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Sofa-will it fit?

Hi, is there a way to check if sofa I'm buying will fit through door?

Dimensions are 190 x 90x97 amd my door frame is 195x70.

We did get a sofa bed in the other day which was 180x84x94 which we managed to get in but I'm a bit nervous about this one(!). It's a next sofa and secondhand so not sure if can be dismantled but have asked seller.
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  • Errata
    Errata Posts: 38,230 Forumite
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    Most sofas that size can be moved through a doorway by standing them on end and rotating. them through the doorway if there's room to open the door through greater than 90 degrees.
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  • It's impossible (from here) to say whether it will fit through. On the plus side the door height is slightly more than the length of the sofa, so there's a good chance that stood on end, it may "twist" through the opening.

    Edit: as previous post . . .
  • I can't see a sofa that's 90x97 fitting through a 70 door, surely whichever way you turn it it's going to be too big? A lot of the width of the sofa will be padding though so you might be able to squish it through. Are there any windows you could take it in through?
  • silvercar
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    I can't see a sofa that's 90x97 fitting through a 70 door,

    Stand the sofa on one end with the bottom, where the feet are, positioned to enter the doorway first. Now angle the sofa so the back and the bottom form a V. If you’re behind the sofa, about to push it through the door, you should be looking at the sofa back and part of the bottom. The sofa’s seat should be facing inside.
    With someone on the inside and someone on the outside, angle the sofa by sliding the seat through the door, letting the sofa curl around the doorway.
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    I can't see a sofa that's 90x97 fitting through a 70 door, surely whichever way you turn it it's going to be too big?

    If the cross section of a sofa was square, you'd be right - but it's not , it's L shaped, so there is a possiblity as silvercar describes that it can be angled through the door.

    But it's going to depend on how 'thick' the sofa back, base and sides are and how much room for manouvre there is either side of the door in question.
  • silvercar wrote: »
    With someone on the inside and someone on the outside, angle the sofa by sliding the seat through the door, letting the sofa curl around the doorway.
    Aah that makes sense, so you curl it round rather than just cramming it in. I would never have thought of that but I'm sure it will come in very useful when I next move house :o
  • paulsad
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    Aah that makes sense, so you curl it round rather than just cramming it in. I would never have thought of that but I'm sure it will come in very useful when I next move house :o
    Depends on the length of the sofa :cool:
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  • davidmcn
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    Also - remember to check all the doors which you'll want to get the sofa through...
  • Last time we moved house the removals people wrapped the sofa in a kind of slippery quilty bag. It made it so easy to go through a seemingly tiny doorway.
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  • There are several ways to address this:

    1. Do the 'curl it, push it, squeeze it' methods described above; or

    2. Make a template of the sofa of actual size out of cardboard and sticky-back plastic and see if that will fit through the door; or

    3. Borrow a sofa of the exact same style and size from your neighbour and see if you can get that in. If you can, keep it and have the new sofa delivered to your neighbour; and

    4. If you use the 'slippery, quilty bag option mentioned above, keep the slippery, quilty bag as it may have other uses...

    I have more ideas if you think they might be helpful :o?
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