*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up in the Pretzel City, it gets harder to ignore. LoadUp makes it simple: book a quick pickup, see your price upfront, and get your space back.
You look up city rules, leave a voicemail, and request a few hauler quotes. One calls back, another wants to stop by next week, and the rest go quiet. Meanwhile the junk is still sitting there.
Municipal pickup schedules can help, but they come with limits. Some items, like appliances with refrigerants or renovation debris, may not qualify. You usually have to request a spot ahead of time and then drag everything to the curb yourself, sometimes up a steep basement stairway.
Many haulers want to see the job in person before they'll give you a number. Then the price depends on how much of the truck they think you'll fill, so you can't really know the cost until the work is done.
Donation sites need things they can actually resell, so stained mattresses, worn couches, and broken furniture usually get turned away. Even when a piece qualifies, you still have to get it there, and anything they reject comes right back home with you.
A roll-off container for one cleared-out attic is a lot of box. On tight rowhouse blocks it can mean a street permit, a delivery date to plan around, a lost parking space neighbors notice, and you still lift every heavy load into it yourself.
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Most companies charge by truck space, and the price often changes on arrival. LoadUp charges by item, based on exactly what you're removing.
Across all options, not just ours: a real breakdown of what Reading residents typically pay, so you know what's fair before you book.
Sofas, dressers, bed frames, tables, and more hauled away with ease.
Available in twin, full, queen, king, and California king sizes.
Covers refrigerators, washers, dryers, ovens, dishwashers, water heaters, and more.
Whole-property cleanouts for moves, estates, evictions, and renovations.
TVs, monitors, computers, printers, stereo equipment, and small electronics.
Includes treadmills, ellipticals, weight benches, stationary bikes, and home gym systems.
Add a single bulky item like a couch, dresser, or mattress to your booking.
Mixed everyday items including broken goods, old decor, and accumulated clutter.
Bagged trash, loose debris, and general household waste of all kinds.
Covers drywall, lumber, tile, fixtures, and mixed demolition scrap.
Includes branches, brush, grass clippings, leaves, and other organic yard waste.
Desks, chairs, filing cabinets, cubicle panels, and other office items included.
Moving boxes, shipping cartons, and leftover packing cardboard.
First item includes the pickup fee. Each additional item is a flat add-on. *See Reading's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders know how to angle a sleeper sofa up steep, narrow basement stairs in an older rowhouse. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Reading after each job.
Plenty of Reading homes sit right on the sidewalk with no driveway, so if the old recliner is already out front, curbside keeps things simple. For a dresser stuck on the third floor of a narrow multi-story home, choose full-service and your Loaders will carry it out from wherever it sits.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $80 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $75 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before noon | from $90 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $80 |
| Multi-item pickup | Bundle & save | Add-on items in the same pickup for less | from +$15 |
| Item add-on | Optional | Bundle with your junk pickup | from +$15 |
| Full cleanout | Volume discount | Entire room junk removal | Custom |
| Disassembly service | Optional add-on | Large or difficult-to-move items | Custom |
* Starting prices. Final price confirmed by ZIP code and pickup conditions. Volume discounts applied automatically.
Anyone who has wrestled a mattress down a narrow rowhouse staircase, then hunted for parking on a packed block, knows getting it out the door is the hard part. Your Loaders handle the stairs, the tight turns, and the carrying, because Reading deserves a cleared basement and a Saturday back.
Reading homes hold a lot of bulky items, from basement sofas to attic dressers, and where those items end up matters. Your Loader sorts each piece by condition, so reuse is considered first and landfill is the last stop.
Furniture and household goods in clean, usable shape may be set aside for donation when local options allow. Your Loader checks condition at pickup, and acceptance depends on what each organization currently takes.
Items that are worn or damaged but not ready for reuse may be recycled where available, such as scrap metal from old appliances or frames. What qualifies depends on the material and on local options.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items, like waterlogged mattresses or broken sofas, are taken for responsible disposal at an appropriate facility. Your Loader handles the lifting so you don't have to.
Items that break the rules get left behind at the curb, so here is what Reading, in Berks County, actually requires before your cleanout leftovers go out.
City collection will not take construction debris heavier than 70 pounds or longer than 3 feet. Debris that meets those limits still has to be set out in its own container or bundle, apart from regular household trash.
The city warns that lithium-ion batteries from phones, cameras, laptops, and other electronics could start a fire if thrown in the trash or recycling. Rechargeable batteries can be remanufactured, so Reading directs them to special battery collection locations.
Homes on Reading's city service may set out four trash bags weekly, each up to 55 gallons and 35 pounds, plus one bulky item. Excessively large or heavy items are not collected, and the city points residents to private services.
Refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, and other cooling appliances are refused at the curb unless the refrigerant has been professionally removed. The item must carry a sticker or tag signed by a certified technician confirming the Freon is gone.
Households in the city's service can have one large electronics item recycled curbside each week, arranged by request through the Reading iRequest app. Additional pieces and small electronics go to drop-off options like the Berks County Electronics Recycling Center.
Reading requires mattresses and box springs to be completely wrapped in plastic before curbside collection. Each piece counts as your one bulky item for the week, so a mattress and its box spring must go out on separate weeks.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it fits your regular trash collection rules. Bulky piles left out with no arrangement can be treated as illegal dumping and may bring a fine. Check with Reading's Public Works department for current bulk item rules before setting anything out.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Reading starts at $80, and curbside or driveway pickup takes a flat $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, and each additional item is a flat add-on charge. Your exact total is confirmed before booking.
Often, but it depends on Loader availability for your address. Enter your Reading zip code during booking to see live same-day and next-day openings. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home. For in-home pickups, someone should be there or you can leave access notes.
Hazardous materials such as paint, chemicals, batteries and propane tanks usually can't go in household trash anywhere in Pennsylvania. Large or bulky items often need special handling or a scheduled pickup. Ask Reading Public Works or the Berks County solid waste authority which items they accept.
Loaders aim to keep usable items out of the landfill by donating them to local charities when options allow. They try to recycle what they can, such as metal and cardboard. Whatever can't be donated or recycled goes to an appropriate disposal facility, depending on acceptance.
You pick your items and a time slot online, see the price upfront, and confirm. On pickup day your Loader typically calls or texts ahead of arrival, then carries the items out and loads them. You don't have to move anything to the curb unless you choose the curbside discount.
The main difference is the pricing model. Traditional haulers usually charge by truck volume and may confirm the price on site. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms your total before booking. For a large cleanout that fills a truck, a truckload hauler can still be a good fit.
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