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Tips for Organizing Moving Boxes
In this blog entry, the professional TriState area packing and moving service here at Noah’s Ark Moving and Storage will detail some expert tips related to moving boxes in order to make your packing, moving, and unpacking experience much easier.
Place Heavy Items at the Bottom of Boxes
Always place the heaviest items at the bottom of your moving boxes to make carrying easier and to avoid squishing lighter or more fragile items. This will make the process of transporting unpacking much smoother. You can quickly unpack lighter items,and deal with the large items the next day.
Label and Number Boxes
We recommend labeling or numbering your boxes to make sure that no boxes get misplaced in the moving process. Labels help movers understand what rooms at your new home to place your moving boxes, greatly simplifying your unpacking experience.we recommend color coding boxes to make it easier to load boxes into the proper room at your new property, and as we’ll menton below, create a master list with all this color coding information – and copies of it to provide your moving team.
Never Overstuff Moving Boxes
Even if you want to save how many moving boxes you need to find or purchase, never overpack moving boxes. This will make your items much harder to carry, and increase the chance of boxes tearing or ripping at the wrong time during truck load-in or load-out, not to mention increasing the chances that your belongings will get damaged.
Don’t Leave Space Inside Boxes
While it’s not a good idea to overpack boxes, we don’t recommend leaving space inside moving boxes either. This is a waste of efficiency and money. We recommend filling in spaces in moving boxes with clothes or blankets, which can additionally help to prevent damage associated with shifting and pad fragile items. For padding you can also use bubble wrap.
Create Priority Boxes
This means, create boxes clearly labeled and packed with items that are the main priority to unpack as soon as possible. Make sure the label is clear and easy to read, and that it is packed last inside the removing truck so that it is the first one that is unpacked.
Keep a Master Box List
Create a master list of all your boxes including information like the box number, label color, its level of priority, its contents, and what room in your new property it is meant to be placed in.
