Will the hauler take furniture apart to get it out?

Usually, yes. Bed frames, hutches, sectional desks and wall units often have to come apart to fit through a doorway or turn on a landing. Cost guides note that heavy or oversized pieces needing disassembly can carry an extra charge, so mention them when you describe the job.

Do I need to empty dressers and cabinets first?

Yes, if you want to keep what's inside. Empty drawers make a dresser lighter and safer to carry, and loose contents tend to spill on the stairs. If the contents are junk too, leave them in and say so; the hauler can price the drawers' contents as part of the load.

Is it cheaper to remove several pieces at once?

Per piece, usually. Some haulers knock down the price of extra items when the truck is already coming, and past a few pieces most switch to pricing by how much of the truck the load fills. Ask for both numbers if you're deciding whether to add the guest-room set.

Should I tip the crew?

It isn't expected. If the job involved a third-floor walk-up or a hutch that had to be taken apart, Angi suggests $10 to $20 per worker as a reasonable thank-you. Cash handed to the crew at the end is the norm.

Can a hauler take furniture out of an upstairs apartment?

Yes. Apartments are where a hauler matters most, since the City's free bulky pickup only serves single-family homes. Expect the price to reflect the carry: cost guides say a walk-up with no freight elevator or a narrow stairwell adds labor. Give the floor number and the building's move-in rules when you call.

Furniture Removal in Winston-Salem, NC

Typical cost: Angi's 2026 national data has most furniture jobs at $75 to $250, about $180 on average.
Furniture-only minimum: many haulers set a flat $75 to $150 floor, even for one chair.
Time on site: one piece from a ground-floor room is typically loaded within the hour.
Crew: prices usually assume two workers; extra hands for stairs or teardown raise the bill.

Winston-Salem Junk Co. is a free referral line to a local hauler who carries out the furniture you're done with, whether that's one nightstand or a whole bedroom set, and takes apart anything that won't clear the door frame. Tell us what's going and which floor it's on, and the hauler prices it before lifting anything.

Furniture Pieces a Local Hauler Carries Out

Tall oak dresser with two drawers pulled out next to a disassembled wooden bed frame leaning against a bedroom wall

Dressers, chests and bed frames

Bedroom case goods are the heaviest thing in most houses that isn't an appliance. A solid wood dresser goes down the stairs with its drawers pulled and carried separately, and a headboard, footboard and side rails come apart with a few bolts. Metal bed rails have scrap value; if you have a lot of them, see scrap metal pickup. The mattress and box spring are their own job, covered on the mattress disposal page.

Dark wood dining table with six chairs and a two-piece china hutch with glass doors in a dated dining room

Dining tables, hutches and chairs

National cost guides put a table at $50 to $100 to haul. Most hutches are two pieces: the glass-front top lifts off the base, and the glass shelves get wrapped or pulled before anything tips. Table leaves hide in closets for decades, so add them to the pile before the truck comes. Dining chairs are light on their own, but six of them take up real space in the truck, so count them when you describe the job.

Worn power lift recliner in faded fabric in a small den, its hand remote cord draped over the arm

Recliners and lift chairs

An armchair runs $50 to $100 in the same national guides. Lift chairs and power recliners carry a motor and steel mechanism, so they're heavier than they look; unplug them and run the seat down before the crew arrives. A recliner with torn or stained fabric won't pass charity rules, so most of these go straight to the truck. The furniture donation pickup page has the details.

Large particleboard entertainment center with an empty TV cavity, next to a corner computer desk and a bookcase in a carpeted family room

Entertainment centers, desks and bookcases

The big TV wall units from the 1990s are the classic leftover. Local ReStores turn down entertainment centers and desks longer than 36 inches, so they rarely have a second home. Particleboard pieces often sag or split when they're moved, which is why a good crew takes them apart in the room. If the old TV is staying behind with the cabinet, it can't go to a North Carolina landfill; see TV and electronics disposal.

Rusted wrought iron patio table with a cracked glass top and four chairs with faded cushions on a brick ranch house back porch

Patio and porch furniture

Cost guides list a full patio set at $150 to $250. Wrought iron and aluminum frames are metal and can sometimes be recycled as scrap. Glass tabletops are the hazard: tell the hauler if one is cracked so it can be taped or carried flat.

Gloved worker carrying an old wooden kitchen chair down brick porch steps toward a white pickup with another chair in the bed

Why Winston-Salem homeowners call Winston-Salem Junk Co.

Your request goes to a single independent hauler
Hear the all-in figure before anything is carried out
Calling is free; the hauler bills only the job you OK
Mention stairs, a gate code or a hot tub when you call

Furniture Removal Price Factors

The national $75 to $250 range covers most jobs. These are the things that move a quote up or down inside it:

Number of pieces
With more than a few pieces, haulers usually switch to pricing by how much of the truck you fill. The homepage has the full load table.
Stairs and tight turns
A walk-up apartment or a split-level with a narrow landing adds carrying time. Mention it on the phone.
Disassembly
Anything that has to come apart to leave the room can cost extra.
Couches
Sofas, sectionals and sleepers have their own price range on the couch removal page.
Timing
The City's free bulky pickup takes furniture from single-family homes once a year. Outside that run, or from an apartment, it's a hauler or a trip to the landfill. The homepage has the City's rules.

Where Old Furniture Ends Up

The EPA counts sofas, tables, chairs and mattresses together as "furniture and furnishings." Americans threw out 12.1 million tons of it in 2018, and 80.1 percent went to landfills. Wood and particleboard carry little resale value once they're scratched or swollen, which is why so much of it ends up buried.

A clean, working piece has better options. Ask whether the hauler will drop usable furniture at a ReStore or Goodwill instead of the landfill, and set those pieces apart from the rest so the crew knows. The rest goes to Hanes Mill Road with the household trash.

See couch removal if the sofa is the main thing going.