{"id":1895,"date":"2013-04-22T14:52:38","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T13:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/?p=1895"},"modified":"2025-04-10T14:29:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:29:23","slug":"tips-for-shipping-a-fireplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/tips-for-shipping-a-fireplace","title":{"rendered":"Tips For Shipping A Fireplace"},"content":{"rendered":"

Home renovation isn\u2019t to be taken lightly, and finding the right pieces to match your vision can take time, a little ingenuity and some thinking outside the box. As is often the case, the perfect item is found a couple of hundred miles away from your home, but that needn\u2019t stop you from placing your order, even for something as large and heavy as a fireplace. So here are our tip tips for shipping a fireplace, because you have to start somewhere (and don\u2019t forget, many of these tips apply to any large or bulky items).<\/p>\n

Size does matter, at least in this instance. Delivery costs are based on size, just as much as they are on weight. In order to get accurate prices, try to be as accurate in your measurements as possible, it could help reduce costs significantly if you fall in to a smaller category of delivery.<\/p>\n

As with size, weight is important. Your best guestimate will give you some idea of costing, and potential delivery services can provide you with an accurate costing once they\u2019ve collected your item.<\/p>\n

Packaging is key. Fireplaces come in all sorts of shapes and forms, not just cast iron period appropriate, or marble surrounds. Your delivery service should be able to advise you what packaging is required for the type of courier delivery<\/a> service you\u2019re picked. For example, pallet services usually require your item is only as wide as the pallet, is properly protected and then shrink wrapped and strapped to the pallet for transport. Don\u2019t end up with a fireplace that can\u2019t be delivered because it\u2019s not been properly packaged.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re not going to be there when your fireplace is sent to you then it\u2019s important to be clear what the seller will and won\u2019t do. Some delivery services will package your item for you, for a fee, but it will need to be organised ahead of time.<\/p>\n

Make sure that your delivery service can actually deliver your fireplace to you. Be aware that pallet deliveries rarely deliver to your front door, and certainly won\u2019t bring your fireplace into the house for you. Kerbside delivery means exactly that, so if you have stairs to your property or live alone, try to organise friends to help you move your new fireplace in to its new home rather than put your back out struggling by yourself.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget, Delivery Quote Compare can help you find the best prices for shipping your fireplace to you. To get started, use our online form to give us some details and you\u2019ll receive free quotes for you to compare from delivery services that can help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Home renovation isn\u2019t to be taken lightly, and finding the right pieces to match your vision can take time, a little ingenuity and some thinking outside the box. As is often the case, the perfect item is found a couple of hundred miles away from your home, but that needn\u2019t stop you from placing your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[65],"tags":[379,378,377],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1895"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6353,"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895\/revisions\/6353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deliveryquotecompare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}