Moving advice
Protecting a sofa for transport
Take a look at this photo guide on how to wrap a sofa with protectors and shrinkwrap
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Here's a brief photo guide on how to use our sofa covers to protect them ready for transport. This guide is for the 3 seater sofas, but it's the same principle for the 2 seaters and armchairs.
3 Seater Leather Sofa
Turn sofa onto it's back so you can remove the feet
Put feet & fixings into a secure bag and store in the zip compartment under the sofa if it has one
Now tip sofa onto its knees
Pull over the sofa cover so the back of the cover sits on the back of the sofa
Tip the sofa back onto its normal position, and fold cover in place
Stand sofa on its end
Wrap shrink wrap around the top and towards the middle
Now flip the sofa
And finish of wrapping the rest of it
The sofa is now protected, waterproofed and all ready to transport
You can get away with not shrinkwrapping the whole sofa, and just shrinkwrap it in places to keep the cover in place. That is down to the team's discretion on the day
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