What it takes to ship flooring and floor coverings
When you ship flooring or coverings, packaging is everything. While the mode and carrier you choose may significantly impact your overall shipment, effective packaging is the first step to ensure your flooring arrives as intended at its destination.
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Ship Flooring: Best Packaging Tips for Safe Shipping
| Flooring | Packaging tips |
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| Small ceramic or stone tiles |
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| Large ceramic or stone pieces |
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| Carpet |
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Important tips to transport flooring
- 1. Package carefully: Ensure flooring materials are securely packaged to prevent damage. Use appropriate materials like stretch wrap, corner protectors, and moving blankets.
- 2. Insure Your Goods: Protect your valuable flooring materials by considering additional shipper's insurance coverage.
- 3. Palletize Properly: When shipping large quantities, arrange the boxes on a pallet and secure them with strapping to prevent any movement during transport.
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Crating pallets & stacking
Carriers prefer palletized loads to maximize trailer space, making shipping more convenient for everyone.
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Banding & wrapping pallets
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Blocking & bracing pallets
When prepping your items on a pallet ensure they are properly balanced and secured in place.
Watch nowCommonly transported flooring materials
Working with a freight service provider, like Freightquote, allows you to ship various shapes, sizes, and materials of flooring with a safe and efficient shipping strategy.
Hardwood flooring
Engineered hardwood, luxury vinyl planks, and more.
Carpet & floor mats
Rubberized mats, rolled carpets, and beyond.
Tile & laminate
Palletized tiles, large slabs like ceramic, marble, limestone, granite, and more.
While these are common products we ship regularly, it is not an exhaustive list of our flooring capabilities. In the past, our freight experts have even handled specialized basketball court hardwood flooring.