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Packing and moving tips for heavy items

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Relocating anywhere else is a tough process. It let you exhausted both mentally and physically. Leaving your abode make you down emotionally and packing and moving your belongings is really a herculean task. The thought of packing and moving all the things on your own can make you worried and you start pondering over the whole shifting process once you decide to relocate. But the whole shifting process can be done with ease. Initiate the process with packing the basic and small necessary things and later try your hands on other big things. Plan the whole shifting process first and keep working step by step. But the question of all questions!! How will you pack the heavy items? How will you move them into your new residence?  Perhaps you feel like leaving the big, weighty items behind but deep inside you also know you just can’t do it. There are various packers and movers service out in the market who can help you through the whole process and you also can do it by yourself. Here are some tips for you :

Clean them up

Before shifting the heavy items like fridge, almirah, bed, couch, metallic statues and other bulky appliances clean them up properly. Take out all the stuffs that you have put into those furniture and make them empty. Then do the dusting, cleaning or washing as per the requirement. The empty furniture will be less heavy.

Packing tricks

You have to take care of your belongings while shifting. Never use old and in appropriate boxes for the heavy items. Use new cardboard boxes that are strong enough to protect the items from any external damage and at the same time you have to keep in mind that the boxes must not add any extra weight to the furniture. The packing boxes must be spacious. Don’t stuff the boxes and don’t try to put any item forcefully. Select separate boxes for each single items.

Try to keep separate the detachable items from the heavy furniture if possible. If you have enough space in any box even after placing a heavy item in it you can add other stuff in that box but try to put some less weighty stuff in that box and never put it in the lower part of the box because the heavy item might damage the light item.

Hacks to protect the fragile items

Try to take special care of the heavy yet fragile items. The furniture made with glass and other fragile materials can easily be broken if not handled properly. Try to use sufficient bubble wraps, foam sheet, cotton pads, spare papers, packing cushions and packing peanuts while packing the fragile items. Try to use tapes and mask tapes to seal the boxes after putting the items in them.

The moving process

Once the packing is done, the moving procedure starts. While carrying the heavy items you have to be very careful. Never ever try to lift them up on your own. Get some help. While shifting them focus on the edges and sides. The most common problem with the heavy items is while passing them through the doors or narrow areas, the edges and sides of the items often get damaged. So uplift them in right manner. Do the moving in a slow pace.

With following the aforementioned tips packing and moving of the heavy items can be done in no time.

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