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Standard packing advice is written for temperate conditions. It covers how to stop things breaking and says nothing about what happens to a sealed box that spends an afternoon in a truck in the sun, or a summer in a storage unit.

Just-In-Time Moving packs homes across St. George and Washington County, either as part of a move or on its own.

What heat does inside a box

The obvious casualties are the ones people learn about once. Candles melt, and a melted candle ruins whatever it was packed with rather than only itself. Anything with a wax, gel or resin base does the same: some cosmetics, art supplies, certain cleaning products.

Then the less obvious ones. Adhesives soften, so labels lift and box tape can let go, which is why boxes going into heat get taped properly rather than adequately. Vinyl records warp. Photographs stick together. Batteries do not enjoy it and neither do screens.

The practical rule is simple: anything on that list travels with you in your own vehicle, or goes onto the truck last and comes off first. Decide which before packing day, not while a crew is holding the box.

Packing for storage

If anything is going into a unit for a season, pack it differently from things going straight into a house.

Do not seal upholstery or fabric tightly in plastic. A unit goes through real temperature swings and trapped moisture is what ruins soft furnishings. Cover rather than wrap airtight.

Keep everything off the concrete on boards or pallets. Leave an aisle down the middle, which almost nobody does and almost everybody regrets, because retrieving one item from a wall-to-wall unit means unloading half of it.

Label boxes on the side facing the aisle rather than the top, since once stacked that is the only face you can read.

Nothing perishable, nothing scented, no aerosols.

The ordinary rules still apply

Fill every box to the top so it does not crush under whatever is stacked on it. Small boxes for heavy things, large boxes for light bulky things, which people reliably do backwards. Plates on edge like records rather than stacked flat.

Documents, jewellery, medication and anything irreplaceable travel with you.

The estimate is free and comes in writing after we have seen what there is, since the amount of glass in a house matters far more than its size.

Call (435) 862-3080 or email office@movingjustintime.com.