Moving Home is a lot of hands-on work. Packing and cleaning
up, taking down and setting up. But it doesn’t always have to be so hard on
you; there are lots of tools that are freely available to help you make the job
of moving so much simpler.
Do-it-Yourself seems to be a new way of moving house, and we
can actually learn a lot of things from the way professional moving companies
handle their business. Their moving guys bring a plethora of tools with them to
make their job easier, so why shouldn’t we acquire some of these tools for
ourselves to bring our budget down. We’re sure we can do just as good a job
right?
If you’ve got a lot of things, don’t fret about the amount
of things that need moving. With Stair Climbers and moving dollies, shifting
the big and bulky things will be a breeze. Look around for difference sizes of
dollies that will suit your needs and make sure that you check the weight
limits. These will definitely help especially when you need to bring things
down from the kids’ rooms into the front porch to be ready for transportation
and even just to move furniture into a more accessible place.
Lots of things lying around the house could be useful too.
You can peek in the shed for ropes and straps and bungee cords that can help
secure your items. Not just while moving around the house on the dollies, but
especially while in transit when there’s a chance of bumps and knocks on the
road. If you’ve got your packing boxes securely in place, there’s less chance
of the precious contents being damaged or heaven forbid, flying off the back of
the truck! You can never be too secure about buckling down your things when on
the move!
Besides buying some extra tools, you can save time by making
your own. Create home-made padding from towels and cushions and blankets by
wrapping them around fragile and delicate items.
Almost anything which is
cloth-based can make easy substitutes for padding - even mattress
protectors can be used as extra cushioning. You’ll save money
from having to buy bubble-wrap and renting padding from the moving companies.
Rags can also double up and be used to protect corners and
sides from getting dinged when you’re trying to manoeuvre the bulkier equipment
through door frames and tighter spaces. They can also be used as cushions for
pressure points if you have to rest something dirty on delicate flooring like
parquet and marble.
Stationery like packing tape, scissors and markers you
definitely can’t do without. You’d be surprised what other household items can
also be dual-purposed to help you on your packing and organizing project!
Ziplock bags and toilet roll cylinders make fantastic separators and partitions
for your smaller items like jewellery and knick knacks. And besides securing
your packing boxes, masking tape can be used as cheap label replacements and
it’s always a good idea to indicate what’s inside each box so unpacking can be
made simpler.
Tools are not just about screwdrivers and wrenches, but pretty
much anything that can help you make the job easier.
Packing can really be made
simpler if you hire plastic moving
boxes, they come with dollies and you don’t have to worry what to do with
those cardboard boxes, as you won’t need them at all.
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