Moving furniture safely is a tough task and requires a lot of care. These big bulky household items are most prone to breaking or surface damage. Even a little mishandling can prove disastrous to either the look of the furniture or its functionality. In order to arrange safe removals for furniture, you have to ensure that it is disassembled and wrapped properly. If you use any one of the several professional furniture removal companies, you can acquire special packaging materials and trained movers with them who will ensure a smooth and safe relocation process.
Here are a few tips to ease the process of furniture removals:
- Big and sturdy boxes will not only give you adequate space to store your furniture parts, but also protect them from damage during storage and transit. Besides, it is easier to pack them with cushioning material such as bubble wrap of foam fillers.
- While packing glass or fragile parts of the furniture ensure that there is an excess layering of protective material over them.
- If you do not want to buy plastic or foam wraps, an easier and effective way to cushion and cover your furniture is by using blankets, pillows, bed sheets and other fabrics lying around the house. Not only will you save money, you will also not be carrying anything you don’t need.
- Make sure you label the packed parts carefully and put all parts belonging to one item of furniture together. Numerical ordering will help in reassembly.
- When labelling the bigger pieces of furniture, make sure you know where they are going to be in the new place. This way the movers can put them in their new spot without you having to lug them around the house.
- For nuts and bolts and other such smaller bits of the furniture, put them in a zip lock bag, clearly label them and put them in a drawer of a chest or bedside table.
- Make sure to always put plastic covers on the packed furniture to protect it from rain and humidity, especially if it is going to be in storage for a bit.
- Some furniture may be difficult to disassemble and heavy to carry around. It would be wise to not attempt to move such pieces yourself but to get professional help and furniture sliders to move them across the floor without scratching them or the floor.
- If the piece of furniture has a number of detachable parts such as drawers and doors, make sure you take them apart before packing or moving them. If you can’t do it yourself, you can get help from a handyman or the movers.
It is always advisable to get professional help from a reputed moving company when moving, especially if you have a household full of furniture to take care of. They have all the expertise and equipment to take care of all aspects of the furniture removal, from packing, loading, to transit and assembly.
Additionally, it will save you a lot of effort and possibly pain from trying to do it yourself.
However before trusting any company with your precious belongings, make sure you do your research. Some cheap removals services can cost you more in damages than a good moving company with higher prices.
