Packing Guide

Tips, Instructions - All You Need to Know About Packing & Relocating

Packing your goods the right way is one of the most important things when trying to assure a smooth move. There is nothing more annoying than finding out that one of your favorite items have been damaged. In this guide you'll find the best and easiest ways to protect common household goods.

Before you start packing each item you first need to ask yourself a few questions :

Dishes and other small items made of glass or porcelain needs to be packed carefully. It doesn't take much for a plate or a glass to break.

The materials - A medium sized box, usually referred to as "china box" by most vendors. white-paper, news paper or linens for cushioning. Tapes for closing the box.

1. Pad the bottom of the box with a layer of paper/linens
2. Wrap each item with paper/linens. Make sure each item has enough padding around him so that if he bangs into other items in the box they wont break.
3. Leave enough space on the top of the box for another layer of padding.
4. Seal the box and mark it as "fragile" or "handle with care".
5. Repeat until your out of dishes to pack.

Small sized furniture - Chairs, Night tables and small coffee tables can be stacked on top of boxes and usually doesn't need to be packed. For delicate small furniture a box with padding or a durable moving blanket can be used to cover it.

Medium sized furniture - For the soft ones, ottoman, love chair a couple of layers of shrink wrap will do the job. For harder furniture use a durable blanket and make sure you use a lot of tape to keep the blanket in place and to give a better grip of the item.

Large furniture - For large furniture, Refrigerators, 60" TV's, pool tables and pianos you better hire professional help to help you disassemble, carry and reassemble.

For a mattress and box spring you'll need shrink wrap or mattress covers. Remember that both shrink wrap and mattress covers are made out of nylon and cannot be dragged around. The covers are mainly against small scratches, liquids and dirt stains.

Even if you hire professional movers they wouldn't be allowed to handle your chemicals/flammables.

For more information on how to dispose or move chemicals/flammables click here.

Most mirrors and pictures fit inside a picture-box. Set up the box and lay a layer of white-paper/linens on the bottom of the box for cushioning. Put the picture(s), mirror(s) inside the box with their backside facing one another's. Do not pack too many and remember to leave space for cushioning on each side. After setting up the items inside start cushioning every space left in the box so the items inside wont move around. Close the box.

For larger mirrors, pictures and such a custom crate will be needed. If the item is very valuable consider hiring a pro to do the job.

TV's up to about 25" can fit into a TV/Microwave BOX. Just remember to cushion with white-paper/linens on each side of the TV and close the box. Remember to mark it for example "Bedroom TV".

For larger TV's a custom crate will be needed. If its an expensive TV consider hiring a pro to do the job.

Hanging cloths fit right into a wardrobe box and a bar is used to hang the cloths inside the box. Others cloths can be stuffed inside small,medium boxes. When packing cloths try to slip a few fragile things inside and use the cloths as protectors.

Books are usually very durable and need only a box to help organize them and make moving them easier. Remember to use small boxes only! Books are very heavy and sometimes after packing when using large boxes you'll find out no one can actually move that box.