Sector
Office & contract upholstery.
Office and contract upholstery across Greater Manchester. Task chairs, boardroom and reception seating, screens and pods recovered to brand spec -- around your trading hours.
Spec first
Fire rating, fabric data sheets, foam grade and any compliance notes confirmed up front.
Operational plan
We schedule around opening hours, trading, term dates or production deadlines.
Itemised quote
Photos, quantities and access notes become a written quote your team can sign off.
In scope
What we cover.
- Office chair reupholstery in cloth, vinyl or leather
- Boardroom chair recovering, including pattern-matched leather across a full set
- Reception-area fixed and modular seating built and recovered to room dimensions
- Fire-retardant fabric option (Crib 5 standard, Crib 7 on request)
- Office screen / partition recovering to brand spec
- Replacement foams, springs and webbing; frame and joint tightening
- Bespoke custom-made screens, breakout seating and meeting pods
- Made-to-measure acoustic panels for open-plan offices
Office furniture upholstery in Manchester
Offices replace chairs they could have recovered, and bin sofas long before the frames give out. Office furniture upholstery in Manchester is what we do instead: a task-chair recover – seat pad, back panel, lumbar – costs around a third of a like-for-like new chair, keeps the mechanism you already own, and means a whole floor matches again. We work directly with facilities managers, fit-out teams and office managers across Greater Manchester and the wider North-West, from our Stalybridge workshop.
Office chair reupholstery in cloth, vinyl or leather
Office chair reupholstery covers task chairs, executive chairs, tub chairs and operator seating. We recover in commercial cloth, wipe-clean vinyl or leather, replace tired foam and webbing, tighten frames and joints, and swap gas struts or castors while a chair is on the bench. A row of task chairs is usually back inside a week. Fire-retardant fabric is Crib 5 as standard for open-plan and reception use, with Crib 7 specified per fire risk assessment. See our screen and partition recovering for new builds.
Boardroom upholstery and boardroom chair fabric
Boardroom upholstery has to look right across a whole set, not one chair at a time. We recover boardroom chairs in pattern-matched leather or contract weaves, matching grain, sheen and colour batch across a twelve-seat table so nothing reads as odd one out. For boardroom chair fabric we route between Crib 5 and Crib 7 depending on the building’s fire risk assessment, and we’ll order samples for sign-off before committing the bulk order. Boardroom chair reupholstery around Greater Manchester is phased so the room stays usable between sessions.
Reception seating upholstery and bespoke fixed seating
Reception seating upholstery is the first thing a visitor touches, so it carries the brand. We recover modular reception sofas, tub chairs and breakout seating, and build bespoke reception-area fixed seating to room dimensions where off-the-shelf won’t fit. Recover beats replace on cost, lead time, embodied carbon and fit – keeping the carcasses and frames out of the skip. Across Tameside and the North-West we’ll plan a reception refit in stages so the front of house never goes dark.
Contract upholstery across Greater Manchester and the North-West
Contract upholstery for offices, FF&E teams and refurbishment contractors is core work for us. We handle batch task-chair programmes, breakout and meeting-pod seating, acoustic panels and partition screens to brand spec, invoiced on PO with standard 30-day terms. Materials come from twelve fabric and leather suppliers – Cristina Marrone, Ross Fabrics, Sunbury, Warwick, Wemyss, Agua, Crest and Futura Leathers among them – so a wide range of colours and designs is available to suit any office. Bring your brand Pantone / RGB and we’ll match it.
Office upholstery prices
Honest office upholstery prices depend on chair count, foam condition and fabric grade. As a guide: task-chair recover (seat + back) from around £65 to £140 plus fabric; boardroom leather recover from £120 to £260 per chair plus fabric; reception or breakout sofa recover from £380 to £900 per piece plus fabric. Batch programmes drop the per-chair figure. We give free, itemised quotes on every office job – send photos and quantities and we usually come back the same day.
For furniture specifiers and fit-out contractors
If you’re a furniture specifier, FF&E buyer or fit-out contractor working in Greater Manchester and the North-West, we’re the recovering workshop behind the spec. We take a schedule of seating, match to your chosen fabric book, phase the work around handover dates, and invoice cleanly on PO. For full design-led projects see our interior designers and specifiers sector page.
