What Heavy Item Removal Costs in Denver
By Darius Schultz, owner · Updated
Pianos, hot tubs, safes, pool tables, sheds, fridges, treadmills, sleeper sofas. Every published starting price, two real invoices, and what moves the number.
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Heavy Item Removal Cost, Item by Item.
Every number below is a published starting price that covers the carry-out, the haul, the disposal fee, and the cleanup. The right-hand column is what can add to it, and every extra is written down before we start. The full yard table is on our pricing page.
| Item | Starts at | What adds to it |
|---|---|---|
| Refrigerator, washer, dryer | $149 | A fridge or freezer adds $50 for the refrigerant; stairs are $25 a flight |
| Mattress and box spring | $149 | A set is about 2 yards; more sets add their yards; stairs are $25 a flight |
| Treadmill and exercise equipment | $149 | Multi-station machines add their yards; basement stairs are $25 a flight |
| Sleeper sofa and sectional | $149 | A sectional is 3 to 4 yards, $224 to $299; stairs are $25 a flight |
| Piano (upright or spinet) | $349 to $449 | Ground floor, depending on the piano: spinets at the low end, full-size, player, and antique uprights at the high end; $150 per flight of stairs (4 or more steps); $100 if it has to be broken down on site. Starting rates; confirmed before we lift. |
| Hot tub or spa | $349 | The tub's yards plus a $150 to $250 removal fee set by access; a typical 4-person tub is $524 to $624 |
| Safe or gun safe | $349 | Quoted on site: 500 to 800 pounds that need straps, a heavy-duty dolly, and a slow, careful carry; stairs are $25 a flight; a carry past 100 ft adds $40 |
| Slate pool table | $349 | Quoted on site: 500 to 800 pounds of slate that needs straps, a heavy-duty dolly, and a slow, careful carry; basement stairs are $25 a flight |
| Shed (tear-down and haul) | $349 | The yards of debris plus the tear-down; shingles add $25 a yard; a full shed adds the contents' yards |
If the item is part of a bigger cleanout, it just adds its yards to the load at $75 a yard, the same rate as everyday junk removal in Denver. A piano keeps its own price, from $349, and a safe or slate pool table keeps its $349 minimum. For everyday loads rather than one heavy item, see junk removal cost in Denver.
Volume, Plus the Path Out.
Most heavy items are priced like everything else, by truck space: $149 for the first 2 cubic yards, then $75 a yard. Pianos, hot tubs, sheds, safes, and slate pool tables are the exceptions, from $349. What adds to the number is the path out, and every extra is written down before we start.
Weight
Anything over a couple hundred pounds needs straps, a dolly, ramps, and a slower carry. An old upright runs 400 to 800 pounds, which is why an upright piano is $349 to $449 on the ground floor instead of by the yard. A gun safe can top that, which is why safes and slate pool tables start at $349, quoted on site.
Stairs and the path out
The biggest extra on almost every heavy item. Stairs are $25 a flight, or $150 a flight for a piano. An elevator or a single step at the door is not a flight, and for a piano a flight is 4 or more steps: 1 to 3 steps at a door or porch are part of the path.
Disassembly
If it will not fit through the door whole, it comes apart where it sits: cutting a spa shell, breaking a piano plate, pulling slate off a pool table. For most items that is included. A piano that has to be broken down adds $100, and a hot tub carries a $150 to $250 removal fee set by access.
Access and parking
Where the truck and trailer can stop matters. Street parking half a block away or a steep driveway means more distance on the dolly. A carry of more than 100 ft from the truck adds $40.
It is rarely the item. It is everything between the item and the trailer.
Two Heavy Items, Two Real Numbers.
A starting price is only useful next to a finished job. Two from late summer 2026:
On August 20, 2026 we pulled a 1920s upright out of an Englewood basement. One flight of stairs, and the stairwell was too tight to bring it up whole. It was cut down on site, the cast-iron plate broken with a sledgehammer, and the pieces carried up in sections. About 3 to 4 hours with cleanup, roughly $60 of it dump fees. Under today's starting rates the same job is $599 to $699: $349 to $449 for the piano, $150 for the flight, and $100 for the breakdown.
Read the Englewood piano case studyIn late August 2026 a homeowner in a west Denver suburb had a drained four-person spa at the gate. No stairs, no deck boards, but it would not load whole, so it was cut into sections and hauled in one trip. About an hour on site. It came to $500 under our earlier pricing. Today a typical 4-person tub is $524 to $624: its yards plus a removal fee set by access.
Read the hot tub case studyDeeper dives on each: the piano removal cost guide and the hot tub removal cost guide.
