Large plastic to wrap sofa for house move

CarPark2 · 04-09-2017 04:13PM #1

Hi There,
We are moving house and I am looking after the moving myself, renting a small tail-lift truck etc.
The hard furniture is no problem, but I am worried that the sofa will end up getting dirty in the moving van. Is there anywhere that I could buy a large roll of plastic to cover it, or are there other options for covering?
Thanks in advance.

Lumen · 04-09-2017 04:17PM

Dust sheets from DIY shop.

All in all · 04-09-2017 04:18PM

CarPark2 wrote: »

Hi There,
We are moving house and I am looking after the moving myself, renting a small tail-lift truck etc.
The hard furniture is no problem, but I am worried that the sofa will end up getting dirty in the moving van. Is there anywhere that I could buy a large roll of plastic to cover it, or are there other options for covering?
Thanks in advance.

Furniture movers use sheets/blankets to keep dust off things.

If you are looking for plastic, furniture sellers with have the plastic which comes on mattresses which they may give you.

NinjaTruncs · 04-09-2017 04:25PM

If you are getting plastic dust sheets just make sure they are thick enough, many of the ones for painting are very thin and won't survive much moving about. Personally, I bought some thick garden tarpaulins, they were about €10 each, but I had my sofas covered in them for about a year and they were perfect when they came out of storage.

twiddletwaddle · 04-09-2017 10:36PM

Roll of polythene in any builders merchants.

goodwins.ie/polythene/c-646.html

€27 for a roll 3.6 metres by 16 metres. Be handy for protecting floors also if your painting walls in the new place.

goodwins.ie/products/polythene-certified-1200-gauge-3-6-x-16-mtr-roll-3402005.html?filter_set[]=1,36,646

CarPark2 · 05-09-2017 04:39PM

Thanks everybody.

annie.t · 05-09-2017 06:53PM

Shrink wrap? you know the thing thats used to wrap goods on a pallets for transport

colm_mcm · 05-09-2017 06:54PM

annie.t wrote: »

Shrink wrap? you know the thing thats used to wrap goods on a pallets for transport

That's what I'd use, wrap in some cardboard in the corners.

Large plastic to wrap sofa for house move

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