Storage Tips
Tips for packing your
storage items.
- Record details as you pack. Label and number boxes so you can find items later
- Store only clean, dry items
- Drain liquids from items like washing machine hoses and fuel from lawn mowers
- Remove or disconnect batteries
- Use extra tape to reinforce boxes
- Tape electrical cords to appliances, secure and close doors
- Wrap furniture in blankets/plastic
- Resist overpacking boxes so they bulge. Even, square boxes are better for stacking
- Group & secure together long, loose items like brooms/mops or garden tools
- Position heavy items first, spreading weight evenly in container
- Reserve light items to place last on top
- Tie down moveable items using the steel loops at top & bottom of container
These goods CAN’T BE STORED in your container:
- Explosives
- Dangerous/hazardous items
- Enviromentally harmful items
- Illegal products
- Stolen goods