Great question! We’ll fill you in on the best way you can help in terms of furniture when preparing for flooring installation.
Do Flooring Installers Move Furniture?
This is one of our most commonly asked flooring questions. The answer is, it depends on who your local flooring company is. More often than not, your flooring installation team does offer furniture moving services. For example, Floorscapes does. If we’re moving all of the furniture, our team charges by the square footage of the room. On the other hand, if we’re just moving a few large pieces, we charge per piece. Floorscapes understands that sometimes, there just isn’t space to move all the furniture to another location. That’s okay, we also offer an option where our crew will move the furniture as we work.
What to do with Furniture when Getting New Flooring
If you prefer to move furniture yourself, here are the top elements to consider along with solutions.
Is the whole level getting new flooring?
If the answer is no, an easy solution is to move the furniture to an area that is won’t be undergoing flooring installation. Whether it’s an office space or a spare bedroom, play tetris with your furniture to get what you can out of the construction area. However, if the whole level is receiving new floor, work with the flooring installers. Most likely, they’ll give you a game plan for where the installation will begin. From there, you can work around the installation crew and move the furniture from one area to the next as the work continues.
Consider All the available space in your home
This may seem like an obvious recommendation, but you’d be surprised how often it’s overlooked when planning. Do you have a garage or covered patio? How about a basement? We get it, moving furniture up and down a flight of stairs can be quite the task, but it’s an option.
What’s your budget?
If cost isn’t an issue, consider hiring a team of professionals to move and store furniture for the duration of the flooring installation. This is particularly helpful for large-scale projects.
Caring for New Floors
After installing new floors, of course the idea is to keep the floors in the best condition possible. Floorscapes works with our clients prior to installation to decide what type of flooring is best based on location and everyday factors such as pets. However, extra effort to keep the floors in top-notch condition never hurts. Floorscapes recommends putting felt pads on the bottom of furniture legs and corners. The best part? If you purchase the pads ahead of time and let us know ahead of time, we’ll install them before we leave.
