Once again, THANKS ALL for some very valuable advice! Yes, no good having a big scope if it won't fit through a back door! I measured my garage back door (can't go through front) and it's 35 inches; so, in theory, if the base of the LB is 30, then it would fit, but not if anything was "jutting out"!
I saw a pic of a guy with this scope and wow, she's big! That is perhaps an issue for me: I'm sort of a sit down kind of observer; the thought of having to stand on a step and view is not a fun one for me! I still have a good few months to really make up my mind: a trip into Bintel will help too, so I can look at both of them....the 14" is out due to the size of the base and it's a little too much money I think for only two extra inches of aperture....look, guys, I've really found your comments useful...! So for the time being it's back to the 8" and considering that about two years ago I had a Celestron Firstscope and a 60mm refractor up until August, I've come a long way!
PS: here's what got me into Astronomy in the first place, with encouragement from my wife, God bless her!