How our crew handles it
Our junk removal photos show a typical residential clear-out: a garage filled with moving boxes, a child's ride-on car, paint cans, furniture and household odds and ends, followed by the same load on our trailer, ready to go. Afterwards the garage was left empty and swept.
Most clear-outs follow a move, an estate settlement, a renovation or a tenant leaving. Some jobs are only contents. Others are the leftovers from a renovation, with drywall, broken tile, old cabinets and lumber that a homeowner or small contractor has no way to haul. Because demolition is our main work, we are set up for heavy, awkward construction debris as well as household items.
We sort as we load. Items in good condition can be set aside for donation if you ask, metal is separated for recycling, and cardboard is kept apart from mixed waste where possible. Some items cannot go in with general waste. Paint, solvents and other household hazardous waste have to go to the City's drop-off depots, and we will tell you on the visit what needs special handling, as with the paint cans in our photos.
Access decides how the job runs. A driveway with room for the trailer is simplest. For a lane house, a condo locker or a third-floor walk-up, we plan the carry route and protect floors and stairwells before we start. We also work around street parking rules, since a trailer on a Toronto residential street has to follow the posted limits.
When we leave, the space is empty and swept, and you do not have to arrange a bin or a second trip to the dump.