Tips To Pack Fragile Items During House Moving

House removals are stressful jobs, but it becomes more stressful when it comes to packing fragile items. One minor mistake can make you suffer huge losses.

Fragile items are not only delicate but expensive, so you should be extra careful while handling them. Fragile items not only need extra attention and care, but they also need special skills and expertise for damage-free removal.

Although packing fragile items is a challenging job and must be left to the professionals, we are here to give you some suggestions and professional advice on how to pack fragile items during house removals to help make your removal process smooth, damage-free, and hassle-free.

Protect Your Fragile Items: Packing Tips for Safe Transport

Assess The Process First: Take time to assess the process as rushing would only add to the chaos and mess up the removal process. An assessment will help you organize the right resources and avoid damage risks.

Gather The Right Packaging Supplies: Gather the right packaging supplies. Make sure to buy premium and good-quality packaging supplies. Please do not compromise with the quality of the packaging material, as they keep your items safe from damage.

Make sure to gather a lot of it, as you would not want to go through the inconvenience of packaging shortage during the process.

Gather Original Cases And Boxes From Your Storage Rooms: Search through your storage rooms for original cases and household items, as many people keep them even after installing them in their houses. Gather original cases and boxes from your storage rooms and use them to pack the fragile items carefully.

Gather Free Boxes And Packaging Supplies: Many businesses offer boxes and packaging supplies for free that they otherwise would send for recycling. Gather cartons from such businesses and start packing your items.

Start Packing Immediately: Once you gather all the proper packaging supplies start packing immediately without causing any further delays.

Take adequate time to pack, and do not pack in a hurry, as it might mess up the process and cause damage to your fragile items.

Use Vacuum Wraps And Bubble Wraps: Use a vacuum wrap and bubble wrap to fill in empty spaces of the boxes you will be using to pack your fragile items.

They should be steady even inside the box as empty spaces cause the items to move and may cause damage during transit. So fill In the empty spaces of the carton with wraps to avoid movement and breakage.

Use Seal Tapes: Use seal tapes to pack and seal the items carefully. The sealing tape will keep the box from opening and items from falling out during moving and transit.

Pack The Items In Original Cases: If you have original cases of the items with you, use them to pack the fragile items as they are the safest in their original packing cases.

Add Cushioning: Add extra cushioning inside the boxes so that the items are safe and do not budge during transit. Use blankets and straps while packing the boxes. It will give extra safety and protection to your belongings.

Pack Glass And Ceramics Items In A Careful Manner: If you are planning to move your ceramic kitchenware and glass items, make sure to use plenty of packaging material and cover those items completely, then stack each of them one by one.

Get the original box or any other carton of suitable size, fill it with either lot of shredded paper or bubble wraps, and then place your ceramic or glass kitchenware inside the box and seal the outside of the carton so that the kitchenware items do not fall out during the move.

Home Appliances: When it comes to packing home appliances, we suggest it would be better if you had the original packaging. It already comes with wrapping material and cushioning, so you will not have to get new packaging materials.

But if you do not happen to have the original cartons, use a suitable size box, fill it with cushioning and vacuum wraps, and pack them carefully to avoid them from getting damaged.

Disassemble Loose Parts: We suggest you disassemble the loose parts of your fragile items instead of packing the whole item all at once.

Once disassembled, fragile items are easier to pack and carry, and the chances of them getting damaged during the move decrease threefold.

Label And Mark Them: To avoid facing inconveniences and to prevent your fragile items from getting damaged, Label and mark each of the fragile items separately so that you can handle them during the removal process accordingly.

If you have hired a house removal service, then labelling your items will help removalists know what is inside the boxes, and they can pay extra attention while transferring them.

Unlabeled boxes are handled just like other regular boxes. Whereas boxes with fragile items written on them need extra care, the removalists use specific tools and equipment specifically designed to handle fragile items and prevent them from getting damaged.

Keep Boxes With Fragile Items Separate: Do not mix regular boxes with boxes of fragile items as it would only create possibilities of inconveniences and chaos. Mark each of the boxes and Keep each of them separate to prevent them from getting damaged.

Fill In The Empty Spaces: Make sure to fill in the empty spaces inside the cartons to prevent the items from falling out or crashing into each other.

Empty spaces tend to damage the items during the loading and moving process as the items may move due to the empty spaces inside the box.

So make sure to fill in the empty spaces with packaging paper, shredded paper, newspaper, bubble wrap, etc., while packing the fragile items to prevent them from getting damaged during the move.

Wrap Each Box And Item With Adhesive Or Seal Tape: Make sure to pack the items and the cartons with seal tape or adhesive tape. It will help give your items extra protection during the move.

List Of Some Fragile Items And Their Packing Needs

Lamps: Lamps made of glass are more prone to damage, and if you happen to have a glass lamp, first disassemble your lamp and now carefully pack each part in separate packaging sheets and bubble wrap.

Seal the bottom of the carton, fill the box with bubble wraps, and cushioning.

Place each part inside the box in such a manner that there is no space between each of them to prevent them from budging and crashing into each other during the move.

Mark and label the carton and keep it separate.

Plates: Use sheets of paper/packaging paper to wrap each plate separately and now place the plates inside the box in a vertical position and place the remaining plates in front of each other and fill in the rest of the empty spaces with shredded paper, bubble wrap or crumpled paper to prevent the plates from getting damaged.

Mirrors: First, place the mirror over a packaging sheet. Use cushioning to cover the glass of the mirror, and cover the cushioning with a packaging sheet.

Then get a bubble wrap, cover the whole mirror with it, and seal the bubble wrap with a seal tape or adhesive tape.

Now, gently place the mirror inside a suitable size box and fill gaps with more cushioning or crumpled paper to prevent the mirror glass from breaking. Mark and label the box and keep it separate.

Glasses & Cups: Seal the bottom of the box, then take the glasses one by one and wrap them with packaging paper; fill the inside of the glass with crumpled paper, or you can even place a cloth inside the glass now seal the glass and place it inside the box.

Repeat the process with each glass. While packing the cups, use the same process to prevent them from crashing and breaking. At last, mark and label the box.

Bowls: Place the bowls over the wrapping sheets, wrap them one by one. Now stack the bowl over each other and then gently cover them with more wrapping material.

Then gently place the bowls inside the carton and fill in empty gaps. Now seal the carton from outside, mark the box, and you are good to go.

Musical Instruments: We suggest you use original cases to pack your musical instruments carefully. If you have the original cases, first place the musical instruments inside the original cases and then place them inside the packaging box.

Seal the packaging box from the outside, mark and label them and keep them separately.

You must pay attention to small details and carefully pack each item and save yourself from suffering considerable losses in the future.

Conclusion

Fragile items happen to be costly, so you should prevent them from getting damaged at all costs and save yourself from burning a hole in your pocket.

We hope these packaging tips help you enjoy a breakage-free removal.

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