Enter your furniture's dimensions and your doorway, and we'll tell you whether it goes straight through, on its side, at a diagonal, or not at all — with the exact clearance.
We treat your furniture as a solid rectangular box — the conservative case — and check every way it can go through the opening. A long piece passes over time, so what actually has to fit through the doorway at once is the cross-section facing the door, not the full length.
For each of those, we test the cross-section against the opening flat and rotated: a rectangle can pass either axis-aligned (one side ≤ door width, the other ≤ door height) or tilted at an angle — the "diagonal" trick that gets a piece through when it won't go flat. We sweep the tilt angle to find any orientation that clears.
Two real-world levers the box math can't see: removing the door slab recovers about ¾″ of clear width (pulling the stop molding too, up to ~2″), and unbolting furniture legs or feet usually drops 3–6″ off the height — often the exact difference between "no" and "yes." Measure the clear opening (frame width minus the door if it can't come off), and remember a tight hallway or turn before the door can stop a piece that would otherwise fit.
| Piece | Typical L × W × H (in) | Smallest side | Narrowest door it clears | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-seat sofa | 84 × 38 × 34 | 34 in | 34 in wide | Won't clear a standard 30" interior door as-is — remove legs or take the door off. |
| Loveseat | 60 × 38 × 36 | 36 in | 36 in wide | Won't clear a standard 30" interior door as-is — remove legs or take the door off. |
| Sectional (one piece) | 64 × 40 × 36 | 36 in | 36 in wide | Won't clear a standard 30" interior door as-is — remove legs or take the door off. |
| Recliner | 42 × 40 × 42 | 40 in | 40 in wide | Won't clear a standard 30" interior door as-is — remove legs or take the door off. |
| Accent armchair | 35 × 35 × 38 | 35 in | 35 in wide | Won't clear a standard 30" interior door as-is — remove legs or take the door off. |
| Queen mattress | 80 × 60 × 12 | 12 in | 12 in wide | Clears a standard interior door. |
| King mattress | 80 × 76 × 12 | 12 in | 12 in wide | Clears a standard interior door. |
| Queen box spring | 79 × 59 × 9 | 9 in | 9 in wide | Clears a standard interior door. |
| French-door refrigerator | 36 × 33 × 70 | 33 in | 33 in wide | Won't clear a standard 30" interior door as-is — remove legs or take the door off. |
| Washer or dryer | 27 × 31 × 39 | 27 in | 27 in wide | Clears a standard interior door. |
| 6-drawer dresser | 60 × 18 × 32 | 18 in | 18 in wide | Clears a standard interior door. |
| Dining table | 72 × 40 × 30 | 30 in | 30 in wide | Won't clear a standard 30" interior door as-is — remove legs or take the door off. |
| 5-shelf bookcase | 32 × 12 × 72 | 12 in | 12 in wide | Clears a standard interior door. |
| Office desk | 60 × 24 × 30 | 24 in | 24 in wide | Clears a standard interior door. |
Because the whole length doesn't go through at once. If you lead with the length, only the couch's width × height end has to clear the doorway. That end can pass flat or tilted at an angle — which is why a 38-inch-deep sofa often clears a 32- or 36-inch door even though it looks too big.
The furniture's smallest cross-section versus the door. Sort your piece's three dimensions; the two smallest form the end that has to clear the opening. If the smallest of those two is wider than the door and can't be reduced, no maneuver will get it through in one piece.
The clear opening — the actual gap you can pass through. With the door still on its hinges, that's roughly the frame width minus the door slab and stop (often 1.5–2 inches less than the frame). Taking the door off gives you back most of that width.
Usually, but plan for it: it either has under an inch of clearance or only fits by tilting and hooking it through. Use two people, pad the frame and corners, and go slow. Removing the legs or the door buys you the margin that turns 'tight' into 'easy'.
Yes. Lifting the slab off its hinges recovers about three-quarters of an inch of width; pulling the stop molding as well can widen the clear opening by up to about two inches. On a tight fit that's often all you need.
The doorway is only half the problem. A narrow hallway, a tight 90-degree turn, or a low ceiling on a staircase before the door can block a piece that clears the opening itself. Check the whole path, not just the door.