Sofa Repair in Tarnaka, Hyderabad
Careful Sofa Repair in Tarnaka, Not a Restyle
The brief we are handed most often in Tarnaka is to change as little as possible. The set has stood in the same front room for decades, the teak on the arms is still worth showing, and the complaint is one seat that has dropped far enough that nobody sits there twice. Around those houses run the university and institute quarters, where seating gets taken apart, carried to the next allotment and put back together, and old glue rarely survives that treatment. So the piece goes on its back, the base cloth comes off, and the frame is read before a word is said about cloth. Tarnaka is about 19 km east of our studio at Ambedkar Statue in Narsingi.
Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500007
Sofa Repair in Tarnaka
Tell us about the space and we will come out to Tarnaka for a free site visit, then quote it line by line.
What Stays, What Gets Rebuilt
Everything below assumes the rails will still hold a screw. Where one has gone powdery and hollow we put that plainly, and talk instead about custom sofas made to the depth of the piece being replaced, because a room shaped around one set for that long has a walkway to match.
Teak Kept On Show
Arms, legs and show wood rails are cleaned back and refinished rather than wrapped in fabric to save labour, because that timber is the reason the set is still here.
Corners Drawn Square
Old mortices are cleared of dead glue, pulled square under clamps and left to set, which is what takes the lean and the creak out of a frame of this age.
The Profile It Had
Filling is rebuilt to the height and shape the maker gave it, so the set goes back looking like itself instead of something newer wearing its arms.
One Seat Or All Three
Where a single place has failed, options are held against the old cloth in your own front room light, and you can have that seat rebuilt alone or the suite done as one.
Buttoning Put Back
Deep buttoning, ties and piping are reproduced as they were, since those details are what date the piece properly and no shortcut imitates them.
Recliner Holding Again
A recliner that stalls halfway or drops out of position has the mechanism stripped, cleaned and reseated, so that chair rejoins the rotation.
How An Old Tarnaka Set Is Handled
- Timber Checked For Borer
- Rails are tapped, sounded and looked over for borer tracks while the base is open, because powder under a joint changes the answer completely.
- Easier To Stand Up From
- Where the household has older members, seat height and firmness are set so getting up needs no push, a change worth making while the seat is apart anyway.
- Kept When Keeping Is Right
- A frame in sound seasoned timber is worth arguing for and we will argue for it, and we will be just as blunt when a rail has gone hollow and no cloth will hide it.
- Measured In Your Room
- The piece and the space around it are measured where it stands, which matters in a long settled house where no two doorways came out the same width.
- Taken Apart On Record
- Before stripping, the profile, the stitch lines and the way it was put together are photographed and noted, so it goes back the way it came apart.
Questions From Tarnaka Front Rooms
Only one seat of our set has gone. Can new fabric be matched to the rest?
An exact match to cloth that has had decades of light on it is unlikely however carefully it is picked, so we bring options into the front room and hold them against the old cover in that light. From there you either rebuild the failed seat alone or do the suite as one, and both are priced separately so you can weigh them properly.
The teak arms are dull and scratched. Do they get polished or covered over?
Polished, on a set like this. Show wood is cleaned back, the scratches are dealt with and a finish goes on that suits the age of the timber. Covering exposed teak is the quicker route for us and it throws away the only part of the sofa nobody can buy now, so we will talk you out of it.
There is fine powder under one arm of our Tarnaka sofa. Is the frame finished?
Powder means borer, so that rail gets sounded along its whole length with the base open. A local attack can often be treated and the rail spliced or replaced within the same frame, keeping the rest of the set. Where it has run through several members we will tell you it is done rather than close new cloth over it.
Let the Frame Have the Last Word
Tell us how many pieces are in the set, which seat went first and whether there is show wood you want kept. Someone will come across to Tarnaka from the Narsingi studio, tip each piece back and read the frame in the room it has always stood in, then leave a quote priced piece by piece. Nothing is stripped until you have read it. The same eastern run takes in NGRI and Secunderabad. Call +91 79892 32675.
Tell us about your space
Send the form and we will call you back to arrange a free site visit, or just pick up the phone. The consultation, the measurement and the quote cost nothing.
- Call the studio
- +91 79892 32675
- Visit
- Ambedkar Statue, Narsingi
Hyderabad, Telangana 500075 - Open
- Monday to Sunday, 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM