OK, not that big, but it feels like it.

I'm a postgrad student who's moved here from the States. When I came over, I shipped a fair number of things reasoning that it was cheaper than buying them new here.

Among those items is a queen-sized bed. Now, I was not aware of the dimensions of your average terraced home in Sheffield at the time...

The top mattress was sufficiently flexible that we managed to get it upstairs, but the wood and wire box frame that sits underneath is not nearly as co-operative.

Does anyone have any advice for me? (OK, that's leaving things waaaay too open - "Chuck it!", "Sleep on the ground floor!", "Introduce it to a chainsaw!")

I'm wondering if anyone knows of any local company that might be able to convert the box frame into two pieces. As much as I hate to do that, I don't see any other reasonable option. I'd like to find someone that can do it without making it unusable.

Cheers all!

Demitri

Can't say I know of any such companies but what about taking it in through an upstairs window, obviously you would need permission to remove the glass but that seems the easiest way to me.

When those houses were built it was standard practice to remove the sliding sash windows to allow the removal of furniture, but the uPVC manufacturers (and the numpty house owners) overlook this when they decide they don't like painting window frames :mad:

A lot of standard base units are able to split into two parts and you can struggle with them even then.
I've never heard of a company that would split a bed base for you but possibly a re-upholstery company would be able to help, I think there are one or two of these in the city.
Every now and then you see a program like 'Houses from Hell' which shows all too clearly that even new homes can be built able to accept only small dimension or flat pack furniture so it's not just a problem with the older terraced properties, I wonder how many people get caught out by this problem.

Originally posted by WallBuilder
A lot of standard base units are able to split into two parts and you can struggle with them even then.
I've never heard of a company that would split a bed base for you but possibly a re-upholstery company would be able to help, I think there are one or two of these in the city.
Every now and then you see a program like 'Houses from Hell' which shows all too clearly that even new homes can be built able to accept only small dimension or flat pack furniture so it's not just a problem with the older terraced properties, I wonder how many people get caught out by this problem.

Always take an overweight relative with you when viewing a house. :D

The secret, demitri, is that our 'pokey' terraced houses were built around the furniture. Most of them still contain the original 1895 bed and wardrobe. At least my granny's house did!!

British ingenuity at its best.:thumbsup:

We had a barrel of fun getting my daughters bunk beds up to the attic a few years ago. I ended up tying rope to them and hauling them bit by bit up the outside of the house. The rope was tied to her radiator inside, just under the window and I pulled them single handed all the way up, on to the roof and through the window! The only problem was when one of the bases got lodged under the guttering. A friend ran to a neighbours house and borrowed a ladder, climbed up and pushed it up and over the gutter. I'm dreading when she grows out of them!!

Thanks everyone for the tips. I will look for a company that does reupholstering - I hadn't considered that. Unfortunately, my windows are too small, even if I could get them removed.

Now, I never called Sheffield houses pokey! I'm quite enjoying my new home, especially the parts that reflect its history. For example, I've never lived in a house with a coal chute...

Just sleep on the matress.... At least it'll stop you pushing all the coming years of crap you'll accumalate under the bed!!!!