Whether it is a single foam cushion or a roll of fabric for a whole lounge, our free service makes it easy to price upholstery leather and vinyl in Durban. Your request goes to a supplier serving Durban and nearby areas of KwaZulu-Natal.
Upholstery Leather and Vinyl in Durban
Looking for leather or vinyl in Durban? Say what you are covering, genuine hide or faux leather, the colour and finish, and whether it is for indoor, car, boat or medical use. Give the piece size or number of seats so leather merchants in KwaZulu-Natal can quote.
The main upholstery leather and vinyl page explains the options, materials and costs in more detail.
What to know locally in Durban
Fabric shops around the CBD and Warwick area sell upholstery fabric off the roll, and foam cutters in the south basin industrial areas cut seat foam while you wait. In this climate choose outdoor fabric for stoeps and pool loungers, quick-dry foam for anything that gets wet, and stainless staples near the sea. Upholstery cleaners are busy after the rainy season with mould and odour work; dry the piece fully before you cover it again.
Upholstery work in Durban
Humidity is the upholsterer's real competition in Durban. Damp air works into foam, rusts staples and springs from the inside and leaves grey mould spots on couches in closed-up flats, so a lot of upholstery in Durban starts as a repair rather than a style change. Lounge suites in Chatsworth and Phoenix, old dining chairs on the Berea and holiday flat furniture along the beachfront all come in for new foam and covers. Most upholsterers in Durban work from Jacobs, Mobeni, Springfield and Briardene, or from home workshops in Umlazi and KwaMashu, and collect by bakkie. Ask for marine grade staples, mould resistant fabric and foam that breathes.
Who asks for upholstery leather and vinyl around Durban, most often first:
- Homeowners and tenants: leather hides for a Chesterfield or recliner, or faux leather for dining chair seats
- Offices and businesses: faux leather for boardroom and executive chairs and reception couches
- Restaurants, hotels, guesthouses and lodges: wipe-clean vinyl for restaurant booths and bar stools, hide for a lodge lounge
Local tips for Durban
Upholsterers serving Durban mostly work from here: jacobs, Mobeni, Springfield, Briardene and home workshops in the townships. The jobs that come up most: lounge suites, mouldy couches, beachfront flat furniture and taxi seats. When you ask for quotes, ask for foam and staples that suit the humidity, and whether old foam is fully removed.
Around Durban the largest group asking is homeowners and tenants, which usually means leather hides for a Chesterfield or recliner, or faux leather for dining chair seats. Before you agree to anything: match colour from a swatch in daylight. Collection here: bakkie collection across the metro; fabric and foam houses in town and the south basin.
Service area: Durban and surrounds
Upholsterers and suppliers on our network work in Durban and surrounding areas, including Umhlanga, Pinetown, Westville, Umlazi, Phoenix, Chatsworth, Berea. Give the suburb and say whether the pieces must be collected, so the collection fee can be quoted honestly.