Will it Fit?

[drcollie]

HA! No, there is not. The 'cheat sheet' is in my head, from doing this for longer than I should be.

I can't make a list of them all, that would take hours and quite frankly I don't have that kind of time, sorry. But 30" is not much door width, you have to be careful. Choose sofas that the back cushions come off, AND the backing support behind the cushions is lower than the cushion itself. Also a low arm is going to be mandatory as well.

[emannths]

HA! No, there is not. The 'cheat sheet' is in my head, from doing this for longer than I should be.

I can't make a list of them all, that would take hours and quite frankly I don't have that kind of time, sorry. But 30" is not much door width, you have to be careful. Choose sofas that the back cushions come off, AND the backing support behind the cushions is lower than the cushion itself. Also a low arm is going to be mandatory as well.

Given that I hadn't seen anything after reading just about everything I could find, I figured that was the case. I'd do the math myself, but all the back height measurements incorporate the cushion height as well, right? When you check to see if a particular sofa will fit, what's your process--is it something I can do myself?

I take it that we should eliminate any tight-back or tufted sofas (e.g., Sloane, Carmen, Southport), since they have non-removable back cushions?

Also, we were considering some sofas with a little bit of a curve to them (Bronson has this)--does this make them harder to get through the narrow door, or is it just the arm + back that constitutes the limiting factor?