Doorway furniture fit checker

Can this furniture frame pass through the doorway?

Before you startMeasure the rigid furniture frame and the narrowest part of the open doorway. Do not use nominal door size.

Step 1

Add your measurements

Compare the narrowest usable furniture side with the actual clear door opening.

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Replace each example with your own values. The result on the right updates as you type.

Measure the furnitureInclude arms, frames, and anything that cannot be removed.

Furniture widthcmMeasure the furniture at its widest rigid point.Furniture depthcmMeasure the deepest rigid front-to-back point.Furniture heightcmMeasure from the floor to the highest rigid point.Removable leg or cushion heightcmEnter only height that truly comes off, such as removable legs or loose cushions.

Measure the open doorOpen the door fully and measure the space the item can actually pass through.

Clear door widthcmMeasure the narrowest clear gap between the open door and the opposite stop.Clear door heightcmMeasure from the finished floor to the lowest part of the frame.

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Example resultLooks good on paper

The frame clears this simplified doorway screen

Turning space before and after the door remains untested.

Change the sample values to turn this into your estimate.

Narrow frame side: 70 cm
Door width: 81 cm
Width margin: 11 cm

Proportional planning schematic - verify all dimensions on site.

Before you buy or start work

Confirm removable components with the retailer.
Measure handles, closers, and trim.
Photograph the approach and request a delivery assessment.

Method

What this result assumes

The check tests a simplified side rotation through one rectangular opening.

Door hardware, packaging, turning space, and frame flexibility are excluded.

Limitations

What it cannot confirm

A positive result is not a delivery guarantee. Complex rotation requires a delivery professional.

This is a planning estimate, not a building-code, safety, installation, or delivery guarantee.

Confirm product-specific requirements with the manufacturer, installer, retailer, or qualified trade.

Formula 1.0.0Reviewed 2026-07-13General planning assumptions

Read category methodology

Screen one opening

The door label is not the space the furniture can use.

A nominal door size can include parts of the frame that are never clear during delivery. This checker uses the narrowest measured gap between the fully open door and the opposite stop, plus the lowest measured point across the opening. It then compares that opening with a simplified rigid furniture frame after genuinely removable height is deducted.

The model tests whether the furniture can be turned so its narrower depth-or-frame-height side passes through a rectangular opening. That is more useful than comparing furniture width with door width, but it is still a screen. It does not model the approach angle, a short hallway, a second doorway, packaging, flexible upholstery, or a complex three-dimensional pivot.

Worked example

A sofa frame approaching an 81 cm clear doorway

A sofa is 220 cm wide, 96 cm deep, and 82 cm high. Twelve centimetre legs are confirmed removable. The open doorway measures 81 cm wide by 203 cm high at its tightest points.

Rigid frame after leg removal: 220 x 96 x 70 cm
Clear opening: 81 x 203 cm
Narrow frame side: 70 cm

How RoomFact reads it

The simplified screen leaves 11 cm of width margin and enough opening height for the 96 cm opposing side. It passes this doorway check, but the 220 cm length and the turning space on both sides remain untested.

Only subtract a component when the retailer confirms it can be removed without altering the frame or warranty.
Measure the open door itself. A handle, closer, hinge, stop, security bar, or thick mat may define the true narrow point.
The result should be sent with approach photographs and measurements to the delivery company before the return window closes.

Find the real bottleneck

Open the door to the position it will hold during delivery and measure at several heights. Check from the exterior approach through the frame and into the next space. The smallest usable width is the input, even when most of the opening is wider. Repeat the process for every entrance, vestibule, hallway pinch point, and destination door.

Measure the furniture at its rigid extremes rather than across compressed cushions. Record the full length because a long item may clear the opening yet have no space to rotate before or after it. Product packaging can be larger than the assembled piece, so obtain both packaged and unpackaged dimensions when delivery policy allows either condition.

Treat a positive result as evidence, not approval

A small positive margin can disappear through measurement error, protective blankets, trim variation, or an opening that is not square. RoomFact uses a caution state when the simplified width margin is under 5 cm, but no margin is a universal guarantee. A delivery team may require more space or reject a maneuver that risks injury or damage.

Make a short delivery brief with the product link, rigid dimensions, removable parts, opening dimensions, and photographs taken square to the route. Ask the retailer or carrier to confirm the plan in writing. Their assessment, building rules, and conditions on delivery day take priority over this browser calculation.