The Items Without Their Own Page.
Pianos, hot tubs, sheds, appliances, mattresses, and furniture each have a service page linked in the table above. These four get asked about just as often.
Safe removal in Denver. The densest thing we move. A full gun safe is 500 to 800 pounds in a nightstand-sized footprint, so it starts at $349, quoted on site: it needs straps, a heavy-duty dolly, and a slow, careful carry, and it rides the dump trailer. Stairs are $25 a flight. Empty it, leave it unlocked, and tell us if it is bolted down.
Pool table removal in Denver. A slate table cannot move whole. Rails, felt, and legs come off, and the slate comes out in sections that each outweigh a person. At 500 to 800 pounds, a slate table starts at $349, quoted on site, with straps, a heavy-duty dolly, and a slow, careful carry. Most live in basements, and stairs are $25 a flight.
Treadmill removal and exercise equipment. A folding treadmill is a $149 lift-and-go. A commercial-grade treadmill or a multi-station home gym that has to come apart to leave the basement adds its yards, plus $25 a flight for the stairs.
Sleeper sofas and sectionals. From $149, and a sectional is usually 3 to 4 yards, $224 to $299. The steel sleeper mechanism doubles the weight of a couch, and a sectional assembled in the room sometimes has to be cut down to leave it. See furniture removal. Item-by-item couch and furniture prices are in the furniture removal price guide.
Two Photos Get You A Real Number.
The item tells us the weight. The path tells us the labor. We need both.
Text one photo of the item and one of the route out, wherever the tight spot is. You get a price back by text, usually within 10 minutes during business hours, and the final price gets confirmed face to face before anything moves.
What To Send
Four things, one text:
- A full-view photo of the item
- A photo of the path out: the stairs, the door, the gate, the tightest turn
- Which floor it is on, and where the truck can park
- Anything already done: drained, unplugged, emptied, unbolted
The Prep That Lowers the Price.
Most of the price is set by the yards and the stairs, so the prep that helps is anything that removes a surprise or a second trip.
Unplug, drain, and empty it
Unplug the appliance and defrost the fridge. It's best if you drain the hot tub and unplug it or cut the power at the breaker first. For a simple plug-in tub, I can do an easy disconnect and drain, quoted separately. A hardwired tub needs an electrician first. Empty the safe and leave it unlocked. Clear out the shed. We should never be waiting on a tub to empty or a safe to open.
Clear the route
Move the rugs, the bikes, and the cars. Unlock the gate. Pull the door off its hinges if the item is close on width. A clear route keeps the carry short, and a carry under 100 ft never costs extra.
Bundle it with other junk
If the fridge is coming out anyway, add the old mattress and the pile in the garage. The truck is already there, so extra items just add their yards at $75 a yard instead of a second $149 minimum later.
Where Heavy Items Actually Go.
Most of what we haul goes to an STS transfer station, and that fee is already in your quote. Big loads of scrap metal get recycled. On a fridge or freezer, the refrigerant is handled at the disposal site.
A piece in good shape sometimes goes to Goodwill or the Salvation Army, and we will say so before we load it. An old upright, a cut-up spa, and a rusted safe cannot. We do not promise donations or donation paperwork.
Heavy Is Where DIY Gets Expensive
Plenty of people have walked a washer to the curb. Pianos, safes, and slate are a different category. Top-heavy weight on stairs does not stop once it starts moving, and the two things that usually give out are a back and a floor.
- Crushed fingers and strained backs, and the ER visit costs more than the removal
- Gouged hardwood, cracked tile, and torn carpet from casters and safe corners
- A rented truck, a rented dolly, a helper who sees the stairs and leaves, and dump fees on top
Our starting prices buy padding, straps, ramps, a dolly, the saws, the haul, and the cleanup, in one visit.
Heavy Item Removal Cost Questions.
How much does heavy item removal cost in Denver?
Why do some heavy items start at $149 and others at $349?
Do stairs or a basement cost extra for heavy item pickup?
How much does safe removal cost in Denver?
How much does refrigerator removal cost in Denver?
Are there extra fees for weight, dump charges, or disassembly?
Where To Go From Here.
The wider picture: how per-yard pricing works and where a typical load lands.
The full yard table, every add-on, and how the on-site quote works for every kind of load.
Every cost guide and comparison we have written, including garage cleanouts and junk removal versus a dumpster.
Skip The Guessing. Get Your Number.
Send a photo of the item and a photo of the path out and we will text back a real range fast. The final price gets locked in on site before anything moves.
Snap a Photo of the Items, Get a Price
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