How To Get a Large Sofa Into Your House

Introduction

Everyone now and then faces the problem of getting their sofa into house. It requires turning, moving and pushing, and sometimes the process gets so annoying that you wish that you hadn’t bought it in the first place. Getting sofa into house requires some calculations, i know you must be thinking that what has math to do with it? But, believe me, by doing some simple measurements you can easily get to know that whether it is going to slide through your front door or in the elevator. Your sofas are no doubt your important piece of furniture in your home, and you need to handle them with proper care while getting it in your house so that your sofa doesn’t get ruined.

Step 1

In order to get the sofa into house, first of all you need to measure the length of the sofa and then measure the height of sofa back. Measure the height of the sofa from it's base to the top.

Step 2

Next step you should do is to measure the dimensions of the sofa. To get the sofa into house, measure the length, width and height. If the legs of the sofa can be removed, measure the height of the sofa without the legs, if legs are not removable, then measure the height from bottom of the sofa back to top. If the sofa height is longer then the entrance from where you are going to take in sofa, then the sofa width has to be less then the width of the entrance. e.g. if the door width is 40 inch and the sofa is 45, and sofa back height is 35, you’ll have to turn the sofa in order to get the sofa in.

Step 3

If the sofa back height and width is longer then door entrance, then measure the sofa length and also measure the height of the door to get the sofa into house. Sofa length has to be shorter then the door height. Further, you need to have some moving space too in order to get the sofa in. If you don't have enough space, then you might need to remove the entrance door.

Step 4

Now, angle the sofa in a V-shape to get the sofa into house, position two people at both ends to handle the sofa properly. Make sure that sofa seat should be facing inside.

Step 5

Now, angling the sofa, push the sofa into house, if that is not working then slide the sofa through and curling.

Tips

With proper care and technique you can get the sofa into house, another important consideration is that when you go to buy sofa, take the measurements of your door or main entrance so that you may have the idea the size of the sofe. To get the sofa into house, you can also take the help of professionals to dismantle the sofa, they will dismantle the sofa and then take the sofa inside and assemble back again. Don't try this own your own, you might risk loosing the sofa, so always have help of some one who is aware of such technique.

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