Will my sofa fit through my living room door?

Slim?

Been there done that(high wingback couch),had to take the ruddy door off. ;-)

My father-in-law was an undertaker. For a while I marvelled at his ability to manipulate furniture through impossible openings - then realised that he never had the option of 'taking his customers back'! As you describe it - it should be a doddle. But that's up to you, your imagination, and getting the sofa up to the door the right way around. Take into account which way the sofa can turn when it is part way through the door and make sure you let it turn away from the door. Take off anything loose - inc castors/legs - and be prepared to remove the door in an emergency.

Now getting a sofa bed up stairs when its least dimension was greater than the width of the stairs inc. bannister rail was a touch trickier! ;-)

What size are the doors at your friend's house?

I found it much easier to get my couch in through the living room window.

If they won't go into the "average" house, I imagine the makers would supply them in knock-down form like Ikea. Maybe the ends are bolted on. How big is your friend's house? If he gets them out, I expect you can get them in.

|Hi, A friend is giving us 2 very nice sofas(from sofasofa) for free but

Domestic furniture now has to have a fire resistance label

If not are you willing to take the slight risk, or large risk if you smoke.

Need to know the width of the smaller, l-room door. Also, what is the max diagonal dimension x-section of sofa? Sometimes the sofa rear is not vertically sheer but rakes outward at top. Might have to unscrew l-r door hinges off its frame. Done that twice!

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Late in her life my aunt married a policeman for whom she had carried a torch for over 50 years. He died a few years later and the undertaker had the problem of getting a 6'5" body out of a small 1920s bungalow. In the end they had to tip him sideways and bend him in the middle. My aunt, who never passes up a chance at black humour said "Who'd have thought he'd end up as a bent copper".

For added fun, make sure that you don't secure the sping-loaded folding mechanism before moving it, so that it starts unfolding halfway up the stais.

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Oh for crying out loud, Dave!

Will they go through the window? Open it first...

Sorry, I should have said it's 2 foot 6 inches which means if I put it in back(2 foot 4 inches) first at a slight angle then it should be no problem. famous last words!

My sofa is only 6'8" x 2'7" x 2'5", hallway 2'8" doorway 6'5", the problem I had was I had the stairs beginning by the doorway which gave me a problem of manouvering it one way. As I stated the door had to come off its hinges and even then it was a squeeze because I ruined one corner of the couch whereby it grazed the carpet on pulling it through. damn

Why couldn't he carry his own torch?

Exactly my point earlier.

I see, so the fact he might have the front door leading straight into a living room doesn't come into it?

We had to lift it up to ceiling height to get it above the banister. I was underneath the sofa with my son-in-law higher up the stairs guiding it. the spring mechanism gave way just as we passed the window sill near the top of the stairs where we also had to do a 90 degree turn with reduced space!!

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