How to Know How Many Boxes We Need to Move

If you are planning to move, you would understand that the most challenging part about moving is packing. Packing can throw several questions at you like, how do you wrap the fragile stuff in your home, or how do you wrap the clothes, etc. Apart from these, you may also wonder about the kind of packing boxes you would need to pack all your stuff. Most of the time you'll be worried about knowing the number of packing boxes required by you for packing the stuff. This is the trickiest question, and its answers differ from one family to another.

You should know how to estimate the number of cardboard removal boxes that you'll need when you are moving.

When you are calculating the number of boxes to be used while packing your stuff, you need to take so many variables into account. Each home has different contents than another and here's where the calculation differs.

How to calculate the number of boxes needed for moving?

The most basic method to do this is by counting the number of items that need to be moved. You then have to measure these items and then measure each box and find out how many pieces can fit into the box. This is the most accurate way of doing things, but it is also quite time-consuming. So, it can be quite impractical for you if you have a large house and you are planning a big move.

Another thing you could do is that you can pick up the most popular sized boxes from the market and try to fit in your stuff into that. Initially, you can take 10 or 20 of them and then top them up with more if needed. 

When you are packing the stuff on your own, you will need different sized boxes for different purposes.

The number of boxes that you'll need to move also depends on the size of your house. If you have a one bedroom home, ten small moving boxes, five medium boxes, and three large boxes will be sufficient for you — the number of boxes needed to move increases as the size of the house increases.

For a 2-3 bedroom house, you will need around ten small moving boxes, ten medium boxes, and five large boxes. This number of boxes will be sufficient to move the goods for a family of 3-4 members.

For a 3-4-bedroom home, you will need around 15 small moving boxes, ten medium boxes, and ten large boxes. This number of boxes will be sufficient to move the goods for a family of 4 members. 

This is just an average number of boxes you will need to move. If you think that your family members have hoarded a lot of stuff, then you may as well increase the number of boxes.

Generally, the rule of thumb says that the longer you have stayed in a home, the larger amount of things you will be having and thus you will need number of boxes. 

Packing Tips You Must Know When Moving House

Moving a house is a job that needs meticulous planning. Just packing and moving things are not enough. It has to be done in an organized manner so that while unpacking there are not many problems and things can be re-arranged quickly.

Mentioned below are some excellent packing tips that are greatly useful while moving house:

First and Foremost De-Clutter:

There are innumerable items in your house that you don’t need, but you never throw or give them away. Moving house is the time when you can de-clutter. You can arrange a sale or give things in charity. Ask your friends or anybody you know if they would like to take any item that you don’t need and are not taking with you.

Start With Packing Items That You Rarely Need:

There are many items that you rarely need in the house. Seasonal items are most common in this regard. Take removal boxes and pack such items in them one by one. Keep these boxes aside once you are done. 

Take Time in Packing and Start Early:

Rushing through the process of packing things while moving house, creates complete chaos. Things get misplaced or they get damaged etc. so take time in packing things in an organized manner. If you are willing to do the packing on your own, start early and see how much time it takes. On packing one box, you will get an idea of the time taken in packing. Plan packing as per the volume of items that you have in your house.

Pack Items of One Room At Once:

Do not make the packing a messy affair by starting packing items from all the rooms at once. Take one room at once and complete packing from that room.Once done, go to the other room. This will keep the process of packing highly organized. While taking the boxes for transportation, you will know which boxes go where. 

Make Sure That the Boxes Are Labeled Properly:

Labeling the boxes is mandatory while packing and moving. Use a permanent marker for marking the boxes. Write in bold letters so that they are prominent. Make sure that you write on the sides of the boxes and not on the top. Keep different colors ready for different rooms. This will help in understanding as which box belongs to which room. Unpacking becomes easier with this mode.

Fill In the Gaps in the Packing Boxes:

While packing things in cardboard moving boxes, there are high chances that gaps exist within items. Thing might lead to breakage of items while transportation. It is recommended to seal these gaps in the cardboard boxes with suitable materials like newspaper, foam sheets, bubble wraps etc. This would keep the fragile items safe during transportation. 

Do Not Overload the Packing Boxes

We have a tendency of overloading the packing boxes with as much stuff as possible. This makes the boxes overtly heavy. Carrying them might cause back injury. It is recommended to keep a certain amount of weight in every box so that carrying the same is easy. For heavy items, use small boxes for packing; while for lighter items choose large boxes.

Also, if there are hazardous materials keep them separately and pack with caution so that no damage is incurred. 

Important Facts about Cardboard Boxes

Cardboard boxes are used quite commonly in the packaging industry. In-fact it is one of the most widely and commonly used packaging material used for packing different items. Since these boxes are tough and sturdy, transporting goods in these boxes keeps them safe.

But have you ever wondered that these cardboard moving boxes could have interesting facts related to it? While some of the facts are funny, some of them are quite surprising as well. Mentioned below is a list of such facts, which will surely be an interesting read for you:

• Cardboard was invented long back by the Chinese. They mainly used this item for wrapping various kinds of food items. But they never thought of making boxes with cardboard. It was Sir Malcolm Thornhill of England, who first produced a cardboard box for commercial use in the year 1817. 
• In the year 1840, cardboard boxes became extremely popular in France. Silk manufacturers in the country used these boxes for transporting Bombyxmori moth eggs all the way from Japan. 
• We all know about the various cereal products from Kellogg. In 1850, The Kellogg Brothers used cardboard boxes for marketing their product to the general masses. Mainly cereal products were marketed in these boxes. 
• British gentlemen loved wearing high hats in the 1850s. In the year 1856, first patent for cardboard product was used for such hats. 
• In 1879, there was an accident in a factory in New York and it led to ruining of almost 20,000 paper bags. But instead of throwing away the ruined bags, something could be done with them. It was the idea of Robert Gair that he could make folding box templates with the ruined bags. The same man later devised a machine, which could produce pre-cut cardboard boxes. Flat pieces would be folded together to form a box. 
• In 1896, famous biscuit manufacturer of US, Nabisco, started using cardboard boxes in various sizes for packing and distributing their items and products to people.
• By 1900, boxes and wooden crates began to be replaced with cartons made of corrugated cardboard. This became a very popular choice of packing for shipping products. 
• In 1939, cardboard boxes played a pivotal role in Work War II. The main purpose of the boxes was offering protection to the gas masks which were distributed amidst all citizens in the UK during the start of the 2^nd World War. 
• A particular place in London came to be known as ‘Cardboard City’. And the reason behind the same is pathetic. This place was home to innumerable homeless people, who lived inside cardboard boxes. This incident dates back to 1983. 
• Cardboard boxes are extensively used in constructing and building houses. A whole house was designed based on cardboard boxes and the man behind the idea was Peter Ryan, who was Melbourne based architect.
• By the end of 2009, almost 7 million tons of cardboard was used for packaging only in UK. This volume also includes making of removal boxes made of cardboard.
• Generally re-used materials are used for making cardboard boxes. Also, almost 70-80% of the cardboard boxes globally are recycled after use.
• France has an exclusive cardboard museum, which exhibits different kinds of cardboard boxes in varying shapes, sizes and patterns.