Door dimensions

[paulstoke1975]

I am just making a list of what I need to get rid of on eBay before my house goes and I'm deciding weather or not to keep my leather sofa, is the door size for a narrowboat a standard size ? if so what size ?

 

 

Cheers folks .

 

 

Paul

[Chalky]

I've seen doors in a number of sizes so I don't think there's a standard. Worth measuring your boat before you do anything else. If you can remove the frame from the shell you can probably gain a couple of extra inches if required.

[paulstoke1975]

I've always wanted to gain a couple of extra inches that's not going to help the size if the door frames ?

[YamYam]

My front doors are 32 inches wide and managed to get a leather sofa with recliners on board. Saying that it does clip together, but each piece is quite large. As Chalky said each boat differs but I would check your measurements before getting rid of stuff

[Taslim]

I am just making a list of what I need to get rid of on eBay before my house goes and I'm deciding weather or not to keep my leather sofa, is the door size for a narrowboat a standard size ? if so what size ?

 

 

Cheers folks .

 

 

Paul

OK. I'll rise to the bait.

 

How many narrow boats have you looked at?

 

How big were the boats?

 

How big is the sofa?

 

I think you may find that, apart from length and beam, leasure boats don't do 'standard' sizes.

[paulstoke1975]

I've looked at 5 boats so far 4 were 57 and one 62, I'm not in a position to buy yet but I do want to be as prepared as possible when the time us right , I've so much stuff I need to get rid of

[Happy Go Lucky]

There isn't a standard size for anything on a narrowboat, that's part of the fun

 

Our current front door is 24 inches wide but, fortunately, we have a sunroof!

[Kae]

24 inches here too

[Peter X]

Boat doors do seem to vary wildly, but I think it's safe to say they're generally too small to get a full size sofa in. If you're specially attached to it, you could look at keeping it under good tarps on the deck of a tug boat, or in the cargo area of one of those cargo boats?

 

Even house doors are far from standardized; a lot are about 6' 3" by 2' 6", but having done a few house moves over my years in rented property, I know that they do vary and getting the bigger items in is usually going to provide some Right Said Fred moments (Bernard Cribbins, not the later band). The choke point for a sofa can be a door, or a narrow hallway, or a corner that's just the wrong shape for it, and it can end up having to go in a room that wasn't the first choice.

 

My current house suffers from a narrow kitchen doorway, and while I just got one table in by dismantling it, and my new fridge freezer was carefully chosen to just fit through, my armchairs and another table had to be carried 200 yards around an alley and lifted over the 6 foot back fence.

 

There was a recent topic on self assembly sofas for boats which may become relevant to the OP if the boat of your dreams has doors too small for the sofa;

http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=68950

[RLWP]

Something else to consider. Will the boat you buy have a space big enough for a sofa? They are quite rare on narrowboats, separate chairs or built in furniture being more common

 

We have a small folding sofa that occupies too much space in the front cabin. It has a low enough back to fit under the gunwhale, most don't, and still goes nearly half way across the floor

 

Richard

[Sabcat]

I'm going to make a gratuitous, gloating post about the front bulk head that bolts out on my boat meaning I can get anything in here

Edited September 11, 2014 by Sabcat

[paulstoke1975]

Well that will be another item for eBay then

[dixi188]

Don't forget side doors. Our fridge was a tight fit at the back doors but went through the side doors easily.

[nb Innisfree]

Side doors can be enlarged without to much difficulty, ours are 36" wide, quite a rare width which makes gettig stuff in and out much easier, though I wouldn't fancy trying that with narrower doors.