How to Protect Your Floors During a Move

By Julie DeLong, A-1 Freeman Moving Group 

Thankfully, there are some trustworthy strategies to help keep your floor surfaces safe throughout the move-out and following move-in process. With a few easy steps, you can keep your flooring clear of scuff marks, grit, and bothersome stains on moving day in Little Rock.

Before Moving Day:

In your lead-up to moving day in Little Rock, you might make your task less difficult by planning a few things upfront.

Set Aside Floor Covering Material

When you are packing, put aside supplies that can be used as home furnishings pads or floor protectors as you go along. Any area rugs, welcome mats, or plastic flooring mats you've got are really valuable currently. You may also use tarps, towels, or old blankets. And in many places, flattened strong cardboard is usually a decent floor protecting option.

Whatever you don't make use of on the floors, you are able to wrap around pieces of furniture to avoid wall scuffs and pad carrying holds.

· Area rugs & Mats

· Plastic Tarps

· Bathroom towels

· Old Throw-Away Blankets

· Sturdy Flattened Cardboard

Felt Pads on All Furniture Feet

With or without a professional moving company in Little Rock, a certain amount of furnishings are going to scoot. Moving day is rife with shifting, hauling, sliding, and thumping into furniture. Even professional movers cannot prevent 100% of household furniture sliding on the floor. Hence, your best bet is usually to invest in a package of felt furniture pads. Spend a few days ahead of the move sticking circular padding to the feet of all your household furniture, and anything else challenging and hefty (including computers, appliances, or weights) that might have to slide on the floor.

Get Flooring 100% Spotless

This is very important. On the day or morning ahead of moving, clean the floor completely. Grime on the carpeting may be ground in on moving day, even under rugs and doormats. Hard grit, stones, or dropped objects on hardwood or even tile floors can cause scuff marks underneath heavy footsteps or moved furniture pieces. In reality, grime is half the reason floors are likely to become damaged on moving day. Hence clean using whatever supplies you can in this order. After that lay down floor coverings.

Hard Wood / Ceramic tile Floor:

· Sweep

· Vacuum

· Mop

· Swiffer/Microfiber

Carpeting:

· Pick-Up

· Vacuum

· Steam Clean

On Moving Day:

Before the first box is carried through the house, you'll want to prepare a few things to guard your floor.

Floor Mats at All Entrances/Exits

Position heavy-duty floor mats on both sides of every entrance/exit that'll be utilized to carry boxes or furniture. This is especially beneficial if you have mud, snow, or salted walk ways outside. Be sure to ask everyone to wipe their feet constantly if they go across a threshold.

Cover Major Floor Pathways

Contemplate the place that the majority of traffic will go back and forth from at your house. Place your sturdiest floor mats down these paths to minimize the effect of heavy footsteps and set-down home furnishings on your floors. Should you be moving without professional movers, consider ways to move furniture without scooting it along the floor, whenever possible.

Employ Hand Trucks as well as Dollies

When you get fatigued while you are moving household furniture, you set it down more regularly and it becomes attractive to slide it over the floor. Which, needless to say, isn't good for the floors. Buy hand trucks and/or dollies to let you roll weighty boxes and furniture pieces back and forth from the moving truck.

Arrange Indoor/Outdoor Teams

Should you have sufficient helpers, try organizing a hand-off at the front door. By doing this, outside-shoes don't come on the inside and people moving around inside do not get outdoor grime on their shoes. Quite simply, move boxes and furniture pieces similar to a bucket-brigade chain.

Throughout the Day:

Then during moving day, you'll want to keep up with your floor care to be sure that floors are always shielded. Include logistics for clearing smaller off-path rooms and last-minute modifications.

Sweep Walkways

Your protected walkways are fine to keep grime, mud, and salt away from your flooring, but only for so long. Quick sweeps of your pathways out through doorways or into dustpans might tremendously boost their general performance during the day.

Make use of Backup Floor Coverings

Keep an eye on household furniture movements and walking paths. Be ready to wrap an item of household furniture or place down some backup floor coverings at any time. Staying versatile is among the key elements to keeping ones flooring thoroughly secure on moving day.

When It Is Over:

Finally, you'll be able to validate your achievement or handle the one or two tiny scuffs by conducting a floor wrap-up after everything is packed inside the moving truck.

Clean Flooring Again

Do an additional total cleaning of the floors. Make them bright and completely clear of rubble. In this way, you will feel safe regarding the condition they were left in. Take photos and save them for your information.

Inspect

Execute a last inspection of the floor. Now is your opportunity to do touch-ups ahead of the final hand-off.

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Keeping your floors safe throughout a move only takes a little organizing and forethought. Never allow household furniture slide without having felt pads. Attempt to limit debris from outside the house making its way in. It's as simple as that. Don't forget if you're hiring professional movers in Little Rock, they will most likely take care of the floor protection so it's one less matter for you to concern yourself with. For additional smart moving day tips, give us a call today or take a look at more of our blog!