Helpful Hints
- You must use the shipping container lock box, refer to the FAQs and Tutorials
- Spray wooden furniture with a good polish. Cover with cardboard or drop cloth.
- Use cardboard liberally inside unit – use it to protect wooden furniture, and place under soft furnishings, mattresses, etc.
- Defrost refrigerators/ freezers, leave the door open, and do not put a towel in the bottom of the refrigerator to soak up water
- Ensure water has drained from washing machine hoses before going into storage
- List contents of boxes on all sides, number and seal with tape
- Use boxes, plastic bags or clothing bags for storing clothes
- Do not set mattresses directly on concrete floor, store on edge vertically
- Keep all items of the floor if possible to allow air movement
- To stop rusting of exposed metal, use a light coating of oil
- Plan your storage space. Place items you may need access to in the front and allow for walkways
- Make an inventory of your stored items and keep in a safe place elsewhere
- Stack lighter boxes on top of heavier ones
- Wrap picture and mirrors in cardboard and mark “FRAGILE” and stack on end
- Large appliances can be used as packing cases for blankets towels and clothing
- Shovels, rakes, hoes, etc. can be stored together in an empty rubbish bin
- Tables with removable legs should be ‘broken down’ to save space
- Do not place heavy or sharp objects on top of upholstered furniture
- If using a dehumidifying product, place in area where it will do no damage if it leaks
- Clean lawn mower blades and empty fuel from tank
- Give leather goods a treatment of avocado oil or other leather preservative
- DO NOT store paint or any type of corrosive. Containers may break down and contents will leak over your furniture and into other units
- Gas bottles but be empty and valve left open
