creative thinkers - moving furniture.... Help!!!

[SandrA9810]

ok, so i have a slight problem. During the move, a back support piece for the dresser broke. I finally fixed it last night. When we went to move the dresser into place, the same thing happened that broke it in the first place. Well the L bracket bent, so i replaced it with 3. One in the center and one on each end. It should hold.

the support piece is a 2ft board that fastens to the bottom of the dresser in the back. Without it on, it causes the dresser to sag with the mirror on. And what's breaking it, is trying to move it across the carpeting. We're not strong enough to lift it entirely off the carpet to set it in place against the wall.

And i can't put it against the wall without the mirror because of the support braces screw into the back.

Any ideas on how to move the furniture into place with the mirror on??? Btw, it's particle board and press board, so it's really heavy. And it's starting to split easily.
Three things broke in the move to the bedroom set. I got the other two fixed. And my aunt is ready to give the mirror to salvation army. She's just that fed up.
I really want to solve it and accomplish it before i leave tomorrow.

For a particle/pressboard set held together by pegs rather than screws has done really well for 25 yrs.

 

[happily single]

What about those furniture sliders? You can get them at Target in the "as seen on tv" section.

 

[golfgal]

What about those furniture sliders? You can get them at Target in the "as seen on tv" section.

I agree-these things are GREAT. You can keep them under this dresser if you need to move it often to clean behind, etc. too. I do this with our tv stand and a few other things that get moved in and out a lot.

 

[akcire]

If you take the drawers out you should be able to move it with the dresser frame and mirror attached.

 

[SandrA9810]

I did use the furniture sliders. I was slightly worried about the back end being too high up because the brace was already like 1/16" bigger than the original. But it worked out fine. I put two on the front corner and the other two on each end of the back brace. And I was able to get them almost entirely underneath the dresser so you don't even see them.

And this was trying to move it without the drawers in it. particle board weighs a ton and is nothing like real wood. Although if it was real wood and held together with screws instead of pegs, we wouldn't have had the issue.

 

[tommya60]

You might try parchment paper "runners" across the carpet in the path. The paper is smooth, so the carpet fibers won't catch as you slide the furniture in place. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but you might try it.