How to Make Sure Your Sofa Can Fit Through Your Door

Picking out your dream sofa is exciting. You’re probably already imagining cosy nights spent on a luxury recliner sofa or entertaining guests on a huge corner sofa, but it’s important to make sure your sofa can fit through the door first!

Planning and measuring in advance can save you from delivery mishaps. That’s why at Kent Bed & Sofas, as a trusted furniture retailer, we’re going to provide guidance on how to

make sure your sofa can fit through your door.

Key Takeaways

Plan & Measure in Advance – Ensure your sofa can fit through your door by measuring both sofa and doorway dimensions before purchase to avoid delivery issues.
Techniques for Tight Spaces – If fitting is tight, try a diagonal approach, stand the sofa upright, or remove doors, sofa feet, or arms for more space.
Consider Additional Spaces – For staircases, hallways, and lifts, check width, height, and potential obstacles. When using lifts, make sure it meets weight capacity.

How to get a sofa through the door

Carrying your sofa through the door into your house can be easy if the sofa is small and your door is wide. But there are many properties, especially smaller ones, where modern sofas need a little more thought to safely pass through a doorway. Here are a few techniques to consider:

Try a diagonal approach – If carrying the sofa in normally is too tight, you might be able to ease it through at a 45-degree angle.
Stand the sofa upright – Shorter sofas might fit through more easily when carefully stood upright.

And if that’s still not working, you can try:

Removing the door – This can help to create another inch or two of space to manoeuvre through if your doors can be easily removed and refitted.
Removing sofa feet or arms – If a sofa comes in pieces, you may find it easier to pass each part through separately and then put it back together in the room.

Don’t forget to lay blankets and padding around these tight areas to protect both your property and the sofa. We also recommend having at least two pairs of hands available when moving any furniture to avoid injury.

How to calculate if your sofa will fit through the door

Sofa dimensions and the door dimensions you need to fit it through will be crucial. You can use these measurements to calculate in advance whether it’s possible and figure out the best angle of approach.

Get the height, depth and length of the sofa, including a diagonal depth
Next, measure the width and height of your doorway
If any of the sofa dimensions are smaller than the width of the door, you should have no issues
If things are tight, see what the sofa dimensions are when the arms and legs are detached (if they do so)

Will my sofa go up the stairs?

If your sofa has to be carried upstairs, you’ll need to factor in the additional dimensions of this area. Check for the width of the hallway and the height of your ceiling to ensure there is enough clearance when compared with the sofa dimensions.

Can my sofa fit in a lift?

Do you live in a block of flats? If so, you might be wondering if your sofa will fit in the lift. The same principles apply, in so far as calculating the depth, height and width of the lift in your building against the size of the sofa.

It’s also worth checking the weight capacity of your lift, as many small lifts may not safely hold the weight of heavy furniture as well as people.

How to get my sofa through the hallway

By now, the principle of matching the width, height and depth of your sofa against the height and width of the space it needs to pass through should be clear. But for hallways, keep in mind the following points:

Narrow points along the hallway
Manoeuvring space across from doorways
Any obstacles, such as radiators or wall-mounted items
Low ceilings or sudden changes in ceiling height

Family-run furniture stores in Kent

Here at Kent Beds & Sofas, we want everyone to enjoy their dream sofa — whatever colour, materials and size you have your heart set on. We use reliable, friendly delivery teams who will help get your new sofa into position in your home if all the dimensions are correct. Depending on your chosen sofa, we can also often provide next-day delivery along with a disposal service for your old furniture.

Contact us today if you have any questions or visit our stores in Folkestone, Ramsgate, Sittingbourne or Canterbury to learn more and see our incredible range of sofas.