Big and Tall Office Chairs

A higher weight rating and a build to match: a stronger gas lift, a reinforced base, denser foam and usually a wider seat and taller back. 26 chairs here from £37, tested well past the usual 110kg and up to 250kg on some models.

Because a chair used above its rating fails, and it fails at the gas lift, which is both expensive and undignified. Buying to the rating is not about comfort; it is about the chair lasting.

Check before ordering. A wider seat with arms can foul a narrow desk return or a pedestal. Measure the clearance under the desk and the gap between pedestal and leg, and check the arm height on the chair page against your desktop height.

Generally yes: wider seat, taller back and deeper padding, which is the part people notice. If the seat depth is too long for a shorter user, look for a model with seat slide so the depth can be set.

By hand, against what each product's own specification actually says rather than by a rule that guesses from the name. There are 26 listings in it at the moment, from £37. It is a curated selection rather than an automatic one, so if you think something obvious is missing, tell us and we will look.

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. Eleven of the 26 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. Installs usually happen within about 10 working days, and the team agree the day with you rather than simply turning up.

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.

Twenty of the 26 products in this collection 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. Eleven of the 26 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.