Measured. Fit.

Will it fit?

The delivery-day check, done before you order. Measure the piece and the tightest stretch of its path into your home — this runs the numbers most shoppers learn on the doorstep: the opening, the turn inside, the stand-it-up swing, and the shipping box.

The piece

Copy the listed dimensions in any order — every carrying orientation is tried, including up on end.

What is it?

LengthinDepthinHeightin

Still in the shipping box (adds 6″ per side)

The path

Narrowest opening widthinDoor, hallway pinch, stair width — measure the tightest point, inside the trim.Opening height (optional)in

A door hangs in this opening (open at 90°, it eats ~2″ of the width)

Landing depth behind it (optional)inClear straight-ahead space before the piece must turn.Lowest ceiling on the path (optional)inOnly matters if the piece must pivot upright (stairwells, tight landings).

Won't fitAs measured, it doesn't make it. The failing check tells you why.

Won't fitThrough the opening: Even on the best carry (carried length-first), the 38 × 33″ cross-section is 5″ too big for the 28 × 80″ opening (width is 30″ minus ~2″ for the door on its hinges) in every rotation.

Shop what clears your opening instead:

Sofas & sectionals under 26″ deep — they clear your opening upright

Sofas & sectionals under 26″ tall — they travel on their side

Verdicts marked “tight” deserve a dry run: cut the piece's footprint out of cardboard and walk the path. The turn estimate is deliberately conservative — movers do achieve things geometry frowns on.

The measuring guide behind this calculator