Mesh Office Chairs

Air. A mesh back lets heat off your back instead of holding it, which matters in a warm office, in summer and for anyone who runs hot. It also looks lighter in a room and keeps sightlines open across a floor of desks.

Support comes from the frame shape, the lumbar and the mechanism rather than from the material. A good mesh chair is tensioned to hold the curve of your back and will out-support a soft padded chair with no lumbar at all. A cheap one sags, which is where mesh got its reputation.

Contract mesh is rated for the job and is usually the last thing to fail on these chairs; the mechanism goes first. What does for mesh is sharp objects and sitting on the edge of the backrest, neither of which it is built for.

36 chairs with a mesh back, from £58 to £376, spanning task, executive, ergonomic and heavy duty. It is a cut across the catalogue rather than a separate range, so a chair here will also appear in the category it properly belongs to.

Standard delivery is free on everything, and most of it lands inside a week. Express delivery is offered on much of the range, priced per item on the product page, and gets an order to you within two working days if you place it before 5pm. 21 of the 36 products here are made to order rather than stocked, and those take 10 to 15 working days. The product page says which, and shows the date it will arrive by before you pay.

Yes, on everything here. The crew deliver it, build it, put it where you want it and take the packaging away. It starts at £17.95 an item and the exact price is on each product page. Installs usually happen within about 10 working days, and the team agree the day with you rather than simply turning up.

Most of it arrives flat-packed, with the instructions and fittings in the box. If you would rather not build it, pre-assembled delivery and installation are offered on much of the range and priced per item on the product page.

Each product carries the manufacturer's warranty and the period is stated on that product's page, often broken down by part: the structure for one length of time, the mechanism and the fabric for another. If something fails inside the warranty, report it from your order page and we deal with the manufacturer for you.

26 of the 36 products in this category have a 3D model on the page rather than only photographs. The viewer spins the actual model, and changing a colour or a size on the page changes the model with it, which is worth doing before committing a whole room to a finish.

On stocked items, yes: tell us within 14 days of receiving them and raise it from your order page, with the goods unused and back in their packaging. 21 of the 36 products here are made to order, though, and those cannot be cancelled once acknowledged or returned because you have changed your mind. Each product page says which it is before you buy.

Yes. For twenty items or more, or anything with a complication like a mezzanine or a lift that argues back, we plan the job and give you one quote covering the goods, delivery and installation. Ring 0208 138 0512 or email [email protected] with a rough list or a floor plan.