Do You Disassemble and Reassemble Furniture?

Yes, and it is part of your move, not a separate service you have to add on. Plenty of furniture simply will not fit through a doorway, around a landing, or into an elevator in one piece, so taking it apart and putting it back together is just part of how we move it. Our crews do this every day, carefully and quickly, so your big pieces make it to the new place in the same shape they left and end up standing exactly where you want them.

What we take apart (and put back together)

If a piece needs to come apart to move safely, we handle it. The usual suspects:

• Bed frames. Headboards, footboards, rails, and the trickier setups like bunk beds and adjustable bases come apart and go back together, so you can sleep in your own bed the very first night.
• Tables and desks. We take the legs off large dining tables and desks, which protects them from stress in transit and makes a tight doorway a non-issue.
• Sectionals and wardrobes. Big modular pieces get separated for the move and securely re-joined at the destination.
• Mirrors and vanities. We detach mirrors from dressers so they can be wrapped and carried separately, which is far safer than moving them attached.

If you have something unusual, or you are just not sure whether it needs to come apart, tell us and we will figure it out during the estimate. The same skill applies to specialty pieces. A pool table, for instance, gets carefully broken down, moved, and releveled so it plays true in the new room.

Not a single lost screw

The worst part of taking furniture apart yourself is that little pile of screws that vanishes by the time you need it. We solve that with a simple, strict system: every screw, bolt, and hex key gets bagged, labeled, and, whenever possible, taped right to the piece it came from. When we reach your new home, reassembly is quick and correct because nothing went missing. Your bed goes back together in minutes, not in an hour of hunting for a bolt under the truck. It is a small habit that saves a big headache at the end of a long day.

What it costs

For a local move, disassembly and reassembly are simply part of the hourly time. There is no separate "furniture fee." You pay for the crew's time, and taking a bed frame apart is part of that time like everything else. And since we do not change our pricing by the season or the day of the month, the labor for a complicated piece costs the same whenever you happen to move.

Got a few pieces you know will need to come apart, or a puzzle you are not sure about? Call (773) 275-4100 or email info@wcmoving.com and we will build it into your plan, or read more in our FAQ. We will get every piece apart, moved, and standing again, as solid as it was.