Sofa & couch disassembly · all five boroughs
When a sofa won't make the door, the stairs or the elevator, we take it apart, carry it in and put it back together inside. In 5,000+ jobs, we have never failed to get a sofa inside.
The Craft
Most sofas don't come apart at factory joints. To get the back off, we usually cut the wood frame — then put it back together so it holds.
We lift the back upholstery panel and look at the frame to see where to cut.
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.
Inside your home, we screw wood pieces or metal plates across the cut. Most frames are held together with glue, so the reassembled joint is sturdier than it was.
The upholstery goes back the way it was, and the sofa is placed where you want it.
What makes a sofa harder is the upholstery, not the price tag. When the back and arms are one continuous piece, more of it has to come off. Sleepers and recliners take more work because they are heavy.
Your Options
The difference is where your sofa is taken apart.
From $275 · Stairs included up to three flights
Taken apart right where it is — hallway, lobby or curb — and put back together inside.
Double the On-the-Spot price · Pickup included in the five boroughs
Taken apart indoors at our workshop, on a clean carpet, and put back together in your home.
*Subject to the terms and conditions of the service.
Across 5,000+ sofas, we can count our callbacks on one hand, and none was ever about a frame.
Pricing
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Who We Are
It started with Julian's father, the independent contractor NYC furniture stores called for deliveries, disassembly and removals. The stores still call.
“New Yorkers call us couch doctors. My father became the stores' go-to when sofas wouldn't fit. The work is what we call sofa surgery, so they started calling him the doctor. He's been Doc Juan for more than 30 years.” — Julian Iragorri, owner
Reassembled and placed.
From Our Work
See more sofas in Our Work → · We work across New York City, in all five boroughs: Queens, Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Staten Island.
On Google
“So we bought The Cloud Sofa from Restoration Hardware and honestly I wasnt sure it was going to fit in our elevator in the uoper west side. i searched online for Sofa Disassembly/Doctors but didn’t like the fact that It would be done outside or in the lobby. í didn’t want the fabric getting dirty, as well as the blankets used to be the ones used over snd over again. I found Sofa Era who offered their Workshop Fit! exactly what I needed, They picked it up from RH, dissassembled it indoor and brought it into my apartment with no issue getting it in. i appreciated that they call and plan ahead how to get it in, so I was well informed throughout the process as this was all new to me! I felt confident trusting them as I saw they worked with many Furniture companies throughout new york and were craftsman of their trade. Julian was attentive to all my questions and always communicative. Thank you Sofa Era Again, My sofa looks fantastic in my home and you saved me headaches and worries.”
“Sofa Era NYC is an exceptional sofa disassembly, reassembly and repair company. They received the sofa, disassembled, reassembled as well as repaired damage caused by the warehouse delivery service perfectly. The customer service provided by Julian is excellent: responsive, knowledgable, honest, timely, and attentive. I highly recommend Sofa Era NYC.”
“I had a sofa yesterday that the delivery guys could not bring up to my second floor apartment it was to big for the narrow staircase . I was ready to get a refund and settle for a different couch. I searched up “disassemble and re assemble furniture” on google and SOFA ERA popped up. I gave them a call and this is at around 5pm. Julian picked up told me to send him pictures of the couch and told me he could be here the very next day! I had the delivery guys drop off the couch set the next day and Julian and his father came over. I was still doubtful that it could be done but once I saw the confidence in his father I felt at ease. As soon as the father got to work his years of experience really showed. The father son duo was fast and efficient! I’m telling you guys if you have a similar problem call Sofa era and stay relaxed they will get the job done.”
The Promise
We guarantee it fits. In 5,000+ jobs, we have never failed to get a sofa inside.
We look at your photos before we come, so you know what the job takes. We're fully insured, with a certificate on request.
FAQ
The On-the-Spot Fit starts at $275, and each additional sectional piece is $175. Stairs are free up to three flights. The Workshop Fit doubles the sofa price. The AI Quote Tool shows your range first.
Often, yes. To get the back or the base off, we usually cut the wood frame. We put the joint back together with wood, steel plates or both, screwed across the cut, so it holds as strong as before, or stronger. Then we reattach the upholstery the way it was.
Yes. We guarantee it fits. In 5,000+ jobs, we have never failed to get a sofa inside.
Yes, when you book before 7 PM. Otherwise, we take the earliest open slot.
Stop pushing and leave it where it is. With the On-the-Spot Fit, we take it apart right there, carry the pieces up and put it back together inside. Same day when you book before 7 PM, otherwise the earliest open slot.
Yes. Taken apart, the pieces fit a smaller cab. When the elevator can't take a sofa's length at all, the pieces go up the stairs.
Yes. Each sectional piece is taken apart and put back together. Sleepers and recliners take more work because they are heavy, and the AI Quote Tool prices that in.
With the On-the-Spot Fit, right where it is: hallway, lobby or curb. With the Workshop Fit, indoors at our workshop on a clean carpet, then put back together in your home.
Yes. With the Workshop Fit, give us your salesperson's name and we'll pick it up from the store or from you.
Yes. Disassembly and reassembly are one job: we take the sofa apart, carry the pieces in, and put it back together in the room where it goes.
In New York, a couch doctor is who you call when a sofa won't fit. We take it apart, carry the pieces through, and put it back together inside. When the frame has to be cut, wood, steel plates or both go across the cut, screwed in place, so it holds as strong as before, or stronger. Send us a photo or the product link and the AI Quote Tool gives you the price range.
Real jobs
These are the jobs people ask Sofa Era about. We take sofas apart and put them back together in all five boroughs.
Sofa Era is a sofa fit specialist, not a moving company: when a sofa has to come apart to get in, taking it apart and putting it back together is the work. The work is a two-person job for the most part, and the price we quote holds even if more of the sofa has to come off than we quoted for. Raymour & Flanigan refers customers to us when its delivery crew finds that a sofa will not go in.
Yes, when the pieces can come off. A modular sofa usually needs no taking apart, but if it does not fit, we take those pieces off and carry them in separately, with no cutting, because we only cut when it is necessary.
Yes, we take the sectional apart at your old place, bring it to your new place and put it back together there. The On-the-Spot Fit is the service for it: the sofa is taken apart where it stands at your old place.
Yes, we take it apart now and come back days or weeks later to put it back together. Because it is two visits, the price is custom, and the pieces stay with you in between.
Yes. We are fully insured, and the certificate of insurance goes to your building management on request.
We use blankets: with the On-the-Spot Fit they always go under the sofa where we take it apart, and they are already laid where it goes back together, so the pieces go straight down on them. With the Workshop Fit, the pieces arrive wrapped in blankets and plastic and are unwrapped inside.
With the On-the-Spot Fit, if the sofa came in a box with covers, they stay with you: we cut the cardboard smaller and compact it, wrap the plastics together and compact them, and leave it all neatly. With the Workshop Fit, we take the packing with us.
Yes, when the removal is quoted ahead of time: an old sofa that has to come apart to get out is taken apart where it stands, then taken away, donation first, recycling when needed. With the On-the-Spot Fit that is a paid add-on, about $150 for one regular sofa; heavier sofas, such as recliners, cost more. The Workshop Fit includes taking the old sofa away.
We don't offer repair as a service or replace lost manufacturer hardware. What we do is fit: getting the sofa you want into the room you want it in, disassembly and reassembly included.
Send us the link before you buy, or a photo if the sofa is already yours, and the AI Quote Tool shows what it will cost to make it fit. If you want the verdict first, Will My Sofa Fit? gives it. We make it fit.
A product link or a photo is enough. The AI Quote Tool shows your price range before you book.
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