[kp11364]

Hi everyone,

Doing some noodling about my move to TV - are the front doors on most homes about 36" across?

Also, I've seen that there is usually a door in the garage that usually goes through the utility room with the washer/dryer - what are the widths of those doors? 30" ?? Both going from the garage to the utility room and from the utility room to the rest of the house.

Finally, when you moved to TV and used a mover, did the big truck come directly to your home, or did they have to offload somewhere close and bring your belongings to the home in a smaller truck?

Thank you in advance!

Kevin

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by kp11364

Hi everyone,

Doing some noodling about my move to TV - are the front doors on most homes about 36" across?

Also, I've seen that there is usually a door in the garage that usually goes through the utility room with the washer/dryer - what are the widths of those doors? 30" ?? Both going from the garage to the utility room and from the utility room to the rest of the house.

Finally, when you moved to TV and used a mover, did the big truck come directly to your home, or did they have to offload somewhere close and bring your belongings to the home in a smaller truck?

Thank you in advance!

Kevin

The front door will be a 36 inch door. Other doors in the house will be 30 or 32 inches. The big truck will come to your house.

[Topspinmo]

Trucks come to your house, (if have pod it dropped off in driveway in my area) depend on model of the house and how door entry designed. Some stuff I had bring through sliding glass doors cause the walls created tunnel effect where couldn’t t maneuver through doors. My has has standard doors.

[retiredguy123]

Note that, if you are moving furniture into a bedroom, the main issue may not be the door width. A sofa bed will fit through the door, but it may not go around a corner. You may need to turn it on it's end, in which case, the sofa bed cannot be longer than 80 inches, the door height.

[kp11364]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Note that, if you are moving furniture into a bedroom, the main issue may not be the door width. A sofa bed will fit through the door, but it may not go around a corner. You may need to turn it on it's end, in which case, the sofa bed cannot be longer than 80 inches, the door height.

I have smaller sofas But good to know the door heights as well!

[LuvtheVillages]

Originally Posted by kp11364

Hi everyone,

Doing some noodling about my move to TV - are the front doors on most homes about 36" across?

Also, I've seen that there is usually a door in the garage that usually goes through the utility room with the washer/dryer - what are the widths of those doors? 30" ?? Both going from the garage to the utility room and from the utility room to the rest of the house.

Finally, when you moved to TV and used a mover, did the big truck come directly to your home, or did they have to offload somewhere close and bring your belongings to the home in a smaller truck?

Thank you in advance!

Kevin

It depends if you are getting an older home or a newer home. Our home is 10 years old and all doors, including the door from garage to laundry room and into the kitchen, are 36 inches.
Older homes may be different.

Our home is a designer series home. Other series homes may be different.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by LuvtheVillages

It depends if you are getting an older home or a newer home. Our home is 10 years old and all doors, including the door from garage to laundry room and into the kitchen, are 36 inches.
Older homes may be different.

Interesting. My house is 6 years old, and the only 36 inch door is the front door. The door from the garage is 32 inches. The bedroom doors are 30 inches. My house does not have a laundry room because the washer and dryer are in the garage. But, a typical laundry room door is 32 inches. I don't think I have ever seen a house where every door is 36 inches, even older houses and large luxury houses, except a custom designed house for wheel chair accessibility.

[thevillages2013]

Originally Posted by kp11364

Hi everyone,

Doing some noodling about my move to TV - are the front doors on most homes about 36" across?

Also, I've seen that there is usually a door in the garage that usually goes through the utility room with the washer/dryer - what are the widths of those doors? 30" ?? Both going from the garage to the utility room and from the utility room to the rest of the house.

Finally, when you moved to TV and used a mover, did the big truck come directly to your home, or did they have to offload somewhere close and bring your belongings to the home in a smaller truck?

Thank you in advance!

Kevin

I don’t understand. You are planning the move here but you haven’t bought a house yet? If you have bought a house or are in the process your real estate agent is who you ask. Make them measure and take pictures of every door you have questions about. That is their job to take you all the way through the process. If they are too dumb to read a tape measure then you may have issues

[Libbyporter]

Make sure you know what dryer you need in your home. We had to have a gas dryer. Some homes are gas and some electric.

[DaleDivine]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Note that, if you are moving furniture into a bedroom, the main issue may not be the door width. A sofa bed will fit through the door, but it may not go around a corner. You may need to turn it on it's end, in which case, the sofa bed cannot be longer than 80 inches, the door height.

But if the sofa is 84" you can tilt it a little to get the sofa in.

[jimkerr]

Originally Posted by kp11364

Hi everyone,

Doing some noodling about my move to TV - are the front doors on most homes about 36" across?

Also, I've seen that there is usually a door in the garage that usually goes through the utility room with the washer/dryer - what are the widths of those doors? 30" ?? Both going from the garage to the utility room and from the utility room to the rest of the house.

Finally, when you moved to TV and used a mover, did the big truck come directly to your home, or did they have to offload somewhere close and bring your belongings to the home in a smaller truck?

Thank you in advance!

Kevin

My home is 3 years old. Our front door is 36 inches, our other doors including bedroom doors are 32 inches. This includes the doors from the garage to laundry room.

Movers will unload at your home just like anywhere else.

Welcome to The Villages!

[Mlogan22@tampabay.rr.com]

Noodling?

[Papa_lecki]

If youre planning to bring furniture in through the sliders in the back, you might have a lanai, birdcage or something with a smaller screen door.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Mlogan22@tampabay.rr.com

Noodling?

It means thinking.

[joelfmi]

Originally Posted by thevillages2013

I don’t understand. You are planning the move here but you haven’t bought a house yet? If you have bought a house or are in the process your real estate agent is who you ask. Make them measure and take pictures of every door you have questions about. That is their job to take you all the way through the process. If they are too dumb to read a tape measure then you may have issues

I hope you checked out the area of where you are buying, that is one of the biggest mistakes thar buyers make