*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up, it takes over your week. Book a quick pickup in the Burgh's Shadyside neighborhood, see your price before you confirm, and get your space back.
You search for options, call the city's service line, and ask a few haulers for quotes. One wants to come look first, another never calls back. Weeks go by, and the junk is still sitting in the basement.
Pittsburgh's municipal pickup schedules can handle some bulky items, but you usually have to request it ahead of time, and some materials aren't accepted. You still have to get everything to the curb yourself, which is hard when it's coming up from a basement or down narrow stairs.
A lot of haulers won't give you a firm number until someone comes out to look. Then the price depends on how much of the truck your stuff fills, which is hard to guess ahead of time. You often don't know the real cost until the job is already underway.
Donation centers need items they can actually resell, so stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and broken furniture often get turned away. You're also the one loading and driving it there, and anything they refuse comes right back home with you.
On a block of tight lots and shared driveways, a dumpster can take up scarce parking for days, and putting one on the street may need a permit. You also have to plan around delivery and pickup windows, all for a load that might fill a single room.
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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.
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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 piano, hot tub, or safe 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 Shadyside's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Narrow, turning staircases in older homes and low-ceilinged basements are routine, and your Loader sizes up the access on arrival. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Shadyside after each job.
If your items are already on the porch, the driveway, or the sidewalk out front, curbside pickup keeps things simple. For a sofa in a third-floor unit of a converted house or boxes stacked in a basement, choose full-service, and your Loader will carry everything out from inside.
| 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 2 PM | 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.
Hauling an old couch through Pittsburgh means hills, one-lane detours, a tunnel backup, and at least one bridge you did not plan on crossing. Nobody wants that on a day off. Your Loaders like showing up for Shadyside neighbors, carrying the heavy stuff out and loading it so your weekend stays yours.
Big, bulky items are hard to move out of an older Shadyside home, and where they end up matters as much as getting them out. Your Loader sorts each item by condition, favoring reuse when possible.
Furniture and household goods in good, clean condition may be donated when possible. Your Loader can set them aside for that path, and if you want a receipt, arrange the donation yourself.
Items that are worn or damaged but not fit for donation may be recycled where available, such as wood, metal, or cardboard. Your Loader sorts what local options allow, and nothing is guaranteed.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items that can't be reused or recycled are disposed of responsibly. Your Loader takes them to an appropriate disposal site serving the Pittsburgh area.
A wrong setout can leave items stranded at the curb or draw a violation notice, so these rules apply in Shadyside, under City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County requirements.
The Allegheny County Health Department restricts open burning across the county. That rules out burning old furniture, scrap lumber, or piles of fall leaves and brush in a backyard. Yard waste composting and regular collection are the legal options instead.
Each household can set out up to two bulk items, such as a couch, dresser, or mattress, with regular weekly trash. If you're clearing a full room, you can spread the pieces across several collection weeks to stay within the limit.
Pennsylvania's Covered Device Recycling Act bans putting televisions, desktop computers, laptops, computer monitors, tablets, and e-readers out with household trash. Pittsburgh's regular collection won't take them, so these devices have to go to a recycling program or a manufacturer take-back option.
Pittsburgh composts the yard debris it collects during its seasonal yard debris pickups. Plastic bags ruin the compost and can be left at the curb. Paper yard waste bags or open reusable containers keep leaves and small branches eligible for pickup.
Appliances containing Freon, such as refrigerators and air conditioning units, are not accepted with Pittsburgh's regular bulk setout. Federal rules require the refrigerant to be recovered before the appliance is scrapped, because released refrigerant harms the ozone layer and the climate.
Pittsburgh doesn't treat drywall, lumber, roofing, and other remodeling materials as household trash. Many Shadyside homes were built before 1978, so painted trim and older materials torn out during renovations may contain lead paint and need careful handling.
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(678) 884-4738Pittsburgh lets each dwelling set out up to 2 eligible bulk items per week alongside regular trash, and that covers Shadyside. Furniture, mattresses and bicycles count toward the limit. Public Works can arrange an Excessive Bulky Waste Collection for a fee, billed at $173 for the first hour and $54 for each additional hour.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Shadyside starts at $80, and curbside or outdoor pickup takes $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, and each additional item is a flat add-on charge, with the exact total confirmed before booking. Traditional haulers usually price by truckload instead.
Same-day pickup is sometimes available, depending on Loader schedules in your area. Enter your address during booking to see live availability for Shadyside. For curbside pickups you generally don't need to be home, and for in-home pickups someone should be present or leave access instructions.
Anything beyond the 2-item weekly limit won't go out with regular trash, and individual items and bags should stay under the 35-gallon and 35-pound limits. Your options are the paid Excessive Bulky Waste Collection, hauling a full load yourself to a Public Works drop-off for a $22 fee, or hiring a junk removal service.
Loaders try to keep usable items out of the landfill whenever possible. Depending on acceptance, items in good shape may go to local donation partners, and recyclable materials may go to recycling facilities. Whatever can't be donated or recycled goes to an appropriate disposal facility.
You book online, choose your items and a pickup window, and see the exact price before confirming. Your Loader typically calls or texts ahead of arrival. On pickup day, Loaders carry the items out of your home, apartment or curb, load them up and haul them away.
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