Junk Removal Questions, Answered

By the load. The price is set by how much truck space your items take up, so the time the job takes never changes your bill.

Yes. Labor, transport, and all disposal and dump fees are included in the quoted price. Nothing is added at the curb.

Yes. The flat price you approve before loading begins is the price you pay.

No. Stairs, basements, long carries, and awkward access are all covered by the flat quote.

We remove furniture, electronics, boxes, clothing, toys, general clutter, and most everyday household goods. For safety we can't take hazardous materials like paint, chemicals, or fuels.

Not necessarily, as long as the items are accessible and we've arranged payment, our crew can complete many jobs while you're away. We'll text photos when we're done.

Yes. We're a full-service crew, so we lift everything from wherever it sits, upstairs bedrooms, hallways, or back rooms, and protect your floors and walls on the way out.

We hold same-day and next-day slots throughout Wake and Johnston County. Book earlier in the day for the best chance at a same-day window.

Our minimum is a single-item pickup, which starts around $99 and includes loading, hauling and disposal. Most business jobs are larger, so we quote a flat price based on how much of the truck the items fill. Whether it's one broken desk or a full office suite in Wake & Johnston County, you get the number upfront, with no hourly charges or surprise fees.

The cost depends on how much needs to go, since we price by truck volume rather than by the hour. A few chairs might be a small partial load, while a full office or warehouse clear-out can take several loads. Businesses in Wake & Johnston County get one flat quote upfront that includes labor, loading from anywhere on the property, transport and dump fees.

The cheapest options are donating usable furniture and equipment, offering items free online for pickup, or using your town's bulky-item collection where it applies. Many commercial properties aren't eligible for residential curbside pickup, though, and hauling it yourself means a truck, labor and landfill fees. When your Garner business has more than a few items or a deadline, a flat-rate pickup that donates and recycles first is usually the better value.

Furniture removal costs what it does because the price covers a crew, careful carrying through stairwells and doorways, truck space, fuel, and donation or disposal drop-offs. Bulky pieces like sectionals and sleeper sofas also take up a lot of room in the truck. We keep it fair across Wake & Johnston County with flat, volume-based quotes, so you pay for the space your furniture uses, never by the hour, with no surprise dump fees.

A $99 single-item furniture pickup includes the crew carrying the piece out of your home, even from an upstairs bedroom or tight stairwell, plus loading, transport, and all disposal fees. We protect floors and doorways on the way out. If the piece is still usable, we try a local charity or ReStore before anything else. It's available same-day or next-day across Wake & Johnston County.

Usually not at the curb. Most curbside recycling programs in Wake & Johnston County don't accept foam packaging, so check your town or county drop-off list for foam collection before you toss it. If you've just had new furniture delivered, we can take the old piece along with the leftover foam and boxes in the same pickup, recycling the cardboard and handling the rest for you.

It can cost little or nothing if you do the work yourself: some retailers haul away the old unit when delivering a new one, and scrap recyclers may accept metal appliances you drop off. If you need it carried out for you, our flat quote starts around $99 for a single appliance in Wake & Johnston County, with refrigerant units and metal routed to proper recycling.

The 50/50 rule is a common guideline: if an appliance is past about half its expected lifespan and a repair would cost more than half the price of a new one, replacing it usually makes more sense. It's a rule of thumb, not a guarantee, so get a repair quote first. If you decide to replace it, we can haul the old unit away anywhere in Wake & Johnston County and send it for recycling.

The best way depends on the appliance's condition. Working units can often be donated or sold, scrap recyclers accept many metal appliances you drop off yourself, and some towns collect large appliances at the curb or at county convenience centers. If you can't move it or don't have a truck, our crew carries it out from anywhere in the home and sends the metal and refrigerant to proper recycling, anywhere in Wake & Johnston County.

The best way is to make sure it gets recycled, because refrigerators contain refrigerant that has to be recovered at a proper facility before the metal is scrapped. A working fridge can be donated or sold, so check those options first. Otherwise, empty it and our crew removes it from your kitchen or garage, protects your floors on the way out, and routes it to recycling. Single-appliance pickups start around $99 across Wake & Johnston County.

