How to Pack a Vase for Moving
How to Pack a Vase for Moving. Vases are fragile and awkward to move, which is why properly packing your vase for your move or storage is essential to keeping it in one piece. With our method, your vase will be safe through transport and storage, and it will only take you a couple of minutes to prepare it! This method can be used by anyone, with or without special knowledge of packing materials and methods. Your basic vase should only take a couple of minutes to pack properly; by comparison, an antique vase might take up to ten minutes and require freight-grade packing materials.
How to pack a vase:
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Build your box.
For packing fragile items like china, vases, small lamps, or ornaments, you should use small and medium boxes; don’t try to stuff a bunch of valuable fragile items into a larger box. St Albans Removals Ltd recommends using good-quality double-walled boxes. Building a box is very easy; just open the flat package and fold the cardboard leaves on the bottom side.
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Tape the box.
Tape the bottom of the box two or three times with an “X” or a “+” shape to ensure it is strong. How you are going to tape the box depends on the nature of the items you will put inside and the size of the box itself… But if you are unsure, err on the side of caution and reinforce!
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Use bubble wrap.
This will protect fragile items like your vase. Air in the bubble acts as a cushion. You can also use packing paper first, then bubble wrap and tape the vase up after wrapping for extra protection.
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Fill space.
Most damages happen if you allow your items to move inside their package. The easiest way, in our experience, to prevent this is to mash up packing paper or newspapers and stick them in between the items inside a box. You can also use foam peanuts/popcorn instead.
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Pack the box.
If the vase is small, you can pack more fragile items into one box, making sure they are sufficiently separated inside. You can use cardboard or balled up paper to separate items inside boxes.
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Mark your box.
Mark the box as fragile and describe its contents. A fragile flag will help your moving team treat the boxes properly. Fragile items will be stacked on top of non-frangible items. Proper labelling will also serve as a guide during the move and will help with unloading the boxes into the corresponding rooms; it will also come in handy after removals for unpacking. You’ll know the contents of the box just by looking at it.
We hope our short guide will help you when moving home! If you have any questions or concerns, St Albans Removals Ltd are here to help.
