Commercial and hospitality · Canberra · Interstate by arrangement
The refit is not the expensive part.
The closure is.
Commercial leather restoration in Canberra. Venue seating restored overnight, no closure required.
Every day a venue is dark for a refit is a day of lost trade on top of a fitout bill that runs from tens of thousands into the hundreds of thousands. We restore the seating you already have, section by section, after close and before open. You open as normal the next day.
- Restaurants and cafes
- Bars and clubs
- Hotels
- Clubs and RSLs
- Fitout companies
- Centre management
Written scope after the walk through · Reply within 2 business hours
Why restore instead of replace
The real cost of replacing is the closure.
A venue that shuts for a refit loses trade every day it is dark. Staff still need paying. Regulars find somewhere else. The fitout bill runs from tens of thousands into the hundreds of thousands before a single lost cover is counted.
We work around the venue, not through it.
Overnight and early morning shifts, section by section. Seating is sheeted off, restored and cured before service. The venue trades as normal the next day. No closure required.
Restoration costs a fraction of replacement.
The frames, foam and construction are usually sound. It is the surface that is worn. Restoring the surface buys years of additional life out of the existing fitout for a fraction of what new seating and installation would cost.
It defers a capital spend instead of bringing it forward.
Restoration sits in the maintenance budget. Replacement is a capital project. At budget time that difference matters, and it is the easiest line of this page to put in front of a finance manager.
Restored overnight with the surrounding fitout sheeted off. The venue opened on time the next morning.
Start with a site walk through.
We come to the venue outside service, look at every piece and give you a written scope with a shift count. No obligation and nothing to justify until you have the numbers.
What we restore
The surface is worn.
The seating is fine.
In most venues the frames, foam and construction have years left in them. It is the leather or vinyl on top that has cracked, faded or worn through. That is what we fix, in place.
Booth corner and bench seat, before and after. Both repaired and recoloured in the venue.
Banquette, booth and bench seat repair
Service detailWhat it fixes
Cracked seat panels, split seams, scuffed corners and arms, cigarette and heat marks, tears from keys and belt buckles.
When it is done
Repairs are filled, textured and recoloured to match the surrounding leather or vinyl. Under venue lighting the repair does not read as a patch.
Full colour restoration and recolour
Service detailWhat it fixes
Faded, patchy or worn through colour on high traffic seating. Dye transfer from clothing. Sun fade along window seats.
When it is done
The whole run is recoloured to one consistent finish. It can go back to the original colour or a new one if the venue is refreshing its look.
Crack and surface wear repair
Service detailWhat it fixes
Surface cracking across seat cushions and backs before it opens into a tear. Shiny, worn spots on arms and headrests.
When it is done
Cracks are stabilised and filled, then sealed under the new colour. The surface feels like leather again rather than cardboard.
Deep clean and condition
Service detailWhat it fixes
Grease, hair product, spilt drinks and body oils ground into the grain. Sticky or dull seating that is structurally fine.
When it is done
Cleaned with pH balanced products, conditioned and sealed. Often the right first step for a venue that is one to two years off needing anything more.
Vinyl seating repair
Service detailWhat it fixes
Split vinyl on bar stools, booth seats and outdoor seating. Cracking along the fold lines and piping.
When it is done
Vinyl is patched, filled and recoloured with a matched grain. Suitable for hospitality vinyl that sees daily wipe downs.
Protective coating
Service detailWhat it fixes
New or freshly restored seating that will see heavy use and regular cleaning chemicals.
When it is done
A clear protective layer is applied over the finished surface. It slows wear, resists staining and makes the next clean easier.
How the work is scheduled
Overnight, in sections,
signed off before open.
This is an actual sequence, not a sales list. It is the same every time so your manager knows what to expect on each shift.
Masked and prepared after close. Cured and unmasked before the first shift arrives.
1
Site walk through
We come to the venue outside service and look at every piece. You get a written scope with what is fixable, what is not, and how many shifts it needs.