Free options depend on your town. Some Wake & Johnston County municipalities include mattresses in scheduled curbside bulky pickup at no extra charge, and some charities accept mattresses in excellent condition. Landfills and convenience centers may charge a fee, so call ahead. If the free routes don't fit your schedule, our single-item pickup starts around $99 and includes carrying it out, transport, and disposal.

Usually not. Many apartment complexes, HOAs, and trash haulers don't allow mattresses in regular dumpsters because they're bulky, can jam compactors, and may carry bed bugs, and some add a fee if you do it anyway. Check your lease or hauler's rules first. In Wake & Johnston County, a scheduled bulky pickup, a county drop-off, or a junk removal pickup is the safer route.

The easiest way is to have it picked up from where it sits, so you never wrestle it down the stairs. Our crew removes the mattress, box spring, and frame in one visit, wraps it if needed, and takes it to recycling where available. Pickup is same-day or next-day across Wake & Johnston County, and the flat quote includes all disposal fees, so there's nothing else to arrange.

Mattresses cost more to remove than you might expect because they're bulky, awkward to carry, and some landfills and recyclers charge handling fees for them. Breaking them down for recycling also takes extra labor at the facility. We keep it predictable: single-item pickups start around $99 in Wake & Johnston County, and that flat price already includes the crew, transport, and disposal fees.

Most estate cleanouts take anywhere from a few hours to a couple of days, depending on the size of the home, how full it is, and how much sorting the family wants. A small apartment can often be finished in one visit, while a large house with a packed basement and garage may take longer. We'll estimate timing during your quote and can schedule around closings in Wake & Johnston County.

The cost depends on how much needs to be removed. We price estate cleanouts by the total volume across the property, quoted as one flat rate before work begins, which includes labor, loading, transport, and disposal fees. There's no hourly billing, so taking care with keepsakes doesn't raise the price. We donate usable items to local charities and work with families and executors throughout Wake & Johnston County.

Cleanouts are priced by volume: the total space the items fill in our truck, whether that's one room or an entire house. You get a single flat quote, in person or from photos, covering the crew, loading, transport, and dump fees. For estates, that makes it easy for executors to approve and record the cost. The price you approve before we start is the price you pay, anywhere in Wake & Johnston County.

The best way is to go slowly at first: gather your siblings or the executor, pull out important papers, photos, and keepsakes, and agree on what each person wants before anything leaves the home. Then decide what to sell or donate, and leave the rest to a cleanout crew. Ours clears the house room by room, sets aside any documents or valuables we find, and donates what we can across Wake & Johnston County.

Most garages take 2 to 4 hours for our crew, depending on how full the space is and how much needs sorting for donation and recycling. A lightly cluttered garage can go faster, while a packed one with heavy items may take longer. Either way it's usually a single visit, so most Wake & Johnston County customers can park inside again the same day.

A garage cleanout is the removal of everything you no longer want from your garage: old furniture, boxes, tools, bikes, exercise equipment, yard gear, and general clutter. Our crew sorts, lifts, and hauls it all, donating and recycling what we can before anything goes to the landfill. We can't take hazardous items like paint, chemicals, or motor oil, but we'll point you to local drop-offs in Wake & Johnston County.

Start by deciding what stays, then group the rest into donate, recycle, and trash, and set aside hazardous items like paint and chemicals for a county drop-off. Work one wall or corner at a time so the job doesn't get overwhelming. If the pile is too big or heavy to handle yourself, our crew can do the lifting and hauling in one visit anywhere in Wake & Johnston County, with no need to pre-sort.

Call or request a quote, send a few photos of the unit, and we'll give you a flat price. Then arrange gate access or a unit code with the facility, and our crew loads everything, sets aside donations and recyclables, and leaves the unit swept and empty. We work storage facilities across Wake & Johnston County, often same-day or next-day, and you don't need to be there.

Your rights as a storage renter come mainly from your rental agreement and North Carolina's self-service storage law. In general, a facility must give you written notice before it can sell or dispose of a unit's contents over unpaid rent, so read your lease and keep your contact details current. For a specific dispute, ask the facility manager or a North Carolina attorney. We simply help you empty the unit once you're ready.

If you keep the unit, you simply keep paying rent every month for things you may not need. If rent goes unpaid, the facility can add late fees, lock you out, and, after the required notice, sell or dispose of the contents. If you move out and leave items behind, the facility may charge a cleanout fee. To avoid that, we can empty your unit in Garner or anywhere in Wake & Johnston County, often same-day or next-day.

For a small amount, you can haul it to a landfill or transfer station yourself and pay the tipping fee, or check whether your trash service accepts bagged debris. For a kitchen or bathroom remodel, booking a debris pickup is usually easier: we load drywall, cabinets, flooring and fixtures from wherever they sit and sweep up after. Homeowners in Garner and nearby towns can often get same-day or next-day pickup.

Debris removal costs are calculated from the volume and type of material, measured as the share of the truck it fills. We look at the pile in person or from photos, then quote one flat price that covers labor, loading, transport and dump fees. Because the price isn't hourly, an upstairs tear-out or a hard-to-reach basement in Wake & Johnston County costs the same as debris sitting at the curb.

You can rent a dumpster, haul loads to a landfill yourself, or hire a crew to load and remove it for you. A dumpster sits on your driveway and still needs you to fill it, while a hauling service does the lifting and takes everything in one trip or on a recurring schedule. We remove non-hazardous construction debris across Garner and Wake & Johnston County (no asbestos) and recycle wood, metal and concrete where possible.

The cheapest way is to give away a working hot tub, listing it free online for someone willing to drain, disconnect and move it themselves. If it's broken, you can cut it up and haul it to a landfill, but that takes tools, a truck and a tipping fee. If you'd rather skip the work, we remove it in a single visit from yards across Wake & Johnston County and recycle the metal and components.

Usually not. Landfills and transfer stations generally charge for bulky loads by weight, and county convenience centers in Wake and Johnston County may not accept an item that large, so check your county's solid waste rules before you load one. Our flat removal price already includes disposal fees, which saves you renting a trailer, cutting up the tub and paying at the scale.

Have the power turned off at the breaker and the tub drained, then it can be cut into sections, loaded and hauled to a recycler or landfill. That's a heavy, messy job for one homeowner, which is why most people book a removal crew. We dismantle and carry spas out of Garner-area backyards without damaging decks or fences, then separate metal and recyclable parts so less goes to the landfill.

Usually only a little. Most of a hot tub is acrylic, fiberglass, wood and foam with low scrap value; the motor, pump, heater and wiring hold some metal, but rarely enough to cover the effort of tearing it down. That's why we separate the metal parts for recycling during removal instead of counting on a payout. For homeowners in Wake & Johnston County, a flat-rate removal is usually simpler than scrapping it yourself.

Large amounts of yard waste can be composted at home, bagged or bundled for your town's curbside collection in batches, or hauled to a yard waste or mulch facility. If the pile is bigger than your weekly pickup allows, we can load it all in one visit, whether it's brush, leaves, limbs, or old landscaping. Across Wake & Johnston County, we route green waste to composting and mulching rather than the landfill.

Yard cleanup cost depends on how much debris there is and what it is. For the haul-away, we price by the volume loaded into our truck, with a flat quote upfront that includes labor, loading, transport, and disposal, never an hourly rate. A small pile costs far less than a full load. If trees need felling, a tree service handles that first, then we clear the debris anywhere in Wake & Johnston County.

The best way depends on the amount. For regular trimmings, your town's curbside yard waste collection or a home compost pile works well. For big jobs like storm cleanup, overgrown lots, or removed shrubs, a single haul-away is usually faster than weeks of curbside pickups. We load branches, brush, and leaves from anywhere on your property in Wake & Johnston County and send green waste to composting and mulching facilities.

