Packing Service

Good Packing

Good Move.

Put your feet up & watch us work. Purely Canadian Movers are skilled in the packing arts.

Packing can be a time consuming, sometimes overwhelming process. Let our movers handle that part of the moving ritual. They do it with a smile! The fact is they’re good at it. They are experienced and efficient ensuring your belongings arrive safely and in the right spot, clearly labeled and easy to unpack, making your first days in your new home as enjoyable and hassle-free as they should be.

Handled With Care.

Purely Canadian Movers are experts in the correct packing & transport of fragile items, heirlooms, liquids, collectables, artworks, tools, heavy equipment, boats, motorcycles, bikes and vehicles. We treat your belongings just like our own, so you can trust that they are handled with care.

Pack Like A Pro. Here’s How.

We’ve put this guideline of best practices together to help you with a smooth and stressless move.

At PCM we do understand you may want to do your own packing, or have us handle the trickier pieces, like kitchens, wardrobes or heavy equipment, while you pack the rest.

Packing Supplies.

Good packing is the key to a smooth move.

Make sure to gather all the packing supplies you need before starting the job. Purely Canadian Movers has all materials you’ll need for an uncomplicated move. Give us a call and we’ll help you determine what items you’ll need, what sizes and how much.

Bubble Wrap
Packing Paper
Packing Tape
Boxes
Box Labels

Use the right size boxes.

Put heavy items, like books, in small boxes; light items, like linens and pillows, in bigger ones. Large boxes packed with heavy items not only make the job harder but also have a better chance of breaking. Put heavier items on the bottoms of boxes, lighter items on top.

Don’t leave empty spaces in the boxes.

Fill in gaps with clothing, towels, or packing paper. Loosely packed or unbalanced boxes can lead to breakage or dropping.

Small Movers Burnaby Avoid mixing items from different rooms in the same box.

It will make your packing quicker and your unpacking a lot easier, too.

Label each box with the room and its contents.

This will help you and your movers know where every box belongs in your new place. Numbering each box and keeping an inventory list in a small notebook is a good way to keep track of what you’ve packed, and to make sure you still have everything when you unpack.

Tape boxes well.

Use a couple of pieces of tape to close the bottom and top seams, then use the movers’ technique: make a couple of wraps all the way around the box’s top and bottom edges, where stress is concentrated.

Bundle breakables.

As you pack your dishes, put packing paper around each one, then wrap bundles of five or six together with more paper. Pack dishes on their sides, never flat. And use plenty of bunched-up paper as padding above and below. Cups and bowls can be placed inside one another, with paper in between, and wrapped three or four in a bundle. Pack them all in dish-barrel boxes.

If moving expensive art, consider special crating.

Never wrap oil paintings in regular paper; it will stick. For pictures framed behind glass, make an X with masking tape across the glass to strengthen it and to hold it together if it shatters. Then wrap the pictures in paper or bubble wrap and put them in a frame box, with a piece of cardboard between each framed piece for protection.

Consider other items that will need special treatment.

Treat TVs like any other piece of furniture, wrapping them in quilted furniture pads. Plasma TVs, however, require special wooden crates for shipping if you don’t have the original box and can be ruined if laid flat. Its a good idea to double-box your TV, setting the box containing the TV into another box that you’ve padded with packing paper.

Gather packing supplies before you start.

There’s nothing more frustrating, then having to stop half-way through a packing session in order to get more supplies.