If you have rain on your moving day, don't despair. Even with the rain, you can have a smooth and easy move if you hire professional movers and prepare appropriately for the rainy weather.
1. Make Your Pavement Slip-Proof
One of the biggest challenges of moving with rain is making sure that no one slips and falls. Slipping and falling can be dangerous for whoever helps with your move, as well as your belongings.
If you have some slippery pathways that lead from your house to the driveway, pick up some non-slip mats online or at a local store. Tape the non-slip mats along the walkway. The non-slip mats should provide everyone with extra traction while they carry your belongings from the house to the moving truck.
2. Park the Moving Truck Close
If you live in an apartment complex, let the neighbors know about your moving day and ask if they can leave the closest parking spot next to your apartment open.
If you move out of a house, move all of your vehicles out of the driveway and allow the moving truck the space it needs to back into your driveway.
The shorter the distance your personal belongings have to go, the less risk of them getting wet in the move.
3. Protect Your Floors
You don't want a bunch of dirty water tracked into the home that you move out of, or into the house you move into. The best way to protect against dirty water is to secure your entryway.
In the entryway, use painters tape to secure a tarp that covers up the space. Use sheets of plastic or towels to create walkways throughout your home so your movers can access what they need without getting the floors all dirty.
4. Move Items in Teams
If you don't want the movers walking through your home with their shoes on, work together with the movers to move everything in teams.
For example, move the items from the room they are into the entryway, and then use another team to move the items from the entryway to the truck to cut down on foot traffic inside of your home. Repeat this process for each room.
5. Cover Up Items With Plastic
For items not inside of boxes, make sure you have plastic sheets or tarps on hand to throw over them. For example, you'll want to drape a plastic sheet over your bed before the movers carry it outside.
You can easily pick up lots of plastic sheets at your local dollar store. They are a cheap investment that will ensure your furniture doesn't arrive at your new home wet.
Just make sure to remove the plastic covers as soon as you get your furniture and other items inside. This will allow any trapped water around the plastic to quickly dry out.
6. Keep Yourself Dry
Moving is no fun if you are dripping wet. If rain is expected at all in the forecast, make sure that you keep out a thin rain jacket as well as a change of clothes for the moving day.
Use the jacket to keep as dry as possible, and when you get to your new home, change into the pair of clothing you kept out as you start the unpacking process.
If you plan to help the movers, make sure that you have gloves with rubber padding on them. Gloves with rubber padding will prevent boxes from slipping out of your hands.
Make your moving day as easy as possible, regardless of whether the conditions are wet or dry outside, by hiring our team at Helping Hands Moving to help you with your move.
