Beds & headboards
Rails come off the headboard and footboard so the frame travels flat. Slats and center supports get bundled together.
Some furniture won't fit through a door, around a stair landing, or into a truck in one piece. When that happens, our crew takes the piece apart at your old home, keeps every bolt with it, and puts it back together at your new home. It's part of the move, so the same crew handles it from start to finish.
A piece usually comes apart for one of three reasons: it won't fit through an opening, it's too awkward to carry safely in one piece, or it will travel better in sections. Here are the ones we see most often.
Rails come off the headboard and footboard so the frame travels flat. Slats and center supports get bundled together.
Each side comes off, and every bolt goes in the crib's own labeled bag. At the new home, check it against the manual before the baby sleeps in it.
The top bunk, ladder, and guard rails come off before anything is lifted. Rebuilding it early in the day helps a kid's room feel like home.
Legs and leaves come off when the table won't clear a doorway. The leaves are padded on their own so the finish stays protected.
Big sectionals often unclip into sections. Some pieces also have legs that unscrew.
Hutches and returns come off, and some desks come apart further. Clear the drawers and unplug and bundle the cords before we arrive.
A dresser mirror is usually bolted on. It comes off, gets padded separately, and goes back on at the new home.
Hutches, armoires, and bookcases may come apart in sections when the doorway, stairs, or ceiling is tight.
Not on the list? Many other pieces come apart too. Tell us about it when you request your quote, and send a photo if it's unusual.
The crew follows the same four steps every time. It works the same way for a crib or a king bed.
At the old home, the crew uses the right tool for the hardware. Nothing gets forced.
Screws, bolts, cam locks, brackets, and shelf pins go into one bag per piece. The bag is labeled and stays with that piece.
Headboards, rails, legs, and table leaves are each wrapped in moving pads. We band the pads first and only tape over pads or shrink-wrap, never on the finish.
At the new home, each piece goes to the room you pick and is put back together with its own hardware before the crew leaves.
Losing one bolt or cam lock can leave a bed or bunk bed that can't be put back together. That's why we keep the hardware with the piece.
Hardware from one bed never gets mixed with another's, even when two bed frames look alike.
The label names the piece and the room, so whoever carries it knows where it goes.
Our crew standards require disassembly hardware, cords, shelves, and small parts to be bagged, labeled, and kept with the right item.
Glass shelves, shelf pins, and power cords get the same treatment, so the piece arrives complete.
A little prep the night before keeps moving day on schedule.
Some items need a conversation before moving day, not on the day of the move.
Antique, oversized, built-in, wall-mounted, or specialty pieces. Tell us about them early so we can confirm what we can handle.
Our crews don't disconnect or reconnect gas appliances, and they don't repair unsafe plumbing, electrical, or utility connections. See our appliance moving tips.
If a TV is on a wall mount, or you're not sure whether a piece can come apart, ask us when you book and we'll give you a straight answer.
We take furniture apart and put it back together only as part of a move. Every job has our standard three-hour minimum plus a travel fee.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission runs the Anchor It! campaign. Its main message is that anchoring all furniture with drawers, doors, and shelves to the wall prevents tip-over injuries and deaths. The CPSC also says new furniture, such as dressers, comes with anti-tip devices, and those should be installed right away.
Before moving day, tell us which pieces are strapped to the wall. The straps have to be unhooked before those pieces can be moved. At the new home, put anchoring near the top of your first-week list, especially in kids' rooms. To find out whether our crew can reattach anchors, ask us when you book.
AnchorIt.gov: how to anchor furniture and TVs CPSC: Anchor It! safety tips
These are Google reviews, quoted exactly as written. Jory's review mentions reassembly. The other two talk about how carefully the crew handled their furniture and belongings.
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Taking furniture apart and putting it back together can be part of any of these moves.
Yes, as part of your move. Our crew can take apart many common pieces at your old home, move them, and put them back together at the new one. We do this on moves across Volusia, Seminole, Orange, and Lake counties. List the pieces when you ask for a quote so we can plan for them.
No. We only take furniture apart and put it back together as part of a move. We don't do assembly-only jobs. Every job has our standard three-hour minimum plus a travel fee.
Bed frames and headboards, cribs, bunk beds, dining tables with leaves, sectionals, desks, and mirrors that bolt onto dressers come up most often. A piece may also need to come apart when it won't fit through a doorway or up a stairway in one piece.
They go into a bag that we label and keep with that piece. The bag stays with the furniture from the truck to the room where it gets put back together, so you don't end up with a pile of mystery hardware at the end of the day.
Let us know ahead of time about complex, oversized, antique, wall-mounted, built-in, or specialty furniture so we can confirm what we can handle. Our crews don't disconnect or reconnect gas appliances, and they don't repair unsafe plumbing, electrical, or utility connections. For TV wall mounts and anything else you're unsure about, ask us when you book.
Light clothing can often stay in sturdy drawers if the piece is still safe for the crew to lift. Take out anything fragile, valuable, liquid, loose, or heavy. The crew may ask you to empty drawers if the piece is too heavy, unstable, or likely to be damaged.
Tell us when you book. The anti-tip strap has to be unhooked before a dresser or bookcase can be moved. The CPSC's Anchor It! campaign says furniture with drawers, doors, and shelves should be anchored to the wall, so plan to anchor those pieces again at your new home. Ask us when you book whether the crew can reattach them.
Yes, if you still have them. Set the manuals and any special tools with the furniture before moving day. They help most with cribs, bunk beds, and anything that came flat-packed.
Send both addresses, your moving date, and a list of the pieces that need to come apart. Would you rather talk? Give us a call or send us a message.
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