We're getting the lounge re-carpeted professionally soon. We therefore need to move the 'ordinary size' 3-piece suite to the garage for a while. But I've just realised I don't know how to get it out! It obviously came in, but I'm vague about how the Parker Knoll guys did that. I'm pretty sure they didn't dismantle the rear sliding patio doors (and that would still mean going through a door of normal size before getting to the up-and-over door). So what is the technique for man-handling the chairs through a 'standard' door please?
Turn it on its side and feed the back through first, bend it round the corner as it where, this is the narrowest part of the chair. same technique for sofas, stand them on end. Hope it helps. As an upholsterer you can only guess how many I have taken in and out of houses!!!!
My neighbours bought a new suite with very large armchairs that wouldn't fit through the doors (although the sofa did), we had to remove the outer patio type doors then the normal hinged front door and an internal door. The suite delivery guys were a bit fed up, usually they only take a few minutes per delivery.
Thanks, Janet. Reminds me (betraying my age) of a hit single by Bernard Cribbins, called 'Right Said Fred'. Described the attempts of Fred and his mates to manhandle a piano somewhere, and I vaguely recall the lyrics included something like "Right said Fred, better take the door off, that there door will really have to go..."
Right said Fred, both of us together, one each end and steady as we go Tried to to shift it, couldn't even lift it, we was getting nowhere And so, we, had a cup of tea
Right said Fred, give a shout to Charlie, up comes Charlie from the floor below After straining, heaving and complaining, we was getting nowhere And so, we, had a cup of tea
Charlie had a think and he thought we ought, to take off all the handles And the things that hold the candles, but it did no good, well I never thought it would
Right said Fred, have to take the feet off, to get them feet off wouldn't take a mo Took it¡s feet off, even with the seat off, should got us somewhere but no So Fred said lets have another cup of tea and we said right-o
Right said Fred, have to take the door off, need more space to shift the so and so Had bad twinges taking off the hinges, and it got us nowhere And so, we, had a cup of tea
Right said Fred, have to take the wall down, that there wall is gonna have to go Took the wall down, even with it all down, we was getting nowhere And so, we, had a cup of tea
Charlie had a think and and he said look Fred, I've got a sort of feeling If we remove the ceiling, with a rope or two we can drop the blighter though
Right said Fred, climbing up a ladder, with his crowbar gave a mighty blow Was he in trouble, half a ton of rubble, landed on the top of his dome So Charlie and me had another cup of tea and then we went home
I'll said to Charlie we'll just have to leave it standing on the landing that's all You see the trouble with Fred is he's too hasty Now you never get nowhere if you're too hasty.
there are a few cases where it really is impossible to remove furniture, eg due to building work having occurred after furniture moved in. In those cases, one option is to fit some heavy duty brackets and string the thing up, working beneath it.
Although nowhere does it actually mention it's a piano.
I learned it by heart together with "Hole in the Ground" (which in the last few weeks I've realised is all about building an underground heat store, although that's also not mentioned) at about the age of 12.
Thanks. I'd raised that idea as a possibility, which got me raised eyebrows of disbelief from my wife, so I'm pleased to see it wasn't entirely barmy .
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