A renovation is exciting until you realise how much has to be moved out of the way before the work can start, and that is where a hire van quietly earns its place. Whether you are stripping out a single room or living around a whole-house project, the furniture, boxes and belongings in the way have to go somewhere, and a van lets you shift them to storage, to a relative’s, or simply out and back as each phase finishes. For van hire in Warrington to keep a renovation moving, the depot at Cockhedge has the right size of vehicle for whatever needs clearing.
Clearing the Rooms Before the Work Starts
Before a wall comes down or a floor comes up, the room has to be emptied, and trying to do that with a car turns an afternoon’s work into a week of trips. A van lets you clear a room, or a whole floor, in one or two loads, moving furniture and boxes to wherever they are being kept while the work goes on. Being honest about how much there is to shift, and over how many phases, is what tells you the size of van to book and whether a single day or a longer arrangement makes more sense.
Choosing the Right Van for the Clear-Out
For a single room or a modest amount of furniture, a short wheelbase medium roof van is easy to drive and park outside the house while you load. For a larger clearance, where wardrobes, sofas, beds and the contents of several rooms all need to move at once, a long wheelbase high roof van gives the height to stand furniture upright and the length to lay things flat. If part of the job is also hauling out old units, ripped-up flooring or building debris, that is a different load again, and our piece on home renovation waste weighs a van against a skip for clearing it.
Protecting Furniture in Transit
Furniture that is only going into storage for a few weeks still needs to survive the journey there and back. Disassemble what you can, keep the fixings in a labelled bag taped to the piece, and wrap anything with a vulnerable finish before it goes in the van. Load the heaviest items first and against the bulkhead, fill the gaps with soft furnishings so nothing slides, and strap the load using the van’s internal lashing rails. Our guide on moving furniture safely with a van covers the protection side in more detail.
Phasing the Hire Around the Project
Renovations rarely run to a single tidy day, so it is worth matching the hire to how the project actually unfolds. A one-day hire suits a single clear-out at the start, while a longer arrangement makes more sense if you are moving things out and back across several weekends. If a project is spread over weeks, our post on hiring a van for a house extension project looks at how a longer hire works around staged building work. Whether the job is in the town centre, out toward Walton van hire or over in Woolston van hire, every van sits within 3.5 tonnes and drives on an ordinary category B car licence.
Collecting the Van
Our depot is in the centre of Warrington at Cockhedge, by the main entrance to the shopping centre and Asda, open Monday to Saturday from 8am to 4pm and closed on Sundays, with no deposit to find on most of the fleet and secure on-site car parking while the van is out. Bring your photocard driving licence and your DVLA check code when you collect so we can confirm your entitlement and get you on your way.
To sort a van for a renovation clear-out and get the right size for what you are moving, call us on 01925 396 222 to check availability, or get in touch through the contact us page.
