Will it fit through your door and lift?

A standard Indian main door is 1000 mm wide and a bedroom door 900 mm, but the frame takes roughly 35 mm, so plan on 965 mm and 865 mm of clear opening. A typical residential lift car is about 1100 × 1400 mm with an 800 mm door. The delivery carton — not the assembled machine — is what has to pass through all of them.

The numbers

OpeningNominalClear (approx.)
Main entrance door1000–1200 mm965–1165 mm
Bedroom door900 mm865 mm
Bathroom door700 mm665 mm
Lift car door (6–8 person)800–900 mm800–900 mm
Lift car interior1100 × 1400 mm

Sources and confidence ratings for every figure are on the reference page.

Measure the diagonal, not the width

Movers tilt things. A box 1400 mm long and 700 mm tall has a diagonal of about 1565 mm, but its limiting dimension through a doorway is the smaller pair — width and height — because the length can go through first. That is why our doorway check compares the two smallest dimensions against the clear opening.

The three things people get wrong

  • Using the assembled size. The carton is bigger, often by 5–10 cm on every side. Ask the seller for shipping dimensions before you order.
  • Forgetting the turn. A straight run through a door is easy; the landing outside a lift, or a stairwell half-turn, is what actually stops delivery.
  • Assuming the lift. Many Indian buildings have a lift too small for a boxed treadmill, and service lifts are not universal. If it will not fit, it goes up the stairs — and many delivery contracts stop at the ground floor.

Before you order

Measure your narrowest point, then check it against the machine on the fit checker. If the margin is under 5 cm, treat it as tight and plan for the stairs.

Machines we’ve measured for this

Every figure above comes from our own measurement table. These are the machines it points at, each with its full clearance breakdown:

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