Moving a couch.
Moving furniture takes planning. If you are moving large furniture, you may have to hire a professional mover. But, if you hire movers it will cost money out of your pocket. If you get some of your family and friends to help, you have to buy the pizza and beer. For most of us it is a great time to create memories with our family and friends.
Instructions
1. When you are getting ready to move, start by making a plan. Make a detailed list of what furniture has to be moved. Set aside furniture that will be trashed or donated to charity. Be detailed about what furniture is to go in which rooms when you get where you are going.
2. Have an assigned person to direct the moving on the big day. The day will go smoothly if you have someone with management skills to direct what goes when and where.
3. Check the local radio stations and online for programs that will allow you to sell or give away furniture that you won't need any longer.
4. Get a firm commitment from the people that are going to help move the furniture. Give them a call the night before to double check that they will be helping. The helpers are going to need food and drinks,. Having some ladies around to clean up the mess and make the food is an excellent idea.
5. Many of us do labor exchanges with our friends, neighbors and family members. Be "extra" kind to the guy that has the pickup truck. It also may be the case that you have hired a professional mover and you can take care of the minor items yourself.
6. The large pieces of furniture can be either the first or the last thing to move. One thing about it, if the large couch or refrigerator is inside the house, there is a way to get it back outside.
7. I recently had a refrigerator delivered to a third floor apartment. The doors had to be taken off of the refrigerator. And the door to the apartment had to be removed to get the refrigerator into the apartment.
8. Men seem to have a natural proclivity to knowing use a hand truck. Tip the refrigerator a bit to slide the lip of the hand truck underneath. Then secure the straps tightly around the refrigerator to hold it securely on the hand truck. Moving up and down stairs takes one guy in front to be the guide. And another guy behind the hand truck to do the pushing.
9. This job is completed when the doors to the refrigerator and the doors to the house are put back on and they are returned to good working order.
10. Moving a large couch takes more of the brawn and beef. Remove the sofa cushions. Tip the couch onto its back to remove the legs. Then three or four guys have to lift that sucker and get it out of the doorway and onto the truck. A hand truck just won't work with a couch. It takes "beef" and sweat to get a couch moved.
11. Moving a pool table follows a similar process. Remove any loose pieces from the table. Don't forget the pockets. If the table is the smaller size, the top of the table will be in one piece. Tip the table over on its side. Unscrew the legs and put the screws in a safe place. With the legs removed from the table top, the "beef and brawn" guys will be able to move it out the door and onto the pickup truck.
12. Follow the same steps for washers, dryers, stoves and dishwashers. These can all be moved easily with the hand truck. Be sure to tighten the straps securely on the hand truck.
13. When moving fine furniture like a large hutch, dining room table, or bedroom furniture it is essential that you protect the finish with blankets or other padding. A scratch in the tabletop of a friend will be remembered for a lifetime. Be extra careful when you are helping to move other people's furniture. If you damage your own furniture, you have to live with it.
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