For your home relocation to be successful, a lot of things must seamlessly fall into place. For example, your belongings should be moved to your new residence without damage to them. However, you must not ignore the home. That’s because areas like your doorways, lawn, and walls need adequate protection from bulky furniture, moving strategies, and more. Here are tips to help you protect your home.

Protecting Your Lawn

On moving day, the moving crew will likely use the same pathway from their truck to your home and back. Some landscaping items like bird feeders and lawn statues may be on this pathway and exposed to potential damage. Consider telling the home movers about your concerns and have the items temporarily removed for a smooth process.

If your lawn is wet from a recent weather event, consider laying cardboard, plywood, particleboard, or similar materials on your grass. This will reduce any damage from the high foot traffic during the moving process.

Protecting Your Floors

Moving day will see more than a couple of people walking in and out of your home dozens of times. That means there’s an increased chance of outside dirt getting into your home. Ensure that all carpeted areas in your home are protected with plastic wrap. Many professional long-distance movers take this precaution, and it will be one of the first things they do in your home on moving day. Experienced residential moving companies may also lay particleboards over carpeted areas to protect them from dollies and hand truck usage.

Protecting Doorways & Stairwell Banisters

You can avoid situations where permanent wood fixtures in your home get accidentally scratched or damaged by bulky items during a move. Use towels or heavy blankets to cover these items. Professional moving companies have piles of padded moving blankets in their truck and will use them to wrap sensitive wood areas for added protection.

You may have concerns about your door surfaces getting scratched by furniture. The doors can be temporarily removed from their hinges out of harm’s way.

Protecting Windows and Wall Decors

It’s difficult to always have a clear line of sight with different items hanging on your walls while moving large, bulky items like furniture. To make sure you and the residential movers don’t accidentally swipe and damage your curtains or other wall decors in high-traffic areas, you should remove them before the heavy lifting starts.

Protecting Against Spills

You can protect the walls and floors of your home from spills when you properly seal all liquids and powders at the beginning of your move. Also, you should get rid of unwanted liquids and powders before moving day. If you want to treat the moving crew to some drinks, stick with bottled water. It’s easier to clean up accidentally spilled water.

Protecting Your Garage Floor

Even if your garage contains different items like oil for your vehicle, chemicals, fuel, and soil for lawn care, you can take them out by moving day to protect against spills. Moreover, household moving companies won’t move these items.

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