How To Move A Recliner By Yourself: Steps And Items Needed


Steps And Items Needed To Move A Recliner By Yourself

The reclining chair arranges stylishly in an upstairs room and offers your guests a handy resting spot, but moving this type of heavy piece of furniture can cause your injury. This chair's folding action & weight make the handling process specifically challenging. The key to moving your recliner successfully never lies in strength, but in the planning. Before inauguration an upstairs move you always need to measure your doorways and corridor betwixt the current & eventual locations. In some cases, moving your overstuffed chair up a tight corridor is not always possible. These kinds of chair moving processes always require specialist movers skilled in penetrate intersperse routes like windows or attics. If you want to move a recliner by yourself it is always not possible, you need to take the help of your friend. Collect all the given items and follow the steps afterward to move your recliner:

Things You Will Need

  • Measuring Tape
  • Flat-Head Screwdriver
  • Heavy-Duty Plastic Wrap
  • Packaging Tape

Steps For This Process

After collecting all the given items, now you need to follow all the given steps:
  • First of all, you need to measure the width of your reclining chair, staircases, and doorways. Your reclining chair's width needs to be shorter than the width of both the staircase & doorway. Move an obstacle from your moving paths like floor lamps or tables.
  • Now you need to disassemble your recliner chair by simply removing the back from your lower portion. Locate all the 2 lock levers at the back of your chair.
  • You consistently find these metal locks which are located at the lower right & left back portion. Next, you need to lift the locks with the help of a flat-head screwdriver.
  • The Above step will release the top portion. Lift the back from the chair lower portion. Move all the pieces upstairs. Reassemble your chair pieces and then you need to lock them in place. Not all recliners are able to disassemble. Read the product guidance to get specifications on the chair.
  • Next, you need to lock your chair in the upright location. Wrap the bottom of your chair by using a heavy-duty plastic wrap and then you have to seal it with the help of packing tape. This will avert the bottom from popping out during the chair moving process.
  • Now you need to slide the hand truck under the back of your recliner chair. Tilt-back your recliner chair as a friend lifts the front of your chair. Wheel your chair backward to the edge of your stairs.
  • Lift your chair by using the hand truck while your friend pushes from the front side. You have to make the move very slowly, only one step at a time.
  • Guide your chair to the upstairs position. Slide the hand truck out from under your chair and then finally you need to unwrap the plastic.

Warnings

  • Warning 1: You need to know that never apply the packaging tape directly to your recliner chair's fabric.
  • Warning 2: Pull up the low hanging chandeliers before moving your recliner.
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