A move requires the transport of all your belongings, however, varied they may be. To ensure their safety, it is important to choose the appropriate packaging according to the object to be transported. But how to do it? What are the techniques and by what means?
We offer you a few tips:
Textile storage
Tips for moving your clothes
Prefer your suitcases, soft bags, or portable wardrobes to avoid wrinkling your clothes. Find our article on the packaging of your clothes by clicking on this link. For your sheets, duvets, pillows, prefer vacuum bags to cardboard boxes. It’s a good idea to pack a box of essentials with the things you’ll need for the first few days of your move-in.
A little tip: if you want to protect your mattress and prevent dirt from getting stuck in it during transport, use old sheets and blankets. Put one on top and another on the bottom.
For your jewelry
Protect your valuables
Much to our chagrin, jewelry tends to get tangled like our headphones. Fortunately, there are inexpensive and easy solutions to prevent this from happening.
So feel free to use your old roll of toilet paper to prevent them from tangling. Also use egg cartons to store small jewelry (earrings, bracelets, etc.), but the adhesive tape in them to hold them to the walls.
Handling heavy objects
Distribute your business
We advise you to solidify your boxes with tape by forming a cross in the bottom, whatever the objects to be transported and especially for the heaviest.
For books or clothing, choose suitcases with wheels. We don’t think about it, but piling up these things can quickly become very heavy. And in addition, it will prevent you from breaking your back!
Avoid loss
Think about plastic bags
For the screws and other bolts of your dismantled furniture, you can group them together in resealable envelopes or plastic bags, noting which piece of furniture they belong to be sure not to lose anything. Regarding furniture that has not been disassembled, our team will pack them at your home with plastic film so that the drawers do not open during transport.
Make room for order
Be organized
The preparation of your boxes is essential, we advise you to write down what they contain, if they are fragile, and to differentiate them according to the part to which they belong.
We recommend that you use storage bins for your seasonal items. You can easily identify them and put them quickly in the garage or in the attic since you use them only once a year. It is also a good opportunity to sort through your belongings, so quickly consult our article on this subject: A move is an opportunity to sort your belongings!
Escape the junkyard
Don’t skimp on protections
For your fragile items, it is important to wrap them one by one in newspaper and if possible reinforce them with bubble wrap, terry towels, or old socks for glasses for example. Find out how to properly pack your fragile items.
For your bulky items, think about old blankets to protect your belongings as much as possible and use suitable boxes. You can reinforce the bottom of your boxes with bubble wrap for maximum security. It is also possible to indicate to the movers in which direction to take the box with the following mentions: “Top ↑” and “Bottom ↓”.
Each box has its content
Optimize storage
Prefer small boxes for your heavy items which will be more resistant and will not give way. On the other hand, for your lighter but bulky items, large boxes will be more suitable. Even inside the box, the heaviest objects have their place in the bottom. Thus, no object will be crushed during the trip.
Do not tangle the wires!
Take pictures
Regarding your technological objects such as your television, your Hi-Fi system, or your computer, it is preferable that they travel in their original boxes if you still have them under your elbow. Otherwise, choose large cardboard, coupled with newspaper, bubble wrap, and other blankets. On the side of the connections and not to mix them up, you can use a color code or numbers.
A little tip: Do not hesitate to take a picture of all your connections before unplugging everything.
A box for more resistance
For more protection of your belongings
To transport your canned goods, your tools, or other objects having a certain weight, use rigid plastic crates which will allow you to transport them more easily.
No more wasting your products
Use plastic bags
Your hygiene products such as your shampoo or your essential oils deserve an essential tip: place a sufficiently large end of a plastic bag on your open bottle then close the cap over and you’re done. The risk of leakage will be considerably reduced!
To avoid 7 years of misfortune
Scotch tape and blankets for armor
Now, pay special attention to the mirrors: Use your tape to minimize vibrations and at the same time, the risk of cracking or breakage! You just have to put it from one end of the mirror to the other, forming a cross. You can repeat the operation several times. Then wrap it in a thick blanket preferably or in bubble wrap. This method will protect against small knocks and shocks due to transport.
To make sure you don’t forget anything and be as efficient and fast as possible for your move, see our article: Moving: a checklist to ensure you don’t forget anything.
We wish you good preparation and a good move with world allied mover.
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