Bubble wrap is a brilliant type of protective packaging, which can be used to protect all different items from your home, including both large and small objects. When it comes to protecting furniture however, this can be a tricky subject. Can you protect furniture with large bubble wrap near me? Do you need to buy special furniture protection instead? What is the difference? Do you even need to protect furniture at all while moving house? We have been speaking with thousands of professional removal companies throughout the UK, and have some valuable advice to pass onto house movers. Here is what we found out.
- Firstly, furniture definitely needs some form of protection while you move house. The reasons for this are obvious. Furniture cost a lot of money to replace if damaged, so the tiny cost of using some protective packaging is well worth the trouble. If you put large furniture in the removal lorry, it could easily fall over while you drive, and this can cause serious damage to the furniture and everything else around it also. When you carry large furniture out to the removal lorry, it can easily get damaged because of the size of it. If it is dropped, the heavy weight means that it will fall fast and fall hard, which will cause lots of damage. The large size means that it is much more likely to hit the walls and doors of your home while being carried too, which will cause plenty of damage too.
- Bubble wrap for moving is one of the most common types of protective packaging used to protect large furniture during a house move. You can buy really large and long rolls of bubble wrap which are perfect for protecting large furniture. You can buy one hundred metre rolls which are enough to protect an entire house full of furniture in fact. The rolls mean that they are easy to put around the furniture too, with little effort. You can roll out and use the exact amount that you need to cover the item of furniture, and then cut that off and use it.
- Bubble wrap is available, but you can also buy special furniture protection covers. They are usually polythene sheets, which do not have air bubbles, and are designed to put around furniture to protect them from water and dirt and scratches too. Generally speaking, we advise you to use high quality bubble wrap instead of these, because the air bubbles will protect from all of the above but will also protect from knocks and bumps too. They provide the extra thick layer of protection needed to ensure furniture remains in perfect condition.
- As furniture is large and heavy, you will need several layers of bubble wrap around them to protect from damage if possible, or alternatively it can be a good idea to use bubble wrap with larger bubbles which will provide the same outcome of extra cushioning. The larger an item is, the more protection it will need around.
- Bubble wrap suppliers will of course need to be secured in place using some strong packing tape, because normal tape will not suffice. This is especially the case with expensive things like furniture.
