It suits the pieces these older houses tend to hold: good armchairs, period sofas and dining sets that deserve a proper recover in a fabric you have seen first.
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Services for Altrincham
Route
35 minutes from our Stalybridge workshop
Postcodes
WA14 · WA15
Quotes
Free, in writing
Services in Altrincham
What we do for Altrincham customers.
Services for WA14 and WA15. All services.
Armchair and wing chair reupholstery
Wingback armchair from £450, plus fabric.
Read moreSofa & suite recovering
Corner sofa from £1200, plus fabric.
Read moreDining chair reupholstery
Foam or padding refresh from £15, plus fabric.
Read moreHeadboard upholstery
Single headboard recover from £75, plus fabric.
Read moreFoam replacement and cut to size
Standard seat pad (typical) from £18, plus fabric.
Read moreOn the floor
Examples of our work: chairs and fitted seating
The detail
Upholstery in Altrincham: the detail.
Pieces worth the journey from WA14 and WA15
The larger Victorian and Edwardian houses in Bowdon and Hale were furnished to last, and a lot of what is in them still has a hardwood frame under tired cloth. That is the furniture we are happiest to see from Altrincham: a wing chair that has outlived two sets of covers, a Chesterfield-style sofa with good bones, a set of dining chairs that match the table perfectly. When the frame is right, a strip-back and full reupholstery gives you the same piece with new webbing, springs checked and fresh foam where it is needed.
We will also tell you when it is not worth it. If a modern sofa has a stapled chipboard frame, recovering it rarely makes sense, and our guide on whether it is worth reupholstering a sofa sets out how we judge that.
Choosing the fabric before you commit
For a design-led room in Hale or Altrincham, the fabric decision usually matters more than the price. The showroom at the workshop carries pattern books from the mills we buy from, including real and faux leathers, and you can browse the ranges online before you visit. If you are working with an interior designer who has already specified a cloth, we can work from their fabric and their drawings instead.
On a set of dining chairs, we can recover one chair first so you can see the fabric on the actual shape before we commit the rest.
Chairs, footstools, foam and covers
Plenty of Altrincham enquiries are smaller than a full suite: one chair that needs a new seat, a footstool, or seat cushions that have gone flat. These are the jobs where distance matters least. A single dining chair reupholstery is often back within a week, and replacement foam or new covers made to your cushion sizes can be collected from the workshop when ready, so the sofa never has to leave the house. The foam cut to size page explains what we need from you.
Cafés, bars and offices around the town centre
Some of the work in our records from WA14 and WA15 is for businesses rather than homes, and Altrincham’s busy food and drink trade around the market is the kind of place it comes from. For venue seating we use Crib 5 fabric and combustion-modified foam, itemise the quote per seat or run of banquette, and plan the work around your trading hours. Read more on our commercial upholstery page, or send photos and a seat count.
How an Altrincham job gets to the workshop
Most jobs start with photos on WhatsApp or through the quote form, and a written price usually comes back the same working day. From there you can drop the piece off in Stalybridge yourself, which is free, or book collection. Larger jobs, or a room of furniture, get a site visit before we quote.
Jobs we would point you to from Altrincham
- A chair from WA14 with a good frame: reupholstery and rejuvenation, in a fabric from the showroom.
- Three-piece suites from Altrincham: sofa and suite recovering, where collection is shared across the pieces.
- A set of dining chairs from Altrincham: dining chair reupholstery, with one chair done first if you want to see the fabric.
- A new or recovered headboard in WA14: headboard upholstery, in plain, buttoned or channelled styles.
- Working to a designer’s brief in Altrincham: interior designers and specifiers, using their fabric and drawings.
- Hotels, bars and restaurants around Altrincham: the hospitality page, from free site visit to itemised quote.
Covering Altrincham (WA14, WA15), including around Altrincham Market, Stamford Park, Dunham Massey.
From Altrincham to the workshop
- Bring it in
- 40–42 Grosvenor Street, Stalybridge SK15 1RR
- Collection
- Around £55 + VAT both ways (nearby SK and M34), around £75 + VAT elsewhere in Greater Manchester, further out by distance
- Open
- Mon to Fri 08:30 to 17:00; Sat 10:00 to 14:00
- Prices
- Price guide · Past projects
“We recently had two leather armchairs re-covered. The workmanship was second to none, absolutely fantastic. We went for a large check pattern and didn't realise what a difficult job it was going to be for them matching all the lines up, well they did an awesome job, we are so impressed and very happy with the end result. I highly recommend Valley Upholstery if anyone is thinking of updating their furniture, well done and thank you.”
Proof of work
Similar jobs from the workshop.
Workshop
Dining chair set in Supremo fabric
A matched dining-chair set recovered in black Supremo fabric, keeping the set consistent while giving the seats a sharper, longer-lasting finish.
Stalybridge
The police uniform wingback chair
Customer Lindsay Yates brought us her late father's wingback armchair and asked whether we could cover it in his Greater Manchester Police service uniforms. Featured by the Guild of Master Craftsmen.
Local FAQs
Common questions from Altrincham customers.
- Do you collect from Hale, Bowdon and Timperley as well as Altrincham?
- Yes. WA14 and WA15 are inside Greater Manchester, so collection is around £75 + VAT both ways, confirmed in your written quote before anything is booked. If you can drop the piece at the workshop in Stalybridge yourself, there is no charge for that. Several items going together make the collection easier to justify.
- Can I see fabrics before an Altrincham job is booked?
- Yes. The showroom at the workshop holds books from the mills we buy from, so you can handle the cloth before choosing. If you cannot get over to Stalybridge, tell us the colours and the use the piece gets, and we can talk you through suitable ranges and arrange samples before you commit.
- Is it worth bringing one armchair from Altrincham?
- Often, yes, if the frame is sound and you like the chair. Send photos first. We will tell you in the written quote what the chair needs and what collection adds, so you can decide whether to bring it in yourself, have it collected, or wait until you have another piece to send with it.
Bring your Altrincham furniture back to life.
Free, no-obligation quotes by phone, WhatsApp, in shop, or on site. Collection from WA14, WA15 is priced in your quote before booking.