Getting a sofa or bed through a Silsden front door

In the terraces, the front door opens into a short passage or straight into the room, so the sofa is stood on end, angled and turned through the frame. Feet come off first, and a back that unclips helps a lot. A corner sofa usually arrives in sections anyway. Upstairs is where it gets harder: cottage stairs that turn halfway will not take a large bed frame whole, which is why beds are taken apart and rebuilt in the room.

For the newer homes off Howden Road and Hawber Lane the doors are wider and the hall straighter, so the main job is protecting the sofa on the way in. Mattresses travel covered, flat or on their side and never folded, headboards are wrapped, and the frame goes back together with every bolt it arrived with. If a sofa will not go in at all, you are told at the door, before anything is forced or scraped.

Measuring for a sofa or bed in Silsden

In a Bolton Road terrace, measure the front door, the passage behind it and the turn into the living room
Check whether the sofa's feet, arms or back come off; the shop's product sheet normally says
For a bed going up a St John's Street cottage stair, measure the stair width and the head height at the turn
Existing bed frames are dismantled and rebuilt; new beds still in boxes are delivered boxed
Mattresses go in covers and travel flat or on their side, never folded

Silsden homes and how a sofa or bed gets in

Bolton Road and the terraces west of Kirkgatefront doors straight into small rooms, so sofas turn tight
St John's Street cottagesnarrow stairs where beds go up in pieces
Kirkgate housesolder detached homes with steps to the door and roomier inside
Newer homes off Howden Roadwider halls, so the work is mainly careful carrying
Brunthwaitea lane where the van may stop short, so the carry to the door is planned

Sofa and bed runs into Silsden

Leeds or Bradford sofa shop → Silsdencollected from the warehouse or showroom and carried in
Keighley → Silsdena sofa or bed moved between family houses in the valley
Silsden → Skiptona bed or sofa taken up the A629 to a new home in Craven

Sofa and bed delivery prices in Silsden

The collection point, the size of the sofa or bed, and whether it has to come apart or go up a narrow stair set the fixed price. See how we quote for the full breakdown.