Related pages
- Office chair and dining-chair reupholstery – batch chair recovering in cloth, vinyl or leather
- Pub seating and banquettes – fixed and reception bench seating built to dimension
- Foam cut to size – replacement foam for seat pads and back cushions
- Commercial upholstery – our full contract and commercial hub
- Interior designers and specifiers – design-led FF&E projects
- Kitchen banquette trade commission – recent contract banquette build
- Boeing 747 aircraft seats – contract-grade seating recovered to spec
- Upholsterers in Manchester and Stalybridge – our home patch
- Get a commercial quote
Last updated 14 May 2026
Notes from the bench by Karl Chandler, Principal Craftsman.
Working with us
How it works.
- 1
Site visit and inventory
We come to you across Greater Manchester, count chairs, photograph wear, and propose what to recover and what's beyond economic repair.
- 2
Brand-matched spec
Bring your brand guidelines or a Pantone / RGB reference and we'll match against our fabric library; for closer matches we order samples for sign-off before bulk.
- 3
Phased recovery
We rotate chairs through the Stalybridge workshop a row at a time so you keep trading. Reception refits, breakout rooms and partition screens are quoted on a phased plan.
- 4
Collection or courier
Collection or courier service for batches; we book the route around your trading hours across the North-West.
- 5
Return and install
Chairs returned, with gas struts or castors replaced if you want them done at the same time. PO with standard 30-day terms.
Recent project work
Projects in office & contract.
May 2026 · North West
Bespoke kitchen banquette for a trade account
An L-shaped breakfast-nook banquette built by one of our commercial clients and upholstered by us -- cream chenille seat cushions, soft tartan-check back panels, made to fit a panelled kitchen island and herringbone floor.
Read the projectOct 2023 · Tameside
Tameside College antimacassars
Custom embroidered antimacassars produced for Tameside College, showing how small contract details can make existing seating feel managed and on-brand.
Read the projectApr 2023 · Tameside
Boeing 747 cabin crew training seats
Original Boeing 747 seats recovered for Tameside College, used to train air stewards and stewardesses -- contract-grade fabric, the original stitching pattern replicated, and built to take daily training use.
Read the projectFrequently asked
Common questions in office & contract.
- How long does reupholstery take?
- Most domestic projects take two to four weeks from collection to delivery. Caravans usually run two to three weeks. Single dining chairs are often back within a week. We agree the timeline up front and stick to it.
- Do you collect and deliver?
- Yes. We collect and deliver across Greater Manchester for a small charge. The fee depends on distance and size; we'll confirm it in your quote.
- Is it worth reupholstering an office task chair instead of replacing it?
- Usually yes. A task-chair recover -- seat pad and back panel -- runs roughly a third of a like-for-like new chair, keeps the mechanism, gas strut and arms you already own, and means a whole floor matches again. We only advise replacing when the frame or mechanism is genuinely beyond economic repair.
- What guarantee do you offer?
- Workmanship is guaranteed, with a two-year craftsmanship guarantee on production and contract work. Fabric durability is governed by the supplier's own rub-test rating; we'll explain that when you choose.
- Do you supply Crib 5 fire-rated foam and fabric for pubs, restaurants and venues?
- Yes. All hospitality, commercial and public-sector work uses combustion-modified foam and fabrics tested to BS 5852 Crib 5 (and Crib 7 where the spec requires it). We provide the test certificates with every quote and again when the job is signed off.
- Do you do commercial and hospitality jobs?
- Yes. Pubs, restaurants, cafes, hotels, offices, healthcare, retail, schools, colleges and universities. We work to fire safety regulations (Crib 5 where required) and around your trading hours.
- Are you fire-safety compliant?
- Yes, At Valley Upholstery, all our domestic upholstery meets British Standards BS 5852/BS 7176 for fire safety, and we also supply combustion-modified foam where the use case requires it. The cigarette and match tests required for home upholstery (often BS 5852) are critical safety assessments for upholstery fabrics, designed to prevent fires by simulating common ignition sources. A smouldering cigarette must not cause ignition or smouldering, while a lit match (or equivalent flame) held for 20 seconds must not cause sustained flaming. These tests are essential for UK home safety compliance. Commercial upholstery fire safety - fabrics in the UK must adhere to strict regulations, primarily requiring BS 5852 Crib 5 testing for high-risk areas like offices, hotels, and restaurants. Common materials include treated polyester, wool blends, and vinyl, which are designed to withstand smouldering cigarettes and butane flames.
- Do you offer free quotes?
- Yes. Free, no-obligation quotes by phone, email, in shop or, for larger jobs, on site.
Working on a brief?
Send photos, quantities, deadlines and access notes. We come back with an itemised quote your team can sign off.