Old sofa too large to exit lounge - sensible solutions please

[Weststander]

Please can someone advise with a viable solution.

It's a long story, but after some building alterations a while back, our sofa is 'land-locked' in the lounge. It's just a bit too long to get through the internal door, no matter what angle you take. (This was known at the time of the building works, but my spouse swore then that she was happy with that sofa forever! Well, just a few years later on, she wants it replaced).

I could irreparably damage the sofa by getting an end off, which would be enough to get it out. But what a waste. Without damage, it's part of a nice modern L-shaped sofa, in pretty good condition, and so could be sold on to give someone else many years use.

For any joiners, furniture bods, or just the very knowledgeable on NSC - can anyone advise or help me, on this problem? For example, can an end be taken off carefully and then properly reattached? Anyone with the skills able to help for some £?
Thanks in advance.

 

[Fred Oliver - Legend]

Just take the window out and pass it thru there. Easy. Job done.

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

Just take the window out and pass it thru there. Easy. Job done.

Not if he's got old wooden sash windows.

 

[Notters]

Replace the wife instead?

 

[Fred Oliver - Legend]

Not if he's got old wooden sash windows.

Good point.

 

[knocky1]

We had a knoll sofa we sold on gumtree. A bloke gave us a hundred quid and then calmly sawed it in half so he could put it in the back of his new style mini cooper. Luckily the neighbour who had given it to us a few years earlier never saw him take it away.

Would taking door off hinges help or getting it through the window?

 

[knocky1]

Not if he's got old wooden sash windows.

If they are bad old wooden sash windows he could get them out and have them refitted to exclude draughts for a few quid and maybe fit the sofa through. Sashwindowman for example.

 

[Perfidious Albion]

If it is in good order, then it sounds like a good reason to deny the Missus her wish for a new one.

 

[salazar]

In most cases it is not cost effective to remove an arm or end section and put back together,unless the sofa is of a really good quality.It very much sounds that you will need to chop it up and take to the tip I'm afraid.

 

[dougdeep]

Replace the wife instead?

Seconded.

 

[Return of the Rev]

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[beorhthelm]

turn it over and see if its bolted together. you'll find alot of sofas aren't small enough to get through a typical door, and they've thought of this, with the arms, backs and base being seperate.

 

[melias shoes]

Are you sure the arms of the sofa can't be removed? The reason I say this is we recently bought a new sofa and I was a bit worried the delivery men wouldn't be able to get it in the lounge. When it arrived it was assembled in situ. So maybe yours does the same.?

 

[Brighton TID]

Create a vacuum in the other room by lighting then extinguishing a fire. The subsequent vacuum force created will squeeze the sofa through the gap. Remember the egg into milk bottle experiment at school?

 

[jackanada]

Not if he's got old wooden sash windows.

Nonsense. You can take out a sash window and get it back in again in half an hour or less. Bit of touching up required where you ping out the staff bead though.

 

[Cars]

Easy, all you have to do is PIVOT!!!

 

[PWA]

Chainsaw.

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

Easy, all you have to do is PIVOT!!!

I cannot see how standing at an obtuse angle will help matters.

If you have not decided yet on a new sofa then get yourself down to DFS they have a sale on but it will be ending soon.

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

Easy, all you have to do is PIVOT!!!

I cannot see how standing at an obtuse angle will help matters.

If you have not decided yet on a new sofa then get yourself down to DFS they have a sale on but it will be ending soon.

 

[Cars]

I'm guessing you haven't seen the friends episode...