Furniture Delivery in Todmorden

Will that wardrobe get up a weaver's cottage stair in Todmorden?

Two kinds of house shape a furniture delivery here. Weavers' cottages, with the long upper windows that once lit the looms, have narrow winding stairs, so a tall wardrobe or solid headboard can stall at the corner; check the stair at its narrowest and the headroom where it turns against the piece's height and depth before paying for it. Top-and-bottom terraces stack one home on another, each entered from a different street, so your door can be a flight of stone steps above or below the van. A piece that comes apart is far easier to get up either way.

Furniture from outside the valley usually comes from Halifax, Burnley, Rochdale or Manchester. It is wrapped in blankets, strapped upright in the van and brought in along the A646 from the Halifax or Burnley side, or up Rochdale Road from Rochdale. At the Todmorden end it is carried to the room you want it in. Bed frames and flat-pack you already own can be dismantled and rebuilt if the stair demands it. Railway viaducts and canal bridges cross the town, so the route to your street is checked for height before the van is sent along it.

Door, stair and headroom checks before furniture reaches Todmorden

• Coming in from the Burnley side, the A646 runs through Cornholme, and a high river can close the valley road, so a delivery date is watched in heavy rain
• At Cross Stone, Mankinholes or Lumbutts the lanes are steep with tight bends, so a stopping place below the house is agreed first
• On a top-and-bottom terrace, say which street your door is on and roughly how many stone steps there are from the road
• If your street runs under one of the railway viaducts or canal bridges, say so when you book, because the van is about 2.5m tall
• Near Brook Street and the market hall, a delivery on a market day goes better early, before the street fills
• Buying from a seller at Robinwood Mill on Burnley Road? Give the unit and the time the piece can be loaded

Cottages, stepped terraces and hillside hamlets: furniture access

• Weavers' cottages on the hillside streetswinding stairs set the size limit for bedroom furniture
• Top-and-bottom terracesthe door may be one street up or down from where the van stops
• Mankinholes and Lumbuttsnarrow lanes up the hillside, so a turning point is agreed in advance
• Cornholme and Lydgateterraces along Burnley Road, the A646 west towards Lancashire
• Gauxholme and Walsdenhomes along the A6033 Rochdale Road, south of the centre

Halifax, Burnley or Rochdale: where Todmorden furniture comes from

• Halifax → Todmordenshops and showrooms in Halifax, brought up the valley on the A646
• Burnley → TodmordenLancashire furniture shops and sellers, in along Burnley Road
• Rochdale or Manchester → Todmordenvia Littleborough, Walsden and Rochdale Road

Collection point, steps and dismantling: pricing furniture to Todmorden

Where the item is collected from, how many steps there are at your end and whether it needs taking apart decide the price. It is fixed once we have the photos and both postcodes. See how we quote for the full breakdown.

Furniture Delivery in Todmorden: your questions