Floor Plan Before Moving: How Doorway & Stairwell Measurements Help in Quick Moves

Whenever you plan to relocate, whether it's beyond the city or within the city, calling in professionals and taking their help with packing and loading can solve all your moving hurdles. However, there’s one major point that you might be missing out on, which can make your move faster and smoother. It's about making a floor plan, including measuring furniture before moving, so that heavy and bulky belongings can move smoothly through the doors. Also, the doorways and staircases are measured before the move with the purpose of allowing the smooth transition of heavier furniture through them. 

Measuring furniture or doorways might look boring and time-consuming, but it holds plenty of benefits. Moving heavy furniture without a floor plan can result in higher labor costs, stuck furniture and more manual effort, which can altogether add up to delayed moves. 

Welcome to this blog post, where you’ll be introduced to the benefits of choosing furniture measuring before actually making a move, in terms of speeding up the moving process, along with the right ways to follow it. 

An expert's advice: Considering the accurate dimensions of your furniture against the new space is crucial to protect your walls and belongings. This can give an appropriate idea regarding placing the furniture by making it enter through hallways and entry points.

First, understand how the pre-move floor plan is taken. 

Start measuring your new space.

1. The successful house relocation begins with the correct measuring of the furniture and new space, where you’ll be settling down in the future. 
2. Make sure to remember each room's dimensions appropriately in order to prevent your belongings from falling down and getting scratched by the edges. 
3. When you accurately gather the furniture or new space dimensions, moving in can become quite easy and simple.

Make points of dimensions or sketch it out.

1. You can make a separate notebook of the dimensions you keep measuring, including corners and windows.
2. You can prefer both ways; label the furniture or the floor to make it precise before furniture placement.
3. Also, sketching out the dimensions with the right measurements can make it simpler for you.
4. Keep in mind the blockage of natural light by the furniture; thus, take the right measurements.
5. Take the measurements accordingly so that the furniture won't create any tight spaces.
6. Writing down the window size is also important to place beds and sofas accurately.

Keep measuring the elevator and entry points.

1. Passing the furniture through the staircase and doorways is common; therefore, take accurate measurements of them.
2. Entry points must be measured appropriately to let the furniture easily pass during the moving day.

Keep furniture dimensions & locate them room-by-room

1. After being done with the floor and new space measurements, come to the furniture measuring process.
2. Follow the important steps, including measuring the width and length of each piece of furniture before placing it.
3. Before actually placing them down, make sure that the furniture dimensions are mentioned in your notebook. 
4. The bedrooms, sofas, and other large furniture need to be measured to make them pass through the entry pathways of the rooms. 
5. The armchairs and any other furniture that gets stuck while passing through the room entry pathways must be measured beforehand. 
6. Most importantly, you can start unloading your major large furniture first, such as bedrooms or sofas, to make them adjust in your new home according to the dimensions already marked. 

The expert movers' advice: Preferring pre-move floor plans can result in seamless and smooth transitions!

1. Creating and following a pre-move floor plan can help prevent large and heavy furniture from being wedged out. 
2. Also, with the right room dimensions, you can get an accurate idea of which furniture would be placed in the designated room, allowing you to sell or donate the ones that would only cost you more labor. 
3. Your walls and belongings remain protected, as moving without a floor plan results in gouged drywall and scuffed paint. 
4. With the already created moving plan, there’s no need to move hither and thither; instead, you can simply place the furniture in the room, providing a relaxing and comfortable environment. 
5. Most importantly, a structured pre-move floor plan can speed up the entire moving process, letting you move in and settle down in your new place in no time. 

Galaxy Movers Calgary – Your Trustworthy Moving Partner in Canada

No doubt, you can prepare your pre-move floor plan on your own as well; however, a professional touch is something else, with the appropriate guidance from our experts. Jagminder Bhangu, our mover, has successfully handled local, long-distance, and other types of relocation processes, and we can show you how gentle hands with a smart approach can make it super easy. 

You can simply contact us at 403-618-9052 or visit our office at 396 Cornerstone Passage NE, Calgary, AB T3N1G1, Canada to get your moving quotes and begin your moving journey. We also provide our moving services across Alberta, including High River, Chestermere, Okotoks, Red Deer and many more, helping thousands of people relocate to their designated areas.