Moving to a new location is exciting, whether shifting to a new home or workplace. However, packing and moving takes patience, time, energy, and tact. Sometimes, we miss one of these things in the throes of excitement. That results in losing or misplacing some valuable belongings. To avoid this hassle, some people prefer to hire relocation companies.
If you don’t want to invest in hiring a relocation company, you can also pack and move to a new place by yourself. Therefore, to help you pack right and to help you move, here are some critical moving tips. So, you can easily pack for moving to a new place.
1. Assign a Packing Station
The first and foremost step of packing is to have a packing station. You can dedicate any specific area of your house or office as a packing station where you can pack all the items. It can be a small room, a big hall, or a corner. Using the room or corner with the least access for visitors or inmates is ideal.
Most of the time, people need to pay more attention to the importance of having a packing station. First, a packing station helps you stay organised from the start. Second, it keeps the other rooms or parts of the house/office clean. Last, you can avoid losing any item while packing and shifting.
2. Grab The Packing Essentials
Next up, get all the packing essentials to the packing station. Essentials should include scissors, 2-inch wide packing tape, tape dispenser, sturdy cartons, different coloured tapes, colour coding, blue or black permanent marker, bubble wraps, corrugated roll, and stretch film. AAB Industries LLC has recently launched all-inclusive packaging kits that help pack and shift.
Apac Jumbo Packaging Kit combines all the packing essentials you will need. It contains two 5-ply cartons of 450 x 450 x 700 mm dimensions; two clear 2-inch wide packing tapes of 100 yards length; one tape dispenser for 2-inch wide tapes; and one air bubble wrap of 50 cm width and 5-meter length. The whole packaging kit can cut your packing cost.
Another famous kit is the Apac All-in-One Packing Kit which contains a 2-meter long and 50 cm wide air bubble wrap; a brown packing tape of 2-inch width and 50 yards length; a Fragile – Handle With Care printed tape of 50 yards length; and one transparent stretch film of 1 kg weight.
Both packaging kits are a wholesome combination of all the packaging essentials. So you won’t have to waste money and time purchasing the packing materials separately.
3. Sort The Material
Once you gather all the packing essentials, you can begin sorting the material you need to pack. For instance, if you start packing from the study room, you should pack similar items together. Items like books and stationery should go in a single carton. Similarly, you can pack fragile items like glassware in a separate carton. The bedding and all soft furnishings must be packed together.
To pack fragile items, you should first line them with bubble wrap and then place them carefully in a sturdy carton. Label such cartons with Fragile printed stickers or Fragile printed tapes.
As a general rule, kitchen items and toiletries should be packed last. So you can continue using the kitchen and toilet without any disruption.
4. Seal And Mark or Label
Once you place the items in cartons, you can start sealing cartons. The ideal size to use for this purpose is 2-inch wide packing tape. You can either use clear or brown for sealing the cartons. Following that, you can start labelling or marking each carton box. You can either use colourful packing tape or label the carton using a marker.
Whichever way of labelling you choose, it should be done on the top side of the carton. So you can quickly identify the content inside the carton. If you are colour coding with coloured packing tapes, you can follow a simple scheme of red, yellow, blue and green. For example, appliances can be colour coded with green tape.
5. Add a Double Layer of Protection
Relocation involves several steps like packing, transporting, and finally unpacking. To ensure that all items are safely transported to the destination, adding a double layer of protection to all the packed items is mandatory. Therefore, you must use clear stretch film to wrap around all the packed items.
Its LDPE nature adds elasticity to the stretch film. On the other hand, its transparent film makes it easy to identify the material even after stretch wrapping. It protects the material from dust, water, moisture, and scratches. So you can safely transport it to the destination without any damage.
6. List It All
After packing and sealing the items, preparing a list of all the packed items is a must. Make sure to prepare at least three copies of the same list. Also, the list must contain details like which item has been placed in which carton and what each colour code means.
So it will be easy to unpack the material without losing any item or carton box. This additional step will also ensure that all items are unpacked safely.
7. Shifting The Bulk Items
Once you are done packing smaller and medium-sized items, you can start packing the bulk items like furniture and heavy appliance. To begin with, you must have a corrugated roll and transparent stretch film to protect the items. Corrugated rolls are ideal for layering bulky and heavy items, especially furniture. Before that, furniture must be disassembled carefully. All the screws, joints and hinges should be placed in a separate bag.
After wrapping the disassembled parts with a corrugated roll, wrap them around using stretch film. It will keep the item safe from scratch, dust and water.
Key Takeaways
It is indeed challenging to ensure the safe transportation of material while shifting. But if you simply follow the rules of sorting, sealing, packing, labelling and wrapping the material, there will be no or lesser chances for damage or loss. Moreover, it is suggested to check the quality of the packaging material before using it.
Apac offers a wide range of quality packaging materials that can be useful while moving. Hence, trust Apac packaging products to add a safety layer to your products.
