A supplier quotes better when it knows the sizes, the quantities, the grade and whether you will collect or need a courier. Send one request with the details and we pass it to leather and vinyl suppliers working in towns and cities across Gauteng.
Upholstery Leather and Vinyl in Gauteng
Looking for leather or vinyl in Gauteng? 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 Gauteng can quote.
Want to know more first? Our upholstery leather and vinyl guide covers the materials, the work involved and what affects the price.
Gauteng notes on supplies & care
Fabric shops around Fordsburg and the Johannesburg CBD sell upholstery fabric off the roll, and foam suppliers in the industrial areas cut seat cushions, chip foam bases and bolsters to size. Hobby upholsterers buy webbing, staples, piping cord and a staple gun to redo dining chair seats at home. Extraction machines are rented for a weekend from hardware and rental counters across the metros, and upholstery cleaners come to the house to treat pet stains and dusty fabric couches.
Gauteng: the homes, the climate and the workshops
Decades of solid furniture sit in Gauteng homes: imbuia sideboards and ball and claw armchairs in Parkhurst, Melville and Brooklyn, Morris chairs in Germiston semis, lounge suites bought on account in Soweto and Mamelodi that still have good frames under tired covers. That is the core of the work here, alongside a large motor trade where trimmers redo bakkie seats, taxi benches and sagging roof linings. Upholsterers cluster in the industrial areas of every metro and in home workshops across the townships, while foam and fabric houses supply the trade from the bigger centres. Most jobs move by bakkie between suburbs within a day. The dry Highveld winter cracks leather that is never conditioned, so mention any leather couch in the quote.
The requests we see from Gauteng usually come from:
- Homeowners and tenants: leather hides for a Chesterfield or recliner, or faux leather for dining chair seats
- Churches, schools and halls: hard-wearing vinyl for church pews, auditorium seats and school hall chairs
- Car, bakkie and taxi owners: automotive leather and vinyl for car, bakkie and taxi seats and door cards
Local tips for Gauteng
Asked for most in Gauteng: lounge suites, dining chairs and headboards, bakkie and taxi seats, roof linings. Where the workshops are: industrial areas in each metro, CBD fabric shops and home workshops in the townships. A useful tip: ask whether collection and delivery are in the quote, and which suburbs it covers.
Upholstery Leather and Vinyl usually suits couches, car seats, boats and salon chairs. The job: per hide, by area, or vinyl by the metre. For homeowners and tenants, the biggest group here, that usually means leather hides for a Chesterfield or recliner, or faux leather for dining chair seats. On the climate side: dry winters crack leather; strong summer sun fades fabric near north-facing windows.
Service area: Gauteng and surrounds
We pass Gauteng requests to workshops and suppliers based in or regularly serving Johannesburg, Pretoria, Ekurhuleni, Sedibeng, West Rand, Midrand, Centurion. Rural requests should give the nearest town, so collection and courier costs are quoted honestly.