Furniture Transport to/from Hamburg – save up to 60%

If you are in the process of moving to your new apartment or sprucing your place up by adding some new items it’s possible you’ll look for furniture shipping at some point. Regardless of whether we’re talking about your old furniture on removal or recently bought furniture straight from shop, furniture shipping is always quite problematic. Of course the kind of furniture in need of shipment matters – chairs or night tables could fit in your car, but a wardrobe or a dinner table could be problematic to ship. If you posses a van, you may attempt to ship the load yourself, but if you don’t, you will require help from a hauler. In search for a solid service that won’t cost a fortune, consider trying a transport marketplace, like Clicktrans.

Preparing furniture for transportation

When planning to move your furniture, there are rules you have to follow, while securing them for transportation. First of all, don’t forget to empty all the furniture – even if the items inside are light. Some jolts and shocks are almost impossible to avoid on the road and every extra item moving uncontrollably inside your furniture might damage it. Besides furniture without any content will be easier to ship.

Disassemble every part that you can – if your furniture can be safely disassembled and shipped in parts, that’s the best way to ship it. A bookcase in parts is also more simple to fit in a van. The main downside of such a solution is that the disassembling can be time-consuming, as wrongly disassembled furniture might be hard or even impossible to reassemble after transportation. Also – you must be very cautious when shipping small parts (screws etc.). It’s best to transport them together, for example in a Ziploc bag.

Some types of furniture (for example antiques) cannot be dismantled and must be transported as a whole. What’s the best way to transport them securely? The possibility that you will find a cardboard big enough to fit a dinner table is not high, however you can still secure it for the time of transportation. While preparing furniture for the time of shipment bubble wrap is essential. Wrap all the delicate parts and all the corners in bubble wrap to save your cargo from breaking in case some other load bumps into it during shipment. If you cannot acquire bubble foil, you can try using cardboard to secure the corners.

If your furniture has some exceptionally fragile parts (like containing glass or delicate fabrics) you must be especially careful during shipment. When you can, you should ship them independently, enclosed in thick layer of cloth and bubble wrap (all glass shelves should be transported like that). If it cannot be dismantled, wrap it in extra layers of bubble foil. Don’t forget to mention to the transport provider that he’s shipping fragile cargo.

As was mentioned above, most of the time you will need help with shipping furniture. While looking for a transport provider it’s good to determine if he offers help with loading as well as unloading. Don’t forget to mention the floor they should be taken from and the floor they must be transported to – and if there is an elevator available.  

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