Upholsterer in Stockport.

Across SK1 to SK5, the jobs we see lean towards seat cushions and foam. The pattern is familiar: a sofa with a sound frame whose seats have flattened, or covers that have faded on the side facing the window. That does not always mean a full recover. New foam cut to the original cushion shapes, with new covers if the old fabric has had it, can bring a sofa back without replacing it. Our foam cut to size page explains what to measure.

We also get the occasional caravan cushion set from Stockport postcodes. Caravan sets take two to three weeks, and the cushions can be dropped at the workshop if the van is stored some distance away.

Stockport’s housing affects how a job runs. Terraced streets around Edgeley and the town centre often have narrow hallways and a tight turn on the stairs, so if your sofa went in with its feet off or through a window, tell us when you send the photos. It saves a wasted trip. The larger semis and villas in Heaton Moor and Heaton Chapel usually have easier access, and more of the furniture there has frames worth recovering in full.

We have completed more than a dozen jobs for SK1 to SK6 customers, and about half of them were in SK6, which takes in Bredbury, Romiley and Marple. SK6 is the district we hear from most in this part of Stockport, and it is a mix of armchairs, footstools, sofas and the odd commercial job.

If you run a venue in the Underbanks, the Market Place or elsewhere in the town centre, pub, bar and restaurant seating is done in Crib 5 fabric with combustion-modified foam, quoted item by item, and the work can be phased around your trading hours. Pub seating and banquettes, bar stools and restaurant and cafe seating each have a page, our commercial upholstery page covers how that works, and the Townhouse Hotel brasserie project shows a larger job from start to finish.

Send two or three photos, a rough width and where the piece is, by WhatsApp or through the quote form. Most photo quotes come back the same working day, in writing, and nothing is stripped until you have agreed the price. For the kind of ranges to expect before you ask, see our pricing page.

• Drop-in seats that have worn through: dining chair reupholstery, often back within a week for a single chair.
• A single worn cushion in SK1: replacement sofa cushions, made to match the rest.
• Foam for seats, benches and cushions in Stockport: foam cut to size, collected from the workshop when ready.
• Tired covers on a settee you would rather keep: sofa and suite recovering, quoted from photos.
• Hotels, bars and restaurants around Stockport: the hospitality page, from free site visit to itemised quote.
• Bigger venue jobs from Stockport: commercial upholstery, from brief to a handover pack with Crib 5 fire certificates and care instructions.