The Complete Guide to Buying a Double Sofa Bed Online

Buying a double sofa bed online comes down to four figures: the closed footprint, the open bed dimensions, your access route and the mattress specification. This guide walks through each in turn, starting with the discovery that many sofa beds sold as doubles open to something narrower than a standard UK double mattress. We explain how to measure your wall run, floor depth, doorways, stair turns and landing bulkheads, and why the diagonal of your narrowest doorway matters more than its width. There is detailed guidance on comparing pull out, fold down, click clack and corner mechanisms, reading mattress depth and base construction, and judging fabric quality from a product listing and a sample. We finish with delivery and assembly considerations, planning the surrounding room around the open bed, and a practical ordering checklist that catches the issues which cause most returns....