A lot of things can be fun to do yourself: crafts, yardwork, even minor car repairs. Moving, however, can get a little tricky to DIY, depending on what you’re packing. Our readers have thoughts on what items you might want to consider professional help to relocate. Keep reading to see what they recommend.
Delicate or Large Items
When moving to a new home, professionals offer white glove services for particularly delicate or valuable items, saving families the hassle and worry of moving them themselves. These are items you will want to consider using professionals to move:
- Very Delicate Items – You should move anything precious to you with the help of professionals. This includes things like heirloom furniture, glassware, and art. You’ll want to be careful when moving antiques like a grandfather clock to avoid damaging the inner workings. The same goes for any items that are sentimental to you.
- Oversized Items – Anything too large to fit through the door of your new place will need to be moved by a professional moving company. This includes things like hot tubs, boats, and trailers. Even if you could fit the item through the door, you probably don’t have the necessary equipment to move it yourself, so best to leave it to the professionals.
- Anything Extremely Heavy – Professional movers will have the right tools and equipment to safely move heavy items without injuring themselves or damaging your belongings. Items that fall into this category include safes, refrigerators, and washers and dryers. Movers are also trained to safely disassemble and assemble large items like pianos, pool tables, and trampolines.
Moving Companies Have the Right Equipment
There are a few household items that are hard to move without hiring a moving company. Large, fragile items like pianos and china cabinets are best left to the professionals. The same goes for particularly heavy items like refrigerators and washing machines. If you try to move these items yourself, you risk damaging them or injuring yourself in the process.
Additionally, these things usually require special equipment and a lot of manpower to move them safely, so it’s best to leave it to the experts. Moving companies have the experience and the resources to get these types of items from Point A to Point B without any problems.
Marshall Weber
Marshall Weber is the CMO of Stor-it, the largest self-storage provider in the state of Idaho.
Avoid Damaging Large Appliances
There are many household items that are difficult to move without professional movers. Perhaps the most difficult to move is your large appliances. Not only are these items heavy and bulky, but you also have to safely disconnect them from your home if you are looking to move.
This includes your washer and dryer. It is best to leave these items to the professionals so that you don’t damage the connections in your home or the appliances themselves. You will also likely need a dolly to move these items, and instead of buying one yourself, hire the professionals to help you move them.
Some other difficult-to-move items are your bed (especially if it is a king size), your couch, and your dresser.
Aquariums
Aquariums, no matter how small, are best moved with a moving company. If you are keeping an aquarium with many fish, then you very well know that you need a moving company to move them. Transfering the fish and other components of your aquarium is the easy part. However, transferring the aquarium itself is not easy as it is very breakable.
Hiring a moving company to transport the aquarium is the best way to deal with this problem, given that the other solution is just purchasing a new aquarium for your new home. The second option is a lot more expensive than just hiring a moving company.
Antique and Odd-Shaped Furniture
Any household items that are particularly large or difficult to move will be challenging to move without hiring a professional moving company. Large furniture, and especially antique furniture, will often benefit from a team of people familiar with maneuvering awkward, heavy pieces. They will also be better able to protect them during the move to prevent any potential damage.
Gym Equipment
Gym equipment should be included in the list of items that require a professional to move. Not only are treadmills, Bowflex Body Towers, and the like heavy, but they are also awkward in shape. In addition, such equipment is expensive. Therefore don’t risk trying to move your exercise apparatuses on your own. Doing so might leave both your body and your Body Tower broke!
Big Electronic Appliances
When moving from one house to another, you cannot just load your big electronic appliances like refrigerators, TVs, or ovens in your car. First, they all wouldn’t fit in your car no matter what you do. And second, pushing one to fit in your car may actually damage your appliances.
For instance, refrigerators can leak the cooling fluid, or the TV can have dead pixels after transporting it not upright. These things are hard to move without a moving company.
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