Packing Services Houston
Watson Moving & Storage helps ease the stress of moving by providing you packing tips and a Free Moving Guide.

• All boxes in all sizes are provided from Watson Moving & Storage.

• Collect cushioning materials such as bubble wrap, styrofoam pellets, furniture pads, old blankets, plastic bags, tissue paper, newspaper, and small towels to use as padding inside boxes

• Create a "portable packing kit" with markers, tape measure, packing tape, twine, and scissors. Carry it with you as you pack up items around your home

• Reinforce the bottom of boxes with extra tape for added strength

• Label each box with the name of the room in your new home where it should be placed

• List the contents of the box on the side of it

• Number the boxes and keep a list of which boxes go in which room in your new home

• Label boxes containing fragile items with large red lettering

• Place china in plastic bags and stack plates upright on their sides, not flat

• Pack your TV, stereo, and computer in their originals boxes if possible

• Keep boxes to 50 pounds or less

• Pack heavy items into their own smaller separate boxes and combine lighter items together into larger boxes (don't combine heavy items such as books, all into one box)

• Don't move flammable, combustible, corrosive, or explosive items such as paint, gasoline, and ammunition

• Pack a bag of personal items you'll need during the move such as a change of clothes, toiletries, medicine, maps, food and drinks. Keep it in an easy to find place