Winston-Salem Junk Co.: Furniture, Appliance & Whole-House Junk Removal

An estate cleanout empties a house of everything the family isn't keeping, usually after relatives have walked through and tagged what stays. The crew takes the rest room by room: furniture, closets, kitchen goods, the shed. A big house can run past one truckload and need a return trip, so ask for a per-load price up front. Habitat's Forsyth County ReStores pick up larger donations for free, which can take good pieces off the bill before the hauler arrives.

See estate cleanouts when a family is settling a house, house cleanouts for a room-by-room clear-out, or senior downsizing for a move to a smaller place.

Sofas, sectionals, recliners, dressers, bed frames and dining sets make up most single-item calls. Angi's 2026 figures put a couch at $100 to $200 to haul, and HomeGuide lists a sectional at $200 to $375. Sleeper sofas are the awkward ones: heavy, and the local ReStores won't accept them as donations. If a piece is clean and sound, ask whether the hauler will drop it at a charity instead of the landfill.

See Furniture Removal in Winston-Salem for dressers, tables and lift chairs, and couch removal for sleepers and sectionals.

Refrigerators, chest freezers, washers, dryers, water heaters and window AC units are "white goods," and North Carolina bars them from landfills. In Forsyth County they go to a free appliance area at Hanes Mill Road instead. Anything with refrigerant needs it recovered before scrapping under the EPA's Section 608 rule, which is why some cost guides add $35 to $60 per fridge or freezer. A basement chest freezer also means a stair carry, so mention it when you call.

See appliance removal for washers, ranges and water heaters, or refrigerator disposal when it's a fridge, freezer or window unit.

Mattresses are a common single-item job, priced around $75 to $150 nationally. They're also hard to donate locally: Goodwill of Northwest North Carolina doesn't take mattresses or box springs, and the ReStore accepts only non-foam mattresses with no stains, rips or tears. The City's bulky collection takes them, but only from single-family homes and only once a year. Apartment move-outs usually end up calling a hauler.

See Mattress Disposal in Winston-Salem.

These jobs are about access more than volume. Pull-down attic stairs, a narrow basement staircase or a garage you can barely walk into all add carrying time, and labor is a real part of the bill: cost guides put it at $100 to $300, toward the top end when there are stairs or tight spaces. One room or a partial garage tends to take an hour or two. A full garage or basement can run half a day.

See garage cleanouts, or basement and attic cleanouts when the stairs are the hard part.

A hoarding cleanup moves at the pace of the person who lives there, or the family handling the house. The crew sorts as it goes, setting aside papers, photos and anything flagged to keep, and loads the rest. It's almost always several truckloads. Ask whether the hauler can work over more than one day, and whether biohazard cleaning is something they do or something you'll book separately.

See Hoarder Cleanup in Winston-Salem.

Most hot tubs don't leave in one piece. The crew drains it, cuts the shell and frame into sections, and carries them out through the gate. If the tub is hardwired, have an electrician disconnect it before the crew arrives. Angi's national range is $200 to $600, though HireAHelper's runs from $100 to as much as $1,500.

See Hot Tub Removal in Winston-Salem.

The City's brush pickup takes pieces no bigger than 6 inches across and 6 feet long, and it won't touch stumps or brush a contractor cut. Yard carts have their own limit of 150 pounds per cart. A downed oak limb or a cleared fence line goes past both, so it becomes a haul-away job. Yard waste is banned from North Carolina landfills, so it goes to the county's Overdale or Forum 52 compost sites.

See Yard Waste Removal in Winston-Salem.

Old tile, drywall, cabinets, carpet and a cast-iron tub are heavy, and heavy loads cost more to dump: the Old Salisbury Road landfill takes construction and demolition debris only, at $37 a ton plus state tax. The City's bulky pickup won't take construction materials at all. A bathroom or kitchen gut usually fills a good part of a truck, so ask for the price by load and weight together.

See Construction Debris Removal in Winston-Salem.

A rotting playset, a leaning shed or a deck that's past saving needs to be taken apart before it can be hauled. Ask whether the price covers the teardown or only the loading. Lumber and old shingles count as construction debris, which goes to Old Salisbury Road or Hanes Mill rather than the household trash.

Each has its own page: swing sets, sheds, decks, fences and above-ground pools.

North Carolina bans TVs and computer equipment from landfills, so they need a recycler. Forsyth County residents can take them free to the 3RC EnviroStation on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Wednesday to Saturday, with a limit of two TVs per household a year. Goodwill takes computers, printers and monitors in any condition. A hauler makes sense for a garage full of old tube TVs; see TV and electronics disposal for what that pickup usually costs.

For old tires and the five-a-year free drop-off, see tire disposal.