Moving between homes in Killeen is an enormous project which requires a lot of organization and coordination. Most people would rather pack their own stuff from emptying cabinets to meticulously wrapping and labeling the cables from the entertainment center, however when it comes to the large things, we usually need a little bit of help. In fact, one of the biggest risks involved in moving is scraping up either the home you’re vacating or the home you are moving into with oversized furniture pieces like bed frames, cabinets, and paintings. Going around corners or through doorways is very risky and there's frequently a few visible dings by the time you and your friends get the furniture settled. If you would like to save a bit of money on spackle and paint and/or your security deposit, heed some guidance from experienced movers and learn how to protect your residence from the dangers of moving heavy items.
Disassembly and Reassembly
The first step to safe moving is a willingness to take things apart. Bedframes have always been a challenge to fit through doorways, down hallways, and especially up and down stairs. They are frequently solid and bulky to supply stable bed support and many have decorative head and foot boards that you'd also rather keep un-scuffed on the journey. You might be surprised how many items in your home can be easily taken apart and put back together including bookshelves, the entertainment center, and many cabinets. Even dressers, which usually stay in one piece, are more straightforward to maneuver if you lift the drawers out first.
In a lot of cases, the best method to keep both your furniture and walls undamaged is to just disassemble it, move it in pieces, and reassemble it in the room of your choice. Just make sure to keep the screws, nuts, and bolts in a labeled bag that can be at hand when it's needed again. If you are not feeling good about using a few tools, a professional mover will be able to help with the disassembly and reassembly for you.
Moving Pads
Many times a bulky item cannot be disassembled or you have a reason to not take it apart for the move. As usual, when you are handling big pieces of furniture often framed by wood and metal, your walls, corners and even the banisters of your stairs are in danger. Professional movers recognize that rather than attempting to achieve a perfect lack of bumps and scrapes, which is highly unlikely, a better solution is simply to protect the areas you are moving through.
Moving pads are basically big sturdy blankets that are to be draped or pinned over the walls, corners, stair railings, and other areas of your home that might get scraped when bulky furniture is moving through. This is a extraordinarily easy trick that fixes an age-old problem. Put up moving pads when moving bulky objects through tight spaces and anywhere you are worried about during the moving process.
Carpet Covers
Lastly, the quality of your carpets should not be determined by the amount of activity during a move. Most residences have a decent amount of daily traffic, people walking back and forth between the living room and kitchen and bathroom a few times a day. When you are moving, the number of trips across your carpet, often in big sturdy shoes, increases a lot.
To keep the dust and grime at bay and lower the amount of wear and tear it faces from the constant walking back and forth packing and moving stuff, lay down a padded carpet cover to give temporary floor protection. This allows you to move freely, heave around bulky furniture, and get things down from the attic or up from the basement without worrying about a major carpet cleaning afterward.
Here at A-1 Freeman Moving, we're devoted to taking care of not only your stuff but the house you're moving out of and into, as well. With a couple simple tricks gleaned from decades of helping people move from place to place, it is simple to protect the walls, banisters, carpets, and doorways of each home no matter how big your furniture is.
