Moving Tips and Guides

A piano is one of the heaviest and most delicate things you will ever move. Even a compact upright can outweigh a full refrigerator, and the internal action, strings, and finish are easy to damage with one wrong tilt, bump, or drop. This guide walks you through moving a piano safely, from sizing up the

A treadmill is one of those items that seems manageable right up until you try to lift it. Between the steel frame, the motor, and the deck, even a home model can be genuinely heavy and awkward, with all the weight low and forward. Move it carelessly and you risk a strained back, a scratched

A gun safe is designed to be almost impossible to move, which is great for security and terrible on moving day. The same thick steel that stops a thief also means you are dealing with a rigid, top heavy block that can weigh more than a piano. Trying to muscle one down a hallway without

A pool table looks like one solid piece of furniture, but it is really a heavy wooden frame carrying hundreds of pounds of slate. That is why you cannot simply tip it on a dolly and roll it out the door. Done wrong, a move can crack the slate, tear the felt, or hurt someone.

Your crew just carried a couch down three flights, wrapped your grandmother’s mirror like it was made of glass, and finished ahead of schedule. Now you are standing in the driveway wondering what is fair to hand them. Tipping movers is not required, but it is a genuine way to say thank you for hard,