Wardrobes are often heavy, large, cumbersome and very inconvenient to move. So, when moving house, you may be wondering how to move a wardrobe quickly, easily and efficiently.
Moving a wardrobe sounds complicated only if you don’t know how to organise it but with the tips bellow you will surely do a good job. Here is a list with 8 useful pieces of advice that will greatly alleviate your wardrobe move.
Best Way to Move a Wardrobe List
1. Plan the work in details by figuring out the steps to take. First of all, decide if the wardrobe will fit in your new flat or house. If it won’t, just leave it behind and buy a new one after the move. You don’t need to move items which won’t serve you. If the wardrobe will fit, decide how you will position it inside the room where you want it to be.
2. Gather appropriate packing materials. The wardrobe moving supplies that you should consider are: moving blankets, tall wardrobe boxes for the clothes, regular cardboard boxes or bags , bubble wrap and cardboard for packing glass and mirrors, tools for disassembly and assembly (if necessary), a marker for labeling the boxes and tape for securing the boxes.
3. Give yourself plenty of time. When moving a wardrobe, try to do as much of the work as early as you can – don’t leave the packing for the last minute. It will take you some time to sift through your things in order to determine which items to take, then you will need time to organize the things for packing (breakables, shoes, jewels, etc. – whatever you keep there), and finally, you’ll have to put everything in boxes and ensure the safety of your belongings. Boxes shouldn’t be too heavy, so don’t overfill them – if the boxes weight too much, they may break under the pressure of the items inside.
4. Set aside items that won’t be moved and decide what to do with them – you can give them to charity, give them away to friends and relatives, take them to carboot, put them up on eBay, etc.
5. Dismantle the furniture. When moving a heavy wardrobe, that is large and inconvenient to carry, it is a good idea to put it apart. Wrap the individual pieces with moving blankets and secure them well with straps. Any breakable items like mirrors or glass need to be packed in bubble wrap and then in cardboard for extra protection. Again, secure well the packing with straps.
6. Moving a wardrobe as it is. If you have a wardrobe that is not very big and you don’t want to dismantle it, you can move it fully assembled. Just make sure you plan the path of the wardrobe well – how you will take it out from the room, how you will maneuver it out of your home, what positions the wardrobe will need to take in order to pass through the doorways, hallways, and stairways, etc. It would be quite a hassle, and an unnecessary one, to take your wardrobe out of the room just to find out that the staircase is too narrow and the wardrobe won’t fit there, so make sure you measure your furniture and the space in your home in advance.
7. Use the right equipment. Dollies are a very good helper when moving large and/ or heavy pieces of furniture like a wardrobe. Make sure the wardrobe is stable on the dolly and well strapped. Such heavy and large furniture is very difficult to move around, so be extra careful.
8. The safest and most efficient way to relocate a wardrobe is to contact a removal firm. The professionals have experience and know what to do, so that the job will be completed safely and efficiently. Reliable furniture removals will finish the move for less time than you and with lower risks of damages.
Hopefully these 8 easy steps will make your wardrobe relocation simpler and safer. If you have more information on this topic that you think would be useful, you can make a comment and share it with us.
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