Furniture assembly • billed by the hour

Furniture Assembly in New Orleans

Flat-pack boxes from IKEA, Wayfair or Amazon stacked in the hallway? A bed that came apart for the move and now has to go back together? AD Movers does furniture assembly in New Orleans by the hour, and most jobs need just one tech. The tech brings drills, bits, hex keys, a level and wall anchors, reads the manual you already have, and checks that drawers run straight and the piece sits level before it is called done.

We also take things apart: a dining table going into storage, a crib the kids have outgrown, a desk that won’t fit through the new office door. Each piece’s hardware goes into its own labeled bag so the next build is easy.

Fully Insured Since 2013 Tools and anchors brought
Hourly per tech
2-hour minimum
Most jobs: 1 tech

What we put together

  • Platform beds, bunk beds, cribs and storage beds
  • Dressers, wardrobes (IKEA PAX and similar), bookcases
  • Desks, office chairs, TV stands, dining tables
  • Patio sets, shelving units and storage cabinets
  • Beds and tables taken apart for a move or storage, rebuilt at the new place

Why people hand it off

  • A wardrobe or bunk bed is a two-person lift partway through, even when the manual says one
  • Cam locks over-tightened into particleboard strip and never hold again
  • A drawer that sticks usually means a frame that is out of square, not a bad drawer
  • The time goes to unpacking, sorting and reading, and a tech who has built the piece before skips most of it

Anchoring tall furniture

  • The federal safety agency (CPSC) advises anchoring dressers and other tall pieces to the wall to prevent tip-overs
  • Most new dressers ship with a tip-over kit; we install it, and bring our own hardware when the kit is missing or flimsy
  • Older New Orleans houses often have plaster or brick walls instead of drywall; we pick the anchor to match the wall, or tell you if a wall won’t hold one
  • Renting? Ask your landlord first; the holes are small but they are holes

Before the tech arrives

  • Leave the boxes in the room where the piece will live; a built wardrobe rarely fits through a door
  • Clear a floor space a bit larger than the finished piece
  • Text us the brand and model or a photo of the box so we can tell you a time estimate
  • Don’t throw away the hardware bags or the manual; if a part is missing, we photograph it so you can claim it from the store

How assembly is billed

Hourly
Part of the billHow it works
Service fee (New Orleans, Metairie, Kenner, Harahan, Westbank, Slidell, Northshore)Flat, shown in your quote
LaborHourly, per tech on the job
Minimum2 hours
Combined with a moveRebuilding the furniture we moved is part of the move time
ChangesConfirmed before we start; nothing added without your OK
Combined with a moveRebuilding the furniture we moved is part of the move time
ChangesConfirmed before we start; nothing added without your OK

Most assembly jobs are done by one tech. For heavy or tall builds like a large wardrobe or a bunk bed, a second tech can come at the same hourly rate, and we tell you up front if your list needs one.

Moving with us too? Our crews take apart and rebuild beds, tables and desks as part of the move, so you only need a separate assembly visit for new boxed furniture. Cardboard left over from a big build can go out with our junk removal service.

Furniture Assembly in New Orleans — We Read the Diagram So You Don’t Have To

If you’ve ever spent an afternoon wrestling a flat-pack wardrobe — parts spread across the floor, one bag of screws mysteriously short — you already know why this service exists. Our crews assemble furniture every single week as part of moves, so a bed frame that eats someone’s Saturday takes us twenty minutes with the right drivers and a system.

What We Assemble

  • Flat-pack everything: IKEA, Wayfair, Amazon — wardrobes, dressers, desks, bookcases
  • Bed frames and platform beds, from simple rails to storage beds with drawers
  • Office setups: desks, chairs, conference tables — single pieces or a whole floor
  • Outdoor furniture and grills — patio sets show up in a hundred pieces, we send them back in four
  • Disassembly too: the sleigh bed that will not fit through a Bywater doorway in one piece comes apart and goes back together at the new house, hardware bagged and labeled

The Move-Day Combo That Saves the Most Time

Book assembly with your move and the crew that carried the boxes builds the beds before they leave. Kids sleeping in their own beds on night one at the new house — that’s the whole point. It’s the single most-thanked thing we do.

How Pricing Works

Hourly, same as our moving labor — with your move or as a stand-alone visit. Tell us what needs building in the instant price tool (a photo of the boxes helps) and we’ll tell you roughly how long it takes before anyone opens a manual.

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Assembly Questions

Do you bring tools?

Everything — drivers, hex keys, rubber mallets, levels. You supply the furniture and the electrical outlet.

What if parts are missing or something arrives damaged?

We’ll spot it early, photograph it, and stop before forcing anything — so your warranty claim is clean and easy.

Can you mount the TV too?

Yes — TV mounting and smart home device installation book on the same visit.

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