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Will it fit through the door? The numbers that decide
A wardrobe that fits the bedroom can still stop at the front door. Here is what the delivery check measures, and why.
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The most expensive surprise in furnishing is a piece that fits the room and not the way in. Urcrib's delivery check answers it before you buy, from a few measurements anybody can take.
The doorway's clear width
Measure between the door stops, not the frame — the clear gap a piece actually passes through. A piece is carried on its narrowest practical side, with a little room for the hands on either side.
The height of the door head
A tall wardrobe carried upright meets the head of the frame. If you measure it, the check answers the height too; if you do not, it answers width alone and says so, rather than assuming a generous door.
The turn out of a corridor, and the stairs
A long sofa can pass a doorway and still not make the turn into the corridor behind it. For stairs, what stops a bed is the turn at the half-landing and the headroom under the flight above. Measure those once, and every piece you place upstairs is checked against them.
Three answers, not two
The check says it goes through, it does not, or it is too close to call. The third answer appears when the gap is smaller than the doubt in your measurements — a guessed doorway cannot rule on a two-centimetre margin. The fix is always the same: measure that one thing with a tape.
You can try it without an account at Will it fit through the door?