When you’re preparing for a residential move to a new home and your plans involve moving your appliances, you may be wondering what it’s going to look like to get these items transported. Some people fear moving appliances at all and will keep it put as a part of the sale, but in other cases, it’s smart to move these nice appliances you’ve spent so much money on.

Moving appliances can be challenging and requires proper coordination. You’ll need to know what to do to prepare the appliances for moving, how to move it safely, and how to get it safely into the new residence. Take a closer look at how this process will likely go and what you need to do on your end to prepare it for the move.

Where to begin

Once you’ve decided to have your appliances moved, you’ll need to learn how to prepare them for the relocation. There is preparation involved in moving appliances and the most common ones to be moved include the washing machine, dryer, and the refrigerator. The preparation is not only to protect the appliances but to make the relocation of them simpler.

While you’ll get to skip the heavy lifting, you need to make sure the appliance is prepared for a move and that you arrive to your new home with a broken machine. You can do the preparations yourself, but you could also have a technician handle the job.

Have servicing done

The best way to prepare for your appliance move is to have your appliances serviced. This precaution will help to ensure you that the relocation of the machine happens safely and doesn’t damage the appliance. Since the local moving company won’t do anything more than the relocation, you are responsible for disconnecting and reconnecting, disconnecting the utilities, repairing the appliance, and performing any services that help it function including electrical and plumbing.

They won’t perform carpentry services, disconnect your washer and dryer, or remove your window air conditioner. Having serving handled by a technician beforehand will allow the transit to be done safely and includes jobs like getting appliances properly disconnected, capping off gas lines, special handling of satellite dish materials, and disconnecting the ice maker on your refrigerator.

Your appliance technician will prepare the appliance for movement while the gas company would do the labor on disconnecting your gas lines and capping the pipes, leaving the moving company to simply move the appliance with care. You as the owner would then be in charge of the calling for servicing before the move and after.

Prepping the appliances

Depending on the type of appliance involved, there are different preparations involved. For example, the dishwasher would need cleaned and serviced with tasks like thoroughly drying out the interior, shutting off the electric and water source, and disconnecting and draining the hoses, water inlet line, and water valve.

Other appliances you may move include the automatic washer, the dryer, your kitchen range, your refrigerator, and your freezer. Each item will need to be cleaned enough to be dry during the move, disconnections from water lines or electric sources, and all components properly reconnected at the destination.

While you may be able to handle servicing your appliances, you are wise to call a technician to work on the process before and after the move. This way you can ensure that all of the proper precautions were taken, your appliances can travel safely, and that things will work efficiently once reconnected in your new home.

Use this guide to prepare for a move of your appliances.