Storage of furniture during repair, features of popular options

Situations when it is necessary to make repairs in an apartment, lined with furniture, are common. The reasons may be different. Someone was flooded with neighbors from above, and someone decided to radically change the interior. Storage of furniture during the repair for many becomes an insoluble problem. There are several options for placing furniture, each of which has its advantages and disadvantages.

Varieties of storage

While starting repairs in the apartment, everyone thought about the safety of furniture. Nobody wants the interior update to affect the appearance of sofas, armchairs and beds. If you leave the furniture in the apartment, it will significantly affect the speed of repair work is not for the better. It is better to store the home environment outside the repaired premises.

Neighbors or relatives

If you are friends with neighbors, then perhaps one of them will agree to the storage of things and furniture for the duration of the repair. This option is good because you do not have to pay for the placement of sofas, cabinets and small things. Using the services of professional movers will not be necessary, because you can transfer a bed or an armchair through the landing on your own.

An alternative to storage with neighbors is the apartment of relatives. If one of them has a free room, then you can ask for furniture for a certain period of time. Thus, the property will be under reliable supervision.

In any of the options, paying for simple furniture is not required, but you need to be prepared for the fact that in the future relatives or neighbors will make a similar request. The disadvantage of such storage is the possible presence of animals and small children, which can accidentally damage furniture. It is not ruled out that neglect of someone else's property is possible.

Cottage or garage

This option of storing furniture during repair is a priority for many people. Almost every owner of the apartment has a cottage or garage. In extreme cases, you can use the parent. The advantages of this choice are free accommodation, unlimited time. If the garage is located in the courtyard of the house, then the furniture will always be available.

Disadvantages:

Furniture must be delivered to the garage or cottage, and before that it will need to be disassembled;
Good packaging material is needed to protect cabinets, cabinets and sofas from dampness and cold, especially in winter;
During storage, you need to take care of security through a lock or alarm.

Special box rental

Temporary storage of things and furniture in special places is very convenient. A metal box is a secure room with a separate entrance, access to which is open at any time of the day or night. Each client is given their own key immediately after payment. You can independently determine the time and method of delivery of your property.

Pros: you can place both large and small things; optimal humidity and temperature are maintained in the box, so the stratification and mold of cabinets and sofas are not terrible; 24 hour security; the ability to order loading, unloading and delivery of things.

Minuses:

Boxing can be far from home;
Payment is charged on the entire area, regardless of the number of things;
It is necessary to personally control the process of loading and unloading.

Warehouse space

A very convenient and popular option is to store things in a warehouse. Leaving things in a special room that is heated and guarded is safe and profitable. Payment is charged only for the area that you occupy.

Ideal for short and long-term storage. Leaving things in a warehouse, do not be afraid for the safety of furniture: fire, temperature drops and flooding are excluded. In addition to storage, you can order the service of packing especially valuable and fragile items: leather sofas, cabinets with glasses.

Container

If you want to reliably and inexpensively save furniture during the repair, you can rent a container. It is also used to transport things on a train or ship during the move.

Pros:

You can choose the necessary capacity;
24 hour reliable security;
The ability to deliver a container to your home for loading things;
Low price.

The negative sides of containers for transportation include the lack of temperature and humidity control. It is not recommended to leave expensive beds and sofas in a place like this for a long time, because they will quickly lose their presentable appearance.

Packing rules

Any furniture during transportation is at risk. Regardless of size and quality, sofas, wardrobes, tables and other furnishings can break and deteriorate. Prior to repair, you need to consider all the nuances of storage and transportation of furniture in order to maintain it in proper quality.

Cabinet furniture

Difficulties in transportation always arise. Non-separable interior items are easy to transport. It is good enough to pack them, load them into a machine and send them to a storage place. The situation is more complicated with collapsible objects: cabinets, walls, slides. To take them out of the apartment, you need to separate the parts, pack them and put them in a separate box. During transportation, all parts must be carefully folded, because even the slightest defect will not allow to assemble the furniture again in the future.

In some cases, it is enough to wrap the parts with foil or thick paper. Doors, walls and shelves are similarly packaged. More sensitive elements, such as boxes, metal and plastic laundry baskets, are recommended to be wrapped with corrugated cardboard.

When transporting chests of drawers, desks and bedside tables in an unassembled form, you need to take care of drawers. So that during the move the doors do not open, and the boxes do not come out, you need to wrap all objects in a circle with adhesive tape. On top of the furniture you need to throw a film and fix it in place with tape. Before packing, you need to check all the cabinets for foreign objects, because solid small parts during transportation can damage the furniture from the inside.

We remove the shelves, pack them in film

Protecting corners

We cover with a film

Upholstered furniture

Upholstered furniture must be disassembled. This is necessary not only to facilitate transportation, but also to preserve the appearance. It is much easier to wrap each pillow separately than to try to wrap the entire sofa. For upholstered furniture, dense polyethylene is suitable, which will save both moisture and scratches.

If the sofa is problematic to disassemble, then it must be folded and tightly tied with ropes or tape so that it does not open on the road. To protect expensive upholstery from contamination during the journey, you can use a stretch film that stretches and takes any shape. With universal packaging, you can protect poufs and chairs, which are easiest to transport in one piece.

Upholstered furniture upholstered in leather is recommended to be initially covered with a fabric such as fleece. This is especially useful in the cold season, because the skin can crack. The fabric needs to be fixed and only after you pack the interior with film. Some companies specializing in the transportation of furniture offer to pack sofas and chairs in special covers, which include special fabrics and durable belts