Moving furniture through the door is not only a problem for those who move. You may also face it when you fall in love with a beautiful leather sofa in the nearest fashionable shop. Or if you need to store your furniture for a while in a long term storage unit. Sofas always seem to be too large to fit through the front door. So if you understand that you can’t live without your beloved furniture you better hire moving helpers who know what to do. Having years of experience they know exactly what to do. They will also come equipped with all necessary packing materials.

Measures to get a couch through the door

Whatever you do, don’t panic and measure the sofa and doorway dimensions. Remove the legs, then measure the couch’s height, width, and length. The length measurement of the furniture often is the most important. The majority of sofas are most comfortable to move when placed in a vertical position.

Plan the shortest way of reaching your sofa to the destination place. Before moving measure all hallways and other passages carefully. There are cases when the doorway is only the first obstacle. Doors can lead to hallways, leaving you a narrow space once you get through the door opening. With the sofa in a vertical (or nearly upright) position, you can move the back or seat through the doorway first. And the rest will follow moving the couch in a hooking motion through the opening. This allows you to fit a sofa when is wider than the door opening.

Technique – 1. Remove Doors and Door Stops

If your measurements show that the fit is too tight, consider removing the door and, if necessary, the door stops to have a little more space. Open the door as far as it will go; if any of the entries is blocking the opening, it can help to remove the door. Depending on their thickness, removing the door stops on the sides can gain you about 1/2 to 1 inch in available width, and sometimes that’s enough to make the difference.

Technique – 2. Lift and Move the Sofa

It’s better that each mover wear gloves and try to lift the sofa by the frame. Remove the cushions and throw pillows from the couch. For large couches, consider wearing lifting straps. If the couch is small enough to fit through the door (and space beyond), the easiest way moving it. Either right-side-up or rotated at 90 degrees carry the sofa straight out in a level position.

Slide the sofa toward the door and move it through the doorway in a hooking motion. If you’re moving it vertically and the sofa is too tall for the door opening, tilt it back at the top end and rotate it to get an arm and a corner of the back through first. Keep tilting and rotating the sofa as needed to move the rest of it through the door.

If none of these techniques work for you, you can hire a moving company with professional furniture movers. They will be ready to assemble and reassemble everything you need. Also, read our 7 Moving Safety Tips to protect yourself during a move.

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