Branch haul-away is priced by the volume the branches fill in our truck, not by the hour, and the flat quote includes loading, transport, and disposal fees. A small pile of limbs costs far less than a full load of storm debris. We take cut limbs and sections within our handling limits; standing trees need a tree service first. We give upfront quotes across Wake & Johnston County, in person or from photos.

Full insulation removal is a specialty job, usually done by insulation or abatement contractors with industrial vacuums and protective gear, and they typically price it by square footage and material type. Older vermiculite insulation can contain asbestos, so have it tested first. We don't remove installed insulation, but we can clear stored items so the specialist has open access. Ask a few Wake & Johnston County insulation contractors for quotes.

The best way is to work in short sessions early in the day, before the attic heats up, and sort items into keep, donate, and toss as you go. Wear a mask and gloves, step only on joists or flooring, and have a helper take boxes at the bottom of the ladder. If the heat, a tight hatch, or heavy pieces make it unsafe, our Wake & Johnston County crew handles the carrying and hauling for you.

An attic cleanout is the removal of stored items you no longer want from your attic: old boxes, holiday decorations, furniture, luggage, and anything left behind by previous owners. Our crew brings everything down safely through the hatch or pull-down ladder, sorts it for donation and recycling, and hauls the rest away. It doesn't include removing installed insulation. We offer attic cleanouts across Wake & Johnston County with flat, upfront quotes.

Start with a walkthrough to mark what stays, then sort the rest into donate, recycle, and trash piles, keeping hazardous items like old paint and chemicals separate for a county drop-off. Watch for damp boxes or mold, and wear gloves and a mask. Hauling heavy items up narrow stairs is the hardest part, so many Wake & Johnston County homeowners have our crew handle the lifting and removal in one visit.

Our minimum is a single-item pickup, which starts around $99 for one piece such as an old couch, treadmill, or chest freezer sitting in the basement. That covers carrying it up the stairs, loading, transport, and disposal. Extra items added to the same visit are priced by the additional truck space they take, so clearing a whole basement in Wake & Johnston County usually works out to better value per item.

It's usually called a foreclosure cleanout, trash-out, or REO cleanout, and it's part of the wider field of property preservation. The job means removing abandoned belongings, furniture, trash, and debris so a bank-owned or distressed property can be secured, listed, or resold. We provide trash-outs across Wake & Johnston County, leaving the home broom-clean with photos for your records.

You can, but you shouldn't count on getting it back. After a foreclosure, belongings left in the home are generally treated as abandoned once the former owner's time to remove them has passed, and the bank or new owner can have them cleared. North Carolina rules set that timeline, so check your notices or ask an attorney. We clear properties across Wake & Johnston County only once the owner has the legal right to do so.

The fastest way is to hire a full-service crew that sorts, lifts, and hauls everything in one visit, instead of making repeated trips to the dump yourself. Before we arrive, set aside anything that stays and make sure we have access. For landlords turning over a rental in Garner or anywhere in Wake & Johnston County, we offer same-day and next-day pickup, and many units are cleared in a single visit.

In general, after a court-ordered eviction the tenant gets a limited window to collect their belongings, and anything left after that may be treated as abandoned and removed by the landlord. North Carolina rules set that timeline, and your lease may add terms, so review it and talk with an attorney before touching anything. We haul only once the landlord or owner has the legal right to clear the unit, anywhere in Wake & Johnston County.

Many hoarder cleanups take one to three days, though a larger or heavily packed home may be handled in phases over a longer stretch. The pace also depends on how much sorting the family wants to do as we go. At the consultation we give you a realistic timeline for your Wake or Johnston County home, and we can often start same-day or next-day when the situation is urgent.

The fastest way is a planned, team-based cleanout: agree in advance on what must be kept, clear safe paths to the exits first, then work room by room with enough people and truck space to haul everything in as few visits as possible. Rushing without the resident's trust often slows things down. Our crew in Wake & Johnston County works respectfully, sorts as we go, and can often start same-day or next-day when it's urgent.

