The 1.5 in difference in clear width decides fridges, sofas, and mattresses. Enter your item to see whether it clears a 30 or 32 inch door.
Nominal door sizes hide the 2 in the stops and slab steal. Enter your real opening and item so the answer is the clear width, not the label.
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The 2 in nominal difference becomes about 1.5 in of clear opening: a 32 in door clears roughly 30 in and a 30 in door clears roughly 28.5 in after the stops and slab. That margin decides 30 in wide appliances and rigid boxes.
01Items that need about 29 to 30 in of rigid clearance, such as many standard refrigerators (with doors removed) and wide rigid boxes, clear a 32 in door but fail a 30 in door. Flexible items like mattresses usually clear both.
02A 32 in nominal door has roughly 30 in of clear opening with the door swung to 90 degrees. Removing the door slab and hinge-side obstruction can recover another 0.5 to 0.75 in for a tight fit.
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