Shipping furniture to Canada

Most movers provide addition services to their clients. Some companies may offer some additional services free of charge as a means of getting more business but some will charge for them. Some of the additional services provided by the furniture movers to Canada include collection service, furniture dismantling and packing to reduce cubic volume, furniture assembling at the final destination, door-to-do delivery and others. You should always compare at least a few different moving firms – it’s the only way to find cheap furniture shipping to Canada.

There is no type of furniture that cannot be moved. Whether it is your living room furniture, beds, sofas, tables, bedroom furniture or kitchen furniture, you will find UK to Canada furniture removal service that will meet your need.

There are steps you need to follow if you must get the shipping right. However, while we can get you professionals to offer the entire service of evaluation, insurance, packing, pickup, shipping, removal, and cheap furniture shipping to Canada, we will also offer you adequate information on how to pack furniture on your own if you prefer the self-service option. The steps are mapped below.

Set up a working space

Just like it is imperative in all packing exercise, you have to first of all set up a very neat packing space before you start packing your furniture for move. The main reason for this is that neat and spacious packing space will give you the room to pack without stress. It will insure that no damages happen to your belongings, and will also insure that you do not lose some of the items you are supposed to pack in the process of packing. The best space for working in your house is always your living room or garage. When you have this, you have to make the surface soft enough to avoid scratches that will damage the body and surface finish of your furniture. So, you have to use carpets or blanket.

Get your packing materials to protect furniture

The next step is for you to get all the required packing materials ready. The packing materials are meant to give you proper packing, and this in the long run will insure the safety of your shipment. Another advantage is to insure that it will be accepted by the carriers. When you do not pack with the adequate materials as prescribed, some carriers will not accept your furniture shipment to Canada, and if they do and damages occur due to the material used, they will not pay any insurance claims you make. You have to buy original and new packing materials, ranging from the packing peanuts to the boxes to the bubble wraps and packing tapes. Make sure you get all the required packing materials, and also get the new ones.
When you must have gotten all your packing materials ready, the next thing to do is to move towards the preparation of your furniture for transportation. Below is information on the best way to prepare and pack furniture for the shipping. However, it has to be noted that every item comes with unique material, structure, shape and size. Because of this, the same method may not apply to them. However, what we are giving you is the generic system and you can seek for more information if it does not apply to your particular furniture type.

The first thing to do in preparation of the furniture for shipping is to disassemble large items. Here, we mean the removal of the legs, leafs, tables, extensions, doors, drawers, nightstands, desks, and hutches if any of these is involved. You have to ensure that you remove the feet from all chairs and benches. One cardinal packing rule you must not fail to remember is that your furniture or any shipment at all is safer when it is smaller and more compact – it also significantly reduces the costs of sending furniture to Canada. When you must have removed all the extensions and removable parts, wrap all of them with bubble wrap for cushioning and ship them in a separate piece. Then, make sure that all the hardware like the zips, screws, knobs and fanciful pieces are put into a zip lock bag and labelled properly.However, if you find out that you cannot remove these parts, you have to secure them by padding them well, so that they will not damage while the items are being shipped.

Now, it is always advised that the doors be removed. But if not possible, you have to shut it with some pieces of cardboard. Just get some pieces of cardboard and cut it like a playing card. Open the drawer and slide it in while closing the drawer. Make sure this forms a pressure between the drawer and the door, shutting it and holding it in place firmly. You can do this in about two positions on the door, and make sure this is firm enough not to fall off during the shipping.

The legs must be wrapped with enough quantity of bubble wrap so that when the legs and feet are placed on the floor, the legs and feet should not be felt. Only the padding done with the bubble wraps and foams should be felt.

When you have secured these bodies, you go ahead and wrap the entire furniture with good amounts of Kraft paper. While doing this, you may not tight it well. Just make sure that the paper goes round the body of the furniture and tape this with the packing tape. While tapping, insure that the tape only rests on the body of the paper and not on the furniture. It shouldn’t touch the furniture to avoid damaging the surface. When you are through with this, then you apply the last coating of padding, which will involve protective foam. Make sure that this makes about 2 inches covering on all the sides. After this, wrap the entire load with a shrink wrap to insure that the foam will not move. Make sure there is no space between the furniture and the padding.

When you have filled the box and insured the peanut is grounded and the item is compact, apply pressure on the lid down and insure that you add pressure to get the required setting. If this happens, then go ahead and shut all the seams and seal the box properly.

After this, tape all the seams to insure proper coverage and get in touch with your shipper.

Some other things you must consider includes making sure you cushion your box to an extent that there will be no damages no matter the amount of tossing around and dropping it witnesses. In this case, you must ignore the usefulness of the sign indicating which side is upright and which is downwards. This is because the handlers will not look at this. Pad in a way that all the sides are adequately secured to be dropped up or down.

Another thing is that the corners may be susceptible to scratches and damage because the box will be dropped on several occasions. To avoid dents on this, you have to use poly strap of good taping to cushion this. Insure that the box you use comes with good and sturdy corners.

In some other cases, due to the size of your furniture and the dangers of damaging, you may need to use pallets to offer adequate security from the damages that boxes cannot secure your belongings from.

At this juncture, it is time for you to start packing furniture for shipping to Canada. This involves wrapping or boxing the furniture. However, we will not rule out the fact that the size of this type of items will cause some impediments when it comes to finding the perfect sized box. Furniture comes with customized sizes and this means that you may not be able to find a universal box size for them. To insure that you get the best box size here, you can create your own box. Do this by using corrugated cardboard sheets. However, while doing this, the seam is very important and you have to create it at a space that is not the corners. Again, in doing this, you must have the exact measurement. Boxes must come with about 2 to 4 inches space all round to make way for the bubble wraps and other cushioning that should happen between the body of the box and the already padded furniture.

When you have the box, you have to go ahead and fill the bottom with lots of peanuts. When you fill with peanuts, shake well to allow the peanuts settle down and close all corners of the bottom.  This has to be about 3 inches, and you need to measure and ascertain this after placing the peanuts in the box. Use potato peanuts instead of corn peanuts.

When you are through with the bottom padding, move on and place your piece of furniture into the box. If the feet are not removed, then you have to place this upside down. Make sure the sturdy side is inside while the fragile side is upwards. After this you continue to add more and more peanut to fill the sides. Shake the furniture as you add until they have come up to the top of the box. When they are mounded on the top and have settled firmly, you can go ahead and seal. Now, you can also use foam for this padding. However, you must insure that these are so secured that they cannot move. Insure that all sides are of 2 inches padding minimum and insure that your materials are the approved ones.

When you have filled the box and insured the peanut is grounded and the item is compact, apply pressure on the lid down and insure that you add pressure to get the required setting. If this happens, then go ahead and shut all the seams and seal the box properly.

After this, tape all the seams to insure proper coverage and get in touch with your shipper.

Some other things you must consider includes making sure you cushion your box to an extent that there will be no damages no matter the amount of tossing around and dropping it witnesses. In this case, you must ignore the usefulness of the sign indicating which side is upright and which is downwards. This is because the handlers will not look at this. Pad in a way that all the sides are adequately secured to be dropped up or down.

Another thing is that the corners may be susceptible to scratches and damage because the box will be dropped on several occasions. To avoid dents on this, you have to use poly strap of good taping to cushion this. Insure that the box you use comes with good and sturdy corners.

In some other cases, due to the size of your furniture and the dangers of damaging, you may need to use pallets to offer adequate security from the damages that boxes cannot secure your furniture from.

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