Measuring an Oldham front door before the sofa arrives
A wrapped sofa still has to turn once it is through the door. In an Oldham mill terrace the front door often opens straight into the living room, so the sofa goes in on its end and swings round, and its depth counts for more than its length. Sectional and corner sofas that bolt together are kinder to a terrace than one solid frame, and a radiator beside the door can steal the last few centimetres.
Then there is the bed. A double divan base or a king-size mattress has to get round the stairs in an Oldham terrace or a Saddleworth cottage, and a bed frame is taken apart and rebuilt in the room. Old sofas and beds are not taken away; Oldham Council runs a bulky waste collection you can book for them.
Checks before a sofa or bed comes to Oldham
- Measure the front door's width and height, the hall, and the depth of the sofa from back to front
- Ask the retailer whether the feet unscrew or the sofa arrives in sections
- Move side tables, plants and the coat rack away from the door before the van pulls up
- Book Oldham Council's bulky waste collection for the old settee and clear it out of the room first
- Keep a new mattress in its plastic until it is in the bedroom, as a terrace stair rubs both walls
Where Oldham sofas and beds get delivered
- Glodwick terracesdoors straight off the pavement into small front rooms
- Wernethbigger rooms in the Coppice's large old houses
- Uppermill and Dobcrossstone cottages with low, narrow doorways
- Roytonredeveloped terraces and estate houses along the A671
- Elk Mill Shopping Parkwhere a sofa or bed bought locally is collected
Sofa and bed runs around Oldham
- Elk Mill → Glodwickdown the A627 into town and out to the south-east side
- Manchester → Oldhama store collection brought back up the A62
- Bradford → Oldhamthe M62 west to junction 20, 32 miles, 45 to 60 minutes
Pricing a sofa delivery in Oldham
The size of the sofa or bed, the steps and doorways at the house and the distance from the shop or seller set one fixed price. See how we quote for the full breakdown.
Sofa and Bed Delivery in Oldham: your questions
Will a three-seater fit through a terrace front door?
Usually, if the depth is less than the door width once the feet are off. Measure both, and say if the door opens straight into the room, as the turn inside is often the tight part.
Can you take my old sofa away?
No, old furniture is not taken away. Oldham Council runs a bulky waste collection that you book, and the old sofa needs to be out of the room before the new one arrives.
Do you put the bed together?
Yes, a bed frame is assembled in the room, and an old frame you are keeping can be taken apart for a move.
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