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Videos

Moving tips videos for Houston, fifteen seconds at a time

Short, silent videos you can watch with the sound off: how renting moving bins works, how many you need, what to pack first, what a Houston move costs, and what happens to cardboard afterwards. Each one has the full text next to it, and each links to the longer guide it came from.

How bin rental works

How Bin & Back moving bin rental works (12 seconds, no sound)
Four steps in 12 seconds: book online, we deliver bins, two dollies, labels and zip ties, you pack and stack, and we pick up at your new place. From $119 with free delivery within 30 miles of downtown Houston.

The long version: how moving bin rental works and renting moving boxes in Houston.

Everything included with a Bin & Back rental (10 seconds, no sound)
One week or two, two dollies with every order, room labels and zip ties, sanitized bins, weekend delivery at the same price, free delivery within 30 miles, pickup from a different address, and a person who texts back.

Every package and add-on is on the pricing page.

How many moving bins do you need? (10 seconds, no sound)
The bin count by home size: 25 for a studio or one-bedroom, 40 for two bedrooms, 60 for three, 80 for four and 100 for five or more, with two-week delivered prices. Rule of thumb: 15 to 20 bins per bedroom plus 10 for the kitchen.

Get your own number from the moving box calculator.

Bins or cardboard

Cardboard boxes vs rented bins for a Houston two-bedroom (13 seconds, no sound)
The receipt for 40 cardboard boxes, tape and markers, plus the store trips, folding, breaking down and bulk trash day, against 40 bins delivered and picked up for $219 for two weeks.

The honest receipt, including when cardboard wins: plastic bins vs cardboard boxes.

What to do with 48 empty moving boxes in Houston (11 seconds, no sound)
The part of the move nobody plans for: Houston takes cardboard in the green cart only if it is flattened to three feet or less, which means one cart and many pickup days, or a drive. Rented bins get picked up from your new place.

The city's rule and where to take a pile of boxes: where to get moving boxes in Houston.

Moving in Houston heat with cardboard (14 seconds, no sound)
97 degrees, 80% humidity and a storm at 3 pm: what happens to cardboard on a Houston moving day, and lidded, stackable, weather-proof bins delivered to your door.
Cardboard plus Houston humidity (11 seconds, no sound)
Cardboard plus Houston humidity equals soup. Plastic bins plus Houston humidity equals still bins.

Surviving a summer move: moving in Houston heat and rain.

Planning a Houston move

What to pack first: a 14-day packing order (15 seconds, no sound)
Day 14: storage, decor and off-season clothes. Day 7: books, most clothes, half the kitchen. Day 3: the rest of the kitchen, bathrooms, garage. Day 1: bedding, chargers and the open-first box. Label the room it is going to, on two sides.

Day by day: how to pack for a move in two weeks.

Apartment move: the elevator window is the clock (14 seconds, no sound)
In an apartment move the elevator reservation sets the pace. Same-size bins stack on a dolly; mixed cardboard boxes do not. Ask the leasing office about move-in hours.

Elevators, insurance letters and move-in hours: moving into a Houston apartment.

What a two-bedroom move costs in Houston (14 seconds, no sound)
Using prices companies publish: movers for four hours plus a trip fee $540, new boxes and tape $100 to $150 or 40 bins for a week $169, change of address $1.25, deposits on top. About $640 to $725 before deposits; six hours adds $230.

Every number and its source: what it costs to move in Houston.

Moving to Houston: five things nobody tells you (16 seconds, no sound)
No state income tax (property tax makes up for it), you pick your electricity provider, check the flood map for every address, 30 days to register your car and 90 for a Texas license, and a July normal high of 94.5°F, so move at 7 am.

The newcomer guide: moving to Houston.

Donate before you pack: who takes furniture in Houston (13 seconds, no sound)
Every box you don't pack is a box you don't carry. Houston Furniture Bank (free pickup, one to two weeks' notice), Salvation Army (free pickup, scheduled by ZIP) and Habitat ReStore (cabinets, doors, appliances under 10 years). Then count what is left.

Addresses, pickup rules and heavy trash: donate before a Houston move.

Ready to skip the cardboard?

Book your bins today. We'll bring them tomorrow.

Free delivery and pickup within 30 miles of downtown. Two dollies with every order. One week or two. No cardboard, no tape, no trash pile on the curb.

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