Most furniture damage in a move happens before the truck arrives. Taking a piece apart properly is what lets it survive the trip.
Before the move
Beds, wardrobes, tables and shelving come apart in the right order, fixings are bagged and labeled per piece, and panels are protected so the corners do not get crushed in transit.
After the move
The same pieces go back together at the other end. Because the fixings were labeled, reassembly is quick and nothing is missing.
Timing
Disassembly is usually the evening before, and reassembly the day of the move or the day after. Tell us the date and we fit around it. More on what moves the price.
What actually breaks
Particle board furniture is weakest at its cam fixings. Moved assembled, a wardrobe racks slightly on every lift and the cams chew out their holes, so the piece arrives loose and never tightens properly again. Bed rails bend, glass shelves break where they were left in, and drawer runners twist out of true. Nearly all of it is avoided by taking the piece apart first.
What should not be taken apart
Not everything benefits. Solid wood joined with glue, older furniture, and anything that has already been apart several times are usually safer moved whole and wrapped, because each disassembly costs a little of the grip the fixings have left. We say which is which rather than taking apart everything we are shown.
How the fixings are labeled
Every piece gets its own bag, and the bag is labeled and taped to a panel of that same piece rather than dropped into one box of hardware. The reason shows up at the other end: a wardrobe and a bed frame use cams that look alike and are not interchangeable, and sorting that out on reassembly day costs more time than the labeling ever did.
Working alongside movers
Movers price by time and volume, and they are not usually furniture fitters. Pieces taken apart before they arrive cut both the volume and the hours, and it keeps responsibility clear, because the furniture was sound and wrapped when it was handed over.
Pieces going into storage
Furniture waiting in storage is better flat than standing. It takes less space, no joint is holding load for months at a time, and the panels are not resting on their own corners through a summer in an unconditioned unit.
Ask for a free estimate and tell us what needs doing.