[PL] How do I send a sofa by courier?

There are plenty of ways to send your sofa by courier. You can do this in individual parcels or with a one-off large-volume order. Before you decide how to send your sofa by courier, make sure that the item is properly protected. Otherwise, the material could be damaged in transit by the courier company.

How should I pack my sofa for shipping – whole or in parts?

Even before you issue a shipping order, you need to determine how big your sofa is. Some models can be taken apart and put in cardboard boxes – in which case you can send your sofa set by courier in several or a dozen parcels. Alternatively, you can have the sofa collected in its entirety and transported to the recipient. However, this generates slightly higher costs, as the transit is handled by a logistics company using larger transport vehicles.

How do I pack the sofa for shipping? Assume that the furniture is already in parts and you have pre-prepared the cardboard boxes for sealing. First of all, line the inside of the packaging with bubble wrap or other filler. This will cushion the impact somewhat during transport. Then carefully secure the sofa parts in the sealed carton, and later tape the packaging with packing slips.

How do you protect your sofa for transport by courier?

Our guide on how to ship furniture is a good introduction to packing your sofa. Why? Well, in this post we point out all the most popular packing materials that are useful for securing sensitive furniture items. It’s a good idea to prepare properly for the transport of your sofa by a transport company. To do this, complete such operating materials as:

• Protective polyethylene film – this is useful for protecting the fabric cover of the sofa, especially when shipping it in its entirety. This will prevent the fabric from getting soiled or scratched in transit, or at least reduce the risk of this happening.
• PE foam sheets – these can be a spacer for the individual parts of the sofa structure. They will come in handy when shipping the furniture in separate parcels or on a pallet – in parts.
• Corrugated cardboardboxes – if you don’t have the original cardboard boxes, you can use 5 or even 7-ply cardboard packaging. Some models can hold up to a few tens of kilos, which is enough to ship the individual structural components of the sofa.
• Kraft wrapping paper – you can use this material to protect sensitive parts of the sofa, especially those that are particularly sensitive to damage and dirt.
• Cardboard envelopes – although this material seems unobvious when shipping a sofa, it often proves to be downright indispensable. Once you have disassembled the furniture for shipping, you can place the necessary screws, washers and all the small parts in the envelope. This way you can be sure that nothing gets lost during the dispatch of the sofa by courier.
• Stretch film – this is essential to protect your sofa for courier dispatch. It can be the last layer of protection after previously using polythene film and cardboard dividers. You can also use Stretch to protect parcels from the outside so that they are not damaged by exposure to, for example, moisture.

There is no single golden advice on how to send a sofa by courier. It can be done in several ways. It is worth assessing the costs of each form of shipment, as well as the risks of damage to the goods, before making a decision. If you lack experience, be sure to check out our guide on how to send a heavy parcel. These few tips can be helpful when sending a really huge sofa that weighs well over 100 kilograms by courier.

How do you pack a sofa for shipping? Instructions

The process of packing and securing a sofa for shipping is quite simple, as long as you have access to professional parcel packing materials and tools. How do I send the sofa by courier and secure it properly? This depends on the shipping method you choose: whole or in parts enclosed in corrugated cardboard boxes.

How do I send a sofa by courier as a whole?

To send your sofa whole to your potential customer, you first need a good method of protecting the surface of the furniture cover. You can use stretch film, polythene foil or even cardboard dividers along with kraft wrapping paper for this. There are indeed many possibilities. Here are some of the steps you need to follow to pack your sofa for shipment by a shipping company.

1. Make sure that all the structural components are firmly bolted together.
2. If you are shipping a sofa bed, use packing tape to prevent the furniture from unfolding on its own during transit.
3. Wrap the entire surface of the sofa with foil.
4. Label the surface of the sofa with information about not storing anything on the surface of the shipment.

Shipping the sofa as a whole seems a slightly easier way to transport this type of household furniture. However, in order to assess how to send a sofa by courier, it is also worth looking at the second method of packing.

How do I send a sofa by courier in parts?

Sending oversized furniture first and foremost requires organising suitably large cardboard boxes. From our blog post, you will learn where to get a large cardboard box for shipping unusual items. You can order it from the RAJA shop and make the process of packing your lounge furniture easier.

How do you secure your sofa so that you can send it safely in parts arranged in several cardboard boxes? Our advice is as follows:

1. Disassemble all the components of the sofa and sort out the screws along with the washers.
2. Place the individual components of the sofa in cardboard packaging – preferably with a set of assembly screws enclosed in a ziplock bag or envelope.
3. Fill in the empty spaces with filler such as polystyrene or bubble wrap.
4. Close the boxes with the sofa components and label them with packing slips.
5. Optionally, you can mark the boxes with warning labels to inform the courier to be extra careful.

Both methods indicate how to pack the sofa for shipping. The first method takes considerably less time, but can generate higher shipping costs. Why? Well, in order to send the sofa in its entirety, you need to commission a specialised oversize transport.

How much does it cost and how do I send a sofa by courier?

The total cost of sending a sofa by courier is made up of many factors. These are primarily: the dimensions of the sofa, the weight, the number of cartons (if you are sending in parts) and the price list of the transport company. It is assumed that shipping a sofa in parcels costs between 20 and 30 PLN for a single shipment. In the case of domestic sofas, this is usually at least 4-5 parcels, which generates a total cost of around 150 PLN.

You will pay a similar amount for sending a sofa in its entirety, although a lot depends on how far the courier has to travel to deliver the parcel to its destination. Some costs are also generated by the protection of the sofa for the time of transit – stretch film, packing tape, cardboard boxes – all of this affects the total cost of the undertaking.