M40 · 16 min from workshop
Upholsterer in Newton Heath.
Newton Heath is about sixteen minutes from our Stalybridge workshop, on the Oldham Road side of north-east Manchester. We have done little domestic work in M40, so this page leads with what we can show: fixed cafe seating, banquettes and bar stools for local businesses, plus recovers and repairs for homes.
Prefer to talk it through? Call 0161 303 0769
Services for Newton Heath
Route
16 minutes from our Stalybridge workshop
Postcodes
M40
Quotes
Free, in writing
Services in Newton Heath
What we do for Newton Heath customers.
Services for M40. All services.
Sofa & suite recovering
Corner sofa from £1200, plus fabric.
Read moreBench, banquette and window seat cushions
New bench cushion cover from £50, plus fabric.
Read moreBar stool reupholstery
Round or square pad stool from £45, plus fabric.
Read morePub seating upholstery and bar reupholstery
Site visit for a venue refit from £0, plus fabric.
Read moreOn the floor
Examples of our work: cafe, bar and pub seating



The detail
Upholstery in Newton Heath: the detail.
Small commercial seating along Oldham Road
Oldham Road runs through the middle of Newton Heath, and the cafes, takeaways, barbers and bars along it and around the Metrolink stop all have seating that gets used hard. The work is rarely a full refit. More often it is a run of fixed seating with split seams, a set of bar stools gone through at the front edge, or a barber’s waiting bench that has cracked.
That is work we are set up for. We recover fixed seating and banquettes by the seat or by the run, and if only one booth has split we can recover that section alone. Bar stools come to the workshop and go back together on a date agreed in the quote. For benches, window seats and built-in seating with loose cushions, we make new cushions to measure from your sizes or a paper template.
Fire safety and quoting for trade seating
Anything in a business open to the public needs covers certified to BS 5852 Crib 5, with combustion-modified foam behind them. We supply both, and certificate the covers, so your fire-safety records are complete. Vinyl and faux leather take spills and constant wiping; a Crib 5 woven fabric is warmer for lounge areas and booths.
For anything bigger than a few stools, we come out on a site visit, count the seats and look at how they are fixed. The quote is itemised, so you can see what each part of the job costs, and the work is phased around your trading hours. Our hospitality page has more on how we schedule jobs for venues that cannot close.
Homes in M40
Newton Heath’s housing is mostly terraces and postwar semis, and the furniture in them gets the same heavy daily use as anywhere. We have done very little domestic work here so far, but a sofa or recliner from M40 is handled exactly as one from Stalybridge: photos first, a written quote, and a frame check before any fabric goes on. If it is a recliner, our riser-recliner recover shows the approach: the mechanism kept and serviced, and the chair recovered rather than replaced. Most domestic jobs take two to four weeks.
How to get a price
Dropping a piece at Grosvenor Street yourself costs nothing. For a sofa, or commercial seating that has to come to us, collection and redelivery from Newton Heath is around £75 + VAT both ways, and that figure is in your written quote before you book.
Send photos and a seat count through the Newton Heath quote form, on WhatsApp or by phone on 0161 303 0769. Most quotes from photos come back the same working day; larger commercial jobs start with a site visit.
Fixed cafe seating, step by step
For fixed cafe seating, the usual route is a free site visit, an itemised quote, then the seat pads and backs coming to the workshop while the frames stay put. A single split banquette can be turned round overnight. When the work is done you get a handover pack with Crib 5 fire certificates and care instructions, which is what your insurer or fire-risk assessor tends to ask for.
Jobs we would point you to from Newton Heath
- Pubs, cafes and restaurants in Newton Heath: pub seating and banquettes, with a free site visit for venue jobs and overnight turnaround on a single banquette.
- Stools with worn front edges: bar stool reupholstery, collected as a set and returned on a date agreed in the quote.
- Built-in seating with loose cushions: bench and window seat cushions, in fabric to suit the room.
- A sofa or suite from M40 with a sound frame: sofa and suite recovering, starting with a frame check.
- Hotels, bars and restaurants around Newton Heath: the hospitality page, from free site visit to itemised quote.
- Waiting benches and chairs for Newton Heath salons and barbers: salons and barbers.
Covering Newton Heath (M40), including around Oldham Road, Rochdale Canal, Newton Heath and Moston Metrolink stop.
From Newton Heath 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
“The team at Valley upholstery are perfect! We had a load of our chairs for my hotel lounge re-upholstered and they are now back and completed and look like brand new! Would recommend to anyone. Will definitely be back in touch if we need anything else done.”
Proof of work
Similar jobs from the workshop.
Preston
Preston pub seating section
A worn pub seating section recovered in hard-wearing contract fabric, with the work planned as a practical hospitality refit rather than a decorative one-off.
Tesco staff room, North West
Tesco staff room booths
Face-to-face staff room booths recovered in lime and green wipe-clean vinyl for a Tesco site: channelled backs, wipe-down seats, installed around an existing pedestal table.
Local FAQs
Common questions from Newton Heath customers.
- Can you recover fixed cafe seating without closing for days?
- Usually. Seat pads and back panels on fixed seating can often be unscrewed and brought to the workshop while the frames stay in place, which keeps any closure short. We check how yours is fixed on a site visit, then give you an itemised quote with the work phased around your trading hours.
- What fabric does seating in a Newton Heath cafe or barber's need?
- Commercial seating needs covers certified to BS 5852 Crib 5, with combustion-modified foam, and we supply both along with the fire-safety paperwork. Wipe-clean vinyl or faux leather suits seats that are wiped down all day; a Crib 5 woven fabric suits booths and lounge areas.
- Is Newton Heath close enough for you to collect a sofa?
- Yes. Newton Heath is inside Greater Manchester, so collection and redelivery is around £75 + VAT both ways, confirmed in your written quote before you book. Dropping a piece at Grosvenor Street in Stalybridge yourself costs nothing.
Bring your Newton Heath furniture back to life.
Free, no-obligation quotes by phone, WhatsApp, in shop, or on site. Collection from M40 is priced in your quote before booking.