Packing Guide

What damages shipments most is not the road, but the half hour someone saves on packing. This is a practical guide to packing what you can yourself, and leaving us what needs experience.

The four rules

1. Each type has its material — glass is not wood, and appliances are not clothes.
2. Protection starts at the corners — they are the first to be hit.
3. Empty space is the enemy of the contents — always fill it so that nothing moves.
4. Numbering before closing , not after loading.

What you can pack yourself

Clothes and fabrics

A strong carton, a moderate weight, and vacuum bags to save space. Write what is inside on the box and number it.

Books and papers

Small boxes, not large ones — books are heavy and a large box breaks at the bottom. Do not exceed 20 kilograms per box.

Tools and small items

Wrap each piece separately, and fill the gaps with paper or foam.

What we handle

Glass and mirrors

Foam, then double-wall carton with corner guards; carried upright, not flat, and secured in the container so they cannot move.

Electronic devices

Emptied and dried a day before, their moving parts secured, and preferably in their original box. With moisture-absorbing sachets inside the container for long voyages.

Large furniture

Whatever can be dismantled is, surfaces are wrapped in a blanket and then film, and the screws kept in a bag taped to the piece itself , not in a separate box.

Valuable pieces

A purpose-made wooden crate with interior securing that prevents any movement.

Mistakes that recur

• A used box with a weak bottom.
• Thin tape on a heavy box — use wide tape in an H shape.
• Putting heavy on top of light.
• Leaving liquids in appliances before shipping.
• Not writing the contents on the box.