Your first step when preparing a sleeper sofa for moving is to secure the bed mechanism of the sofa.
The 2 pictures below are examples of the preparation of a sleeper sofa (also called a hideabed or sofabed) for moving. They show the tie off necessary between the bed mechanism and the sofa-bed’s front kick-board to prevent the bed from unexpectedly springing out as it’s being moved. This little moving tip can save you from a very severe and potentially very costly moving injury!
Why Do You Need to Secure the Bed Mechanism
Therefore, of all the steps in moving a sofabed, this one is extremely important! What can happen if this tie off is not done is that a large, heavy, impossible to control object can suddenly leap out at you while you’re in the midst of moving a
How to Tie Down the Bed Mechanism of a Sleeper Sofa
To tie down the bed portion of your hide-a-bed, you will need a 6 to 8 feet long length of strong strapping (or rope, or twine but strapping is preferred). You can also use movers tape. Make sure that you tie it around both the flat kick-board in front of the sofa-bed and the top of the spring bed mechanism in front just as shown in the picture above.
Tie it securely by tightly double or triple knotting it. Be sure to test that it is completely secured by trying to pull out the bed section against this restraint before you attempt to move your sleeper sofa.
If you use tape to restrain the bed mechanism, you’ll need 2 layers of it in order to make a tape strap that will be strong enough to hold the bed and at the same time not get tape residue all over it. You make the strap by pulling out a 6 to 8 feet length of tape and then making 2-3 passes back upon it with more tape, sticky side down. As you reverse wind the tape you weld the sticky sides together and you twist it and wrap it so that no stickum is exposed when you’re done. This way you’re creating a multi-layered strong tape strap with no exposed stickum to get onto the
Now your sleeper sofa is ready to be blanket wrapped prior to moving just as is done when moving a couch.
The actual process of moving a sofabed is also quite similar to the process of relocating a couch – it is a difficult and risky job that is better left to the professionals. They have
