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PACKING FURNITURE

The trick with Packing Furniture is to be ORGANISED.

Make sure you have enough packing materials for Packing Furniture. Prepare a priority carton to go on last, then first off the truck. This might include essentials from your kitchen and bathroom or any items needed for easy access.

Start room by room marking the box clearly which room they will go into at your new home. Mark fragile on boxes that have breakables, so the furniture movers will take extra care in Packing Furniture. Dismantle beds or any items needing to be dismantled before your move. When taking the bed apart, bind the frames together with tape or rope. Furniture removalists usually take the bed legs off bed bases so they are easy to turn around corners and they may place them into the closest top bedside drawer, or drawers so they don’t get lost. You don’t need to take clothing out from your drawers, but please have any fragile or heavy items removed. Furniture movers may need to take the drawers out if they need to judge on weight. To stop them from falling out in transit we place the item with the drawers facing the wall against a bigger item with a flat surface, like beds, so there is no need to tape them up.

Problems some people have these days are getting beds up narrow stair-cases, some bed bases just don’t fit up there. In this case, we may have to lift them over a balcony, or any other un-ordinary items that may not fit up the staircase. (this may sound extreme but our professional movers are trained to do this safely and professionally so there is no worry). Cover tables with old linen or blankets. If you can, remove the legs. Wrap the nuts and bolts in a plastic bag and tie them to a leg, or put them in a safe place. Roll up your carpets and rugs and secure with rope or tape. Bedside lamps are better to be taken in a car or dismantled and protected. Try not to wrap fragile items in newspaper, as the print will come off on them. You will just have to wash everything before you can put it away. If you don’t want to buy wrapping materials save up magazines for a few weeks beforehand. Try to have all electrical items packed back into their original boxes with their wiring and remotes in the same box for easy assembling at the other end.

Thoroughly clean and dry inside fridges, freezers and dishwashers.

Remember to take down all wall hangings or anything behind doors, as paintings or photo frames are a lot safer being protected with bubble wrap.

Please take glass shelves out of fridges, and emptying the drip tray is a good idea. Fridge or freezers are usually the last items to go onto the truck, so it is first off. Fridge or freezers need to sit for at least half an hour after being moved so the gas can settle down.

Try not to leave Packing Furniture till the last minute as it may generate on a moving day. Time may tick up on the bill at the end of the job.

These Packing Furniture Tips should help for your next move.

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