How To Move Furniture



Posted: Thursday, April 27, 2006

by
studiok

In my shop come different pieces of furniture with different damages. Some of them are caused from moving. This is the problem I want to write about. Most moving companies just wrap the furniture and put the pieces in the trucks or vans. In most cases the damages are just scratches but some of them are from bad lifting. There are some rules on how to lift furniture. For tables it is better disattach the top from the legs and wrap them separately, cushioning the top and the legs in individual boxes and packages. We recommend you our way of doing this. For the different parts, create an individual box from wood material /we use a 1x4/, this will save the piece in all cases. It is better if you mark with a special sticker or a permanent marker the crates that cannot be stacked. Never pick chairs for the back rest but for the seat. This rule is very important when you pick up antiques but I think of writing a special article on how to move up antique furniture. Never pick up the desk for the top. Try to pick it up for the bottom frame. The reason is that in the construction of the furniture, the tops very often come off—intentionally or not. All tops are screwed for the frame and thus attached to the other parts of the piece. Sometimes there is no frame but there are screws that attach the top to the sides or other parts. When you pick up the piece all the weight goes to the part that you are lifting. As a result, the top comes off and very often brakes the frame of the piece causing further damages at the same time. Again, try to lift from the bottom. This way, the weight will be spread throughout the construction. A very helpful way of doing furniture moving is the use of belts. I recommend them for most cases. A dolly is another tool that is very helpful. I will say “A dolly is good, a hernia is not." In most cases it is necessary to build a path for the dolly, but this is a topic for a different article. If you follow the simple steps above you will save a lot of time and money, and lots of useless conversations about who did what that damaged the furniture.

Ilia Kurktchiev

www.studiok-rfc.com

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