2
Section by section staging
The floor is broken into sections. Each section is done in one shift so the venue is never short of seating and no area is out of use during trade.
3
Overnight and early morning shifts
Work happens after close and before open. Seating is sheeted and masked, restored, and cured before staff arrive to set up.
4
Sign off each morning
Each completed section is checked with your manager or supervisor before the venue opens. Anything that needs a second look is booked into the next shift.
Maintenance
Keep it in condition.
Push replacement out again.
Restoration resets the clock. A maintenance schedule keeps it from running down again at the same rate.
- Scheduled cleaning and conditioning visits, set to the venue's traffic rather than a fixed calendar.
- Touch up of new damage while it is small, before it spreads to a whole panel.
- Protective coating renewed on the highest wear seats so the finish underneath keeps its colour.
- One supplier who already knows the fitout, the colours and the access arrangements.
Each visit pushes replacement further out again. That is the point of the relationship, and it is what turns a one off repair into a fitout that lasts.
Multi site and interstate
One supplier across every venue.
We travel for larger jobs and work across states. A group with venues in more than one city gets the same finish, the same colours and the same reporting from one supplier.
- One scope and one quote across all sites.
- Colour references held on file so every venue matches.
- Sites sequenced so travel is efficient and each venue keeps trading.
- One contact for the whole program, not a different contractor in each city.
When replacement is the right call
Some things we will not restore.
Not everything can be saved, and a procurement reader knows it. When the answer is replace, we say so in the site report.
- Frames that are broken, loose at the joints or rotted where they meet the floor.
- Foam that has collapsed so the seat bottoms out, regardless of how the surface looks.
- Bonded leather that is delaminating across whole panels rather than at the edges.
- Seating where the surface has worn through to the substrate over most of its area.
In those cases we will tell you which pieces to replace and restore the rest, so the spend goes where it is needed.
Track record
Completed work, by category.
We do not publish client names without written consent. What we can show is the type of work, done in place, in trading venues.
- Restaurant and cafe banquettes
- Long runs of fixed banquette seating restored in place overnight, including curved and channel back designs.
- Booth seating
- Booth corners, arms and seat panels with heavy cracking and scuffing repaired and recoloured without removal from the venue.
- Dining chairs
- Sets of leather dining chairs restored in batches so the floor is never short of seating during service.
- Bench and bar seating
- Torn and worn bench seats repaired and fully recoloured, with the finish matched to the venue's existing scheme.
Questions we get
Questions from operators and procurement
Answered plainly so they can be forwarded as they are.
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No. The work is staged section by section and done overnight or before open. Seating is restored and cured before service starts, so the venue trades as normal every day of the job.
It depends on the number of seats and the condition. A run of banquettes is usually a few overnight shifts. A full venue with chairs, booths and banquettes is more. The site walk through gives you a shift count in writing before anything is booked.
Restoration is a fraction of the cost of new seating plus installation, and it avoids the closure that replacement needs. We put a number on it after the walk through, because the price depends on what is actually worn. There is no invented figure on this page.
Years, not months. The exact figure depends on traffic, cleaning chemicals and whether the venue keeps up a maintenance schedule. We set the expectation honestly in the site report rather than promising a number we have not seen the seating for.
Yes. We travel for larger jobs and multi site programs and work across states. Travel is quoted as part of the job so there are no surprises.
Yes. We carry public liability insurance and a certificate of currency is supplied with the quote or on request.
That is the whole model. Tell us when you close and when staff arrive to set up, and we schedule shifts inside that window. Early morning, overnight, or split shifts for venues that trade late.
We tell you in the site report, piece by piece. Broken frames, collapsed foam and delaminated bonded leather are replaced, not restored. Everything else is restored, so the spend goes only where it is needed.
Related services
Ready when the venue is closed.
Tell us your trading hours and the number of sites. We plan the shifts around them.
Site walk through
Book a site walk through.
Get a written scope.
Tell us about the venue and we will arrange a time outside service to walk the floor with you. You get a written scope with what is fixable, what is not, and a shift count. No obligation.