Furniture Formula??? Does anyone know if there is a foolproof formula to find out...
Does anyone know if there is a foolproof formula to find out if an irregular shape (Such as a settee) will fit through a measurable access point (Such as a doorframe)? I know it sounds palpable, but with positioning and management, it is sometimes possible to fit odd shapes through seemingly tight spots.
I ask because lately a delivery squad refused to deliver a settee for me. they claimed it be too big to fit through my front door. However, a few years earlier I have an even bigger settee delivered through the impressively same door without a problem.
As a result I be forced to bear the cost of removing a skylight. Now I would like to prove that the settee be deliverable by taking the measurements and applying them to an acceptable formula.
Answers: companies own their own regulations. based on the size of that specific piece of furniture, they have a set minimum initial size that they will attempt to take their furniture thru. this is base on insurance liabilities. i'm sure they hold documentation of it somewhere. you really have no travel case. a business has the right to refuse permission for service, such as delivery to be exact deemed risky to the company. they might not trust their abdication men. i'm sure you can fit it through, but it would be too close and risky for a business.
The best way would be to mock up a sofa from carton and try it in genuineness. I would have thought in attendance were too lots variables to be sure in notion. (I had a similar probelm beside a huge sheet mirror and mage a light wood frame - clearance be a gnat's whisker)). Another option is try it on a simple modelling programme.
Otherwise divide the greatest dimensions in respectively direction (which are the diagonals in respectively plane and through the solid) and compare those with the door frame: if the former exceed the latter it won't shift through. Have in mind the approach to the door for turning and so on.
Whether they'll steal any notice of your complaint or 'proof' is a bit moot, I'm afraid, and it is probably too small a sum to stir to court over (although you might consider telling them you will instigate a small claims court doings if they don't pick up the bill). I think I would settle down on the sofa, put your foot up and write it off as a discouraging experience.
Oh, and tell everyone you know give or take a few what happened and not to patronise the supplier.