By Julie DeLong, A-1 Freeman Moving Group
Apart from protecting your back, and your friendships, there are other reasons to employ a moving company to pack and transport your household goods. To begin with, these people are pros and know how to pad and pack your belongings. Also, they are insured--if you drop Great-Auntie Gertrude's crystal on the driveway, it's on you. If your professional mover in San Antonio doesn't get it exactly perfect and things break, no problem--it is covered.
What is Truly More Challenging to move? Exercise Equipment or Fine China?
Might appear to be a dumb question, correct? Wrong.
Should you pack a carton of china and wrap all the pieces adequately, chances are decent that it will endure a handful of bumps and maybe even a small drop. If you attempt to move a big piece of workout equipment--say you received a Peloton for Christmas--and you lose your grasp and it falls to the ground, that bike, and possibly your walls and floor, will probably fare worse as opposed to the small carton. You can buy replacement bowls on eBay, but replacing the Peloton isn't going to be inexpensive, not to mention the cost of repairing the dings in the walls and scuffs on the floor.
You've got a considerable amount invested in your gym equipment, hence employing a moving company to take elements apart and transport them properly is truly worth what you will spend on professional help.
Art and Antiques
In case you have any fine art or antiques, it will be worth the cost to have them professionally packed and moved. These items are generally protected on a rider that may be outside of your basic homeowner's policy--look at the small print concerning moving. There may well be a stipulation that you need to utilize experts for insurance coverage to be effective.
One more reason to employ a moving company in San Antonio to handle your fine pieces is that they have the resources and know-how to build specialized crates and containers for unusually shaped items like sizeable mirrors, sculptures, works of art, and the like.
It Ain't Heavy, It is Simply a Sleeper Sofa
Ok, you are thinking, I have got a moving truck with a lift gate, several hand trucks, and a number of quilts as well as tape, and my friends happen to be strong folks. It is possible to do this, easy. Undoubtedly, you can. But is it really a great idea?
Moving that couch across the room is one thing. Move it out of the property, across the driveway and in the truck is often a totally different project, and unless it's a direct flat line from point A to point B, it's going to consume a lot of the clock. Multiply that sofa by bar stools, tables, mattresses, additional sofas, and a garden tractor, and that is not worth a cold ale and a pizza.
Moving to The Music
Then there exists the terrifying piano--are you at ease moving that? In fact an upright piano has a weight of close to 300 pounds, and a baby grand is easily more than 1000 pounds. There is near to 18 tons of tension on the strings--and one can snap in a second when you do not know what you are doing. Not forgetting the scrapes on a hardwood floor--you have got to lift it up onto casters or a piano dolly, so you do not make gouges in the wood.
Stringed instruments will also be sensitive and need to be moved in their cases. Without the case, a professional could very well create a crate for the musical instrument, cover it gently in bubble wrap, and then, they know precisely where to set it on the truck.
Knowing how to pack the moving van is an art form, it's also important to leave all your weighty, sensitive, and awkward-shaped things to the professional movers in San Antonio. Although, go ahead and pack your own socks.
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