Packing Tips
CARTONS
Changing Places offers a variety of cartons to facilitate your move. A complete list of carton sizes and uses is included in your customer information package. The most common sizes and uses are:
- Dishpacks Dishes, crystal, glassware, large flower arrangements, table lamps
- Small Cartons Breakables, books, records, canned food, tools
- Medium Cartons Pots/pans, dry foods, games, toys
- Large Cartons Bedding, linens, large toys
- Wardrobe Cartons Hanging clothes, shoes and hats. Wardrobe Cartons are brought to your home on the day of the move.
TIME AND COST SAVING TIPS
- Remove glass table tops, marble tops, and mirrors from dressers.
- Dismantle beds, remove lamp shades, and wind cords around lamps.
- Label cartons with destination in new home. Place close to exit at origin house if movers are moving them, but do not block walkways or doorways.
- Insure clear pathways to exit at origin and entrance at destination.
- Move cartons, lamps, pictures, glass tops and small pieces yourself.
CHANGING PLACES REGULATIONS
- We cannot handle glass and marble table tops, lamp shades and bases, pictures, mirrors or small electronics unless they are packed in cartons.
- Clothing and linens may be left in dressers, chests and night stands but books, valuables, jewelry and breakables – such as perfume bottles – must be removed.
- Refrigerators and freezers will be loaded last, and unloaded first. Their contents should be placed in coolers just before they are moved.
- Government regulations prevent us from transporting paints, gasoline, pressurized or toxic materials, firearms, ammunition or propane tanks.
- In winter months snow and ice must be removed from driveways and walkways leading from your door to the moving van in order to protect our workers and your possessions.
- If an elevator is involved in your move, please check with your building manager to see if you must have an elevator reservation.
- Dismount or remove any items secured to the wall i.e. artwork, mirrors, window treatments.We are not responsible for rehanging or reinstalling any items that were on the walls.
- Equipment containing gasoline must be drained before moving.
