When moving, the dismantling and reassembling of your furniture can be a pain. If you're not handy with tools and don't have a feel for how furniture fits together, then you may be lost, when it comes to taking your furniture apart safely and then getting it back together again. Here are some tips for moving your large furniture pieces, when they have to be dismantled.

Learn In Advance What Has To Be Taken Apart

When the mover comes to your home to give you a quote for the moving job, ask them to point out the pieces of furniture that have to be taken apart before they go on the moving truck. Then, ask for a price, if you need the movers to take your furniture apart and dismantle it. Remember, in addition to taking the furniture apart, you also have to pack it or wrap it, so it's protected, during the move. You may decide the extra cost of letting the moving service handle your furniture is worth it.

Decide What Furniture You Can Handle

Some furniture is much easier to take apart than others. Furniture that may need to be dismantled includes desks, tables, chairs, beds, wardrobes, dressers, bookcases, and even a sofa. A bed might be simple to take apart and you may feel safe in handling all the beds in your home yourself. However, something heavy and complicated may be too risky for you to attempt, on your own. You might save money by handling the easy jobs like beds and tables yourself and leave other furniture for the movers.

Keep All The Parts Together

Moving is stressful and moving day may go by in a blur. You'll need to stay organized, so it's easy to get settled in your new home. You don't want to arrive with furniture parts strewn in different boxes. Keep everything together, as best you can, by putting knobs in plastic bags and taping them to the underside of a table. Wrap a table with its legs and other pieces so everything is together and ready to reassemble, when you get to your new home.

Find Manuals For The Furniture, If Possible

If you have the original assembly instructions for the piece of furniture or if you can find it online, then that will make the job of taking it apart and putting it back together easier. Reassembling the furniture may actually be the tricky part, since you'll be looking at several pieces, and you have to figure out how they go back together. By gathering as many manuals and assembly instructions as you can find, you may save yourself and the moving services crew frustration.

For information about help with moving, contact a company like Tru -Pak Moving Systems.