Tips

Furniture:

• cover lounge suites and mattresses with covers
• fabric items must be cleaned and dry
• empty wardrobes, cupboards and drawers
• disassemble beds
• use padding or bubble wrap to protect table tops, mirrors and paintings or any other objects with corners or edges

Books / Records:

• pack flat - not on spines
• use small cartons
• pack records on edge
• clearly label all cartons on top and sides
• fill cartons completely to avoid collapse

Crockery:

• place heavy items on bottom of carton
• individually wrap items
• stand plates, platters etc. on edge
• use crunched paper to fill gaps
• bubble wrap is ideal for those much-loved items
• fragile labels

Appliances:

• make sure everything is clean and dry
• leave doors slightly ajar on fridges / freezers and other white goods
• avoid placing any items inside white goods

Clothing / Linen:

• Use linen to pack tops and bottoms of cartons
• Use small linen pieces to fill gaps in cartons
• Make sure linen is clean and dry
• Use mothballs or flakes

Toys / Tools / Machinery:

• clean tools
• if prone to rust wipe with oil impregnated cloth
• drain fuel and oil from all machinery
• remove batteries

Electrical / Computers:

• repack in original box if possible
• individually wrap items using bubble wrap
• pack out gaps with paper or cartons
• use packing or linen on top and bottom of cartons