Armrest & Arm Pad Repair & Replacement in London

A cracked or peeling arm pad doesn't mean the chair is finished, it's a five-minute swap, not a five-hundred-pound decision.

The problem

The pleather on the arm pad has started peeling, or the foam underneath has gone hard and cracked, or the whole armrest wobbles and won't hold its height. None of this affects how the chair supports you, but a peeling pad is the most visible sign of wear on the entire chair, which is exactly why it's usually what triggers 'maybe it's time for a new one'.

The real cause

Arm pads are a soft-touch material sitting on a plastic or metal frame (designed to wear faster than anything structural underneath, the same way a phone case wears out long before the phone. A wobbly or loose armrest is a separate, equally common fault, usually a worn clip or a stripped adjustment lever) not a sign the chair itself has failed. The replacement-first industry doesn't distinguish between 'the pad' and 'the chair', because it isn't in their interest to.

Read the guide: is my office chair worth repairing?

The fix

Pad and armrest repairs are usually the quickest job on the list, for offices checking several chairs at once, this is typically handled as part of The 10-Point Chair Audit, so nothing gets missed.

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Repair vs. replace

This is the widest gap on the whole site between what a fault looks like and what it costs to fix, a peeling pad is the fault most likely to push someone toward 'just replace it'.

How our fixed quotes work

Why people trust us

Rated 5.0 on Google. Genuine, authorised parts on every repair, and if the fix can't be completed on the first visit, we take the chair to our workshop, finish it properly, and return it.

What happens next

1. 1Book online or by phone
2. 2An engineer visits at a time that suits you
3. 3Pad or armrest replaced and tested on the spot
4. 4Usually the fastest job we do