It depends on the shed's size, material and construction, plus whether it sits on a concrete slab or is still full of stuff. We don't charge by the hour; we give a flat quote after a quick look or a few photos, and it includes teardown, loading, hauling and disposal fees. Homeowners in Wake & Johnston County get the exact price before the crew starts, with no surprises on the day.

A 12x12 shed is a mid-size teardown, and the price depends on whether it's wood, metal or plastic, how it's anchored, and whether there's a floor or slab to remove. A wood shed with a plywood floor creates more debris than a prefab metal kit of the same size. Send us a photo or two and we'll give you a flat, all-in quote for your Garner-area yard, often the same day.

A 10x12 shed is one of the most common sizes we remove, and the cost comes down to its material, condition and what's left inside. Since we don't charge by the hour, a tricky teardown won't raise the price, but a shed packed with tools and junk adds volume to the load. We quote one flat price for Wake & Johnston County homeowners that covers teardown, contents, hauling and disposal.

The cheapest way is to give away a shed that's still in good shape, offering it free to anyone who will take it apart and haul it themselves. You can also tear it down yourself and pay a landfill tipping fee, which takes tools, a truck and often a full weekend. If you'd rather skip the work, we remove sheds across Garner and Wake & Johnston County for one flat price and recycle the metal and usable lumber.

TVs and computer equipment such as desktops, laptops and monitors should never go in the trash, and North Carolina bans them from landfills. Printers, phones, tablets and anything with a rechargeable lithium battery should be recycled too, since crushed batteries can start fires in garbage trucks. We collect these items from homes and businesses across Wake & Johnston County and route them to certified electronics recyclers.

Ordinary household alkaline batteries can generally go in the trash in North Carolina, but car and other lead-acid batteries are banned from landfills, and rechargeable lithium-ion batteries should be recycled because they can spark fires. County drop-off centers in Wake and Johnston County and many retailers accept them. When we pick up electronics, tell us about any loose batteries or devices with built-in batteries so we can plan how they're handled.

The best way is to reuse first and recycle the rest: donate or sell devices that still work, wipe or remove hard drives, then take the remainder to a certified electronics recycler. For a single laptop, a county drop-off is easy. For a garage full of old TVs or an office of computers in Wake & Johnston County, a pickup saves the trips; we load from anywhere on the property and route everything to certified recyclers.

Take it to a free public drop-off: Wake and Johnston County residents can generally recycle household electronics at county convenience centers or recycling facilities at no charge, and some manufacturers run free mail-back programs. Check your county's website for accepted items and hours first. If you have too much to haul, or heavy pieces like old tube TVs in Garner, our paid pickup covers loading, transport and certified recycling.

A pound of copper is worth more than almost any other common household scrap, but the exact price moves with the market and varies by yard and grade. Clean, bare copper pipe or wire pays the most, while insulated wire or copper with fittings attached pays less. Call a Wake or Johnston County scrap yard for today's rate. If you'd rather not strip and sort it, we'll haul it with the rest of your metal for recycling.

North Carolina regulates scrap metal sales to discourage theft. In general, scrap dealers must record each seller's identity and details of what they buy, and some metals carry extra restrictions. If you plan to sell scrap yourself, bring a photo ID and expect paperwork. For a specific legal question, ask the yard or your county sheriff's office. When we haul metal from properties in Wake & Johnston County, it goes to established recyclers.

Yes, often. Many scrap yards will accept metal at no cost and may even pay you for it, and some local scrappers will pick up appliances and metal piles for free. The catch is that you usually have to load and deliver it yourself, and yards may refuse certain items. If you have heavy, bulky or mixed metal on a Garner-area property, we'll lift it from wherever it sits for a flat price and recycle it.

It can be, if you have a lot of metal, especially copper, brass or aluminum, and a truck to haul it. For a few appliances or some old fencing, the payout is often small once you count fuel, time and sorting. Many homeowners in Wake & Johnston County decide a pickup is simpler: we load everything, including heavy pieces, and make sure it's recycled rather than landfilled.