When a sofa won't fit in a Bronx building
We've fitted sofas across the Bronx, and the building decides how the job goes.
- Pre-war elevator buildings along the Grand Concourse and in Riverdale. The elevator cab and the hallway turns are often too small for a sofa in one piece. Taken apart, the pieces fit the cab. When the elevator can't take a sofa's length at all, the pieces go up the stairs.
- Co-ops in Riverdale and Spuyten Duyvil. Management often asks for a booked service elevator and an insurance certificate. We speak with the super or management, and we send the certificate on request.
- Houses in Fieldston, Pelham Bay, Throgs Neck and Country Club. The stairs to the upper floors are often narrow with tight turns. Stairs are free up to three flights, then +$25 for each flight after that.
We work anywhere in the Bronx.
Typical jobs in the Bronx
Two kinds of job we do all the time. The photos show our work from across the city.
A Riverdale co-op. The elevator cab is too short for the sofa. With the On-the-Spot Fit, we take it apart in the lobby, bring the pieces up in the elevator and rebuild it in the apartment.
A pre-war building on the Grand Concourse. A long sofa and a tight turn in the hallway. With the Workshop Fit, the store sends the sofa to our workshop and we take it apart indoors on a clean carpet. It arrives wrapped and is rebuilt in the apartment.
How the sofa comes apart and goes back together
We lift the back upholstery panel and look at the frame to see where to cut. To get the back off, we usually cut the wood frame. We rebuild the joint with plates screwed across it, so it is stronger than before, then re-upholster it as it was. With the back off, what's left is a U: both arms and the seat, and that fits through almost any NYC door. For a tighter entrance, we take out an L: the back plus one arm.
Two ways to get it done
The On-the-Spot Fit starts at $275. The sofa is taken apart right where it is: hallway, lobby or curb. Same day when you book before 7 PM, at no extra charge; otherwise, the earliest open slot. Sofa disassembly in NYC →
The Workshop Fit costs double the On-the-Spot price. The store sends the sofa to our workshop, or we pick it up. We take it apart indoors on a clean carpet, then carry it in and rebuild it in your home. The Workshop Fit →
What it costs
- Most sofas, where the back upholstery is its own panel: from $275.
- Sleepers: about $300–$350. Recliners: about $350. They take more work because they are heavy.
- Back and arms in one continuous piece of upholstery: $400–$450.
- Each extra sectional piece taken apart: +$175.
- Stairs: no charge up to three flights, then +$25 per flight. Same day when you book before 7 PM, at no extra charge; otherwise, the earliest open slot.
- The Bronx: a $25 round-trip toll, added once.
From our work
Jobs from across the city, not only the Bronx.
