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The Language of Moving Supplies

September 5, 2013 By A Very Moving Blog

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When getting ready for a home move or business move, it’s important to have the correct moving supplies on hand. Moving companies have their own terms to describe moving products. It’s perfectly fine if you’ve never heard these moving terms before – our team of professional movers have put together a short list of definitions for our most commonly used moving supplies:

Appliance dolly: a special dolly with straps to help load and unload large items like appliances and oversized furniture.

Anti-static bubble wrap: bubble wrap that helps prevent static charge – usually pink in color and often used on electronics such as computer monitors.

Corrugated: Describes a type of cardboard used to make boxes for moving and storage. Corrugated boxes have multiple layers of cardboard called “fluting” that give strength and durability to the box’s structure.

Dish cells: Cardboard inserts that provide individual cubicles for your dishware within a cardboard box. Dish cells give extra support to breakable dishes and prevent the box from caving or allowing direct contact between pieces.

Shrink-wrap: A thicker plastic which requires heat to adhere to furniture. Typical items do not require packaging this thick for moving.

Stretch-wrap: A thin plastic packing and moving material used to secure moving blankets covering your items during the moving process. Stretch-wrap is used to protect your furniture from precipitation, sweat and tearing.

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Comments

  1. James Harrison says

    September 7, 2013 at 4:36 am

    Yes you are right!! As well we can use a few home material to pack the items in the boxes such as old clothes, cotton balls, newspapers. It will decreases moving cost & moving stress.

  2. Sarah Miller says

    September 18, 2013 at 2:51 am

    Great post! Ensuring that you have all the moving supplies you will need to pack all your belongings is very important in making your packing and moving hassle-free. Experts from http://www.boxesaz.com/ also agree with this.

  3. TwoMenCanada says

    October 2, 2013 at 4:12 pm

    Definitely. Using towels is also a good idea!

  4. dcgtechindia.com says

    October 7, 2013 at 8:12 am

    These moving supplies are nicely short listed here with their definitions. I appreciate the effort. This is a good informative and knowledgeable post.

  5. company moving Rochester NY says

    November 27, 2013 at 2:25 am

    Quite nice and informational post thanks……………

  6. Jacob Wadsworth says

    December 7, 2013 at 12:00 am

    You could also need boxes, protective materials, marker and many more. Nice post! I learned some new ideas. – http://www.movingblankets.com/

  7. furniture mover Rochester NY says

    January 14, 2014 at 5:34 am

    Excellent tips. Really useful stuff .thanks

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