Sharon S.
· Upright piano, Englewood basement
Worked hard and did a good job!!!
Denver Basement Cleanouts · Carried Up the Stairs
Basement Cleanout in Denver, CO
Most basement cleanouts are 4 to 10 cubic yards, which is $299 to $749, plus $25 a flight for the stairs. Darius carries every box, couch and dead treadmill up and out, loads it, and sweeps the floor. Text a photo of the pile and the stairs and you get a price back, usually within 10 minutes during business hours. You approve the price on site before anything moves.
Call or Text for a Fast Quote
(720) 689-3713
Text one photo of the basement and one of the stairs. You can also use the quick photo form below.
- Carried up the stairs, loaded and swept. You don't lift a thing
- Junk removal only: no mold, water, sewage or hazardous waste work
- Registered & Insured Colorado LLC, owner-operated by Darius
Up the Stairs & Gone
The Short Answer
Four Things to Know Before You Book.
What It Costs
$149 covers the first 2 cubic yards, then it is $75 a yard. Most basements take 4 to 10 yards, so $299 to $749. Stairs are $25 a flight. The yard-by-yard math, add-ons and worked examples are in the basement cleanout cost guide.
What's Included
Our basement cleanout services cover carrying everything up the stairs, taking apart furniture that won't make the turn, loading, the disposal run and a sweep of the floor. No travel fee, no fuel fee, no dump fee.
What's Not
Mold, water or sewage cleanup, hazardous waste, dirt, and disconnecting a water heater or pulling up carpet. Once a plumber or a flooring crew has those out, we haul them.
How the Quote Works
Text a photo of the pile and one of the staircase. You get a price back by text, usually within 10 minutes during business hours. Darius confirms it on the walk-through, every extra is written down, and you approve it before anything moves.
Sound Familiar?
The Basement Became The Place It All Goes To Hide.
Most older homes around Golden, Lakewood, Wheat Ridge and Arvada have a basement, and a basement is where things go when nobody knows what to do with them. Out of sight, down the stairs, forgotten. Years later you open the door and there is no floor left.
Boxes you never unpacked.
The ones from the last move, and the move before that. You already know you don't need what is inside.
The home gym that became a coat rack.
The treadmill, the elliptical, the weight bench. Heavy, awkward, and not going up those stairs with one person pushing.
The aftermath of a leak.
The carpet is pulled, the water heater is replaced, and the ruined couch and soggy boxes are still sitting there.
You are not carrying it up those stairs.
A narrow staircase with a tight turn at the top is a back injury waiting to happen. That is the real reason it has sat for so long.
What We Carry Up
Everything Buried Down There.
If you can point at it and it isn't hazardous, it comes up and goes out. This is the usual lineup from a Denver-metro basement.
Old Furniture
Sectionals, sleeper sofas, spare mattresses, dressers, bunk beds.
Stored Boxes
Years of boxes and totes, holiday decor and outgrown kid gear.
Exercise Equipment
Treadmills, ellipticals, weight benches, bikes. Priced by the yard.
Old Appliances
Chest freezers, spare fridges, dehumidifiers. Refrigerant units are +$50 each.
Water Heaters
Once a plumber has disconnected it. We don't disconnect.
Carpet & Pad
Once it is pulled up, wet or dry. We don't cut or pull flooring.
Electronics: Ask First
TVs, computers and monitors can't go to a Colorado landfill. Ask first: depending on what they are, they go to a dedicated electronics recycler.
Project Leftovers
Scrap lumber, cut-out drywall, freestanding shelving units.
Where it goes: most of it goes to an STS transfer station. Good-condition items sometimes go to Goodwill or the Salvation Army, and big loads of scrap metal get recycled. We can't give donation receipts, so if you want one, drop those pieces off yourself before we come.
The Method
The Best Way to Clean Out a Basement.
You don't have to carry anything up yourself. The work on your side is deciding, and these five steps make the day go fast.
01
Decide by Zone, Not by Box
Take the furnace room, the storage room and the rec room one at a time, and decide each as a whole: "all of this goes except the tote marked taxes." Opening every box is how a basement cleanout stalls for a month.
02
Move the Keepers Upstairs or Tape Them
Anything staying goes up to the main floor or gets a strip of painter's tape. What's left downstairs is what goes, so nothing gets guessed at on the day.
03
Bag the Loose Stuff
Clothes, papers, cords and toys go up a staircase much faster in contractor bags than in armloads, and bagged loads pack tighter on the trailer.
04
Clear the Stair Path
Shoes off the treads, frames off the stairwell wall, the door at the top propped, pets shut in a room. Mention a low beam or a tight landing when you text.
05
Text Two Photos
One of the pile from the doorway, one of the stairs from the bottom looking up. The pile tells us the yards and the stairs tell us the flights, so the price we text back is close to final.
Access
Stairs, Tight Turns and Window Wells.
The staircase is the job. A basement cleanout is mostly carrying: every piece goes up a flight by hand before it reaches the trailer. Stairs are $25 a flight. Darius counts them on the walk-through and writes the number down before starting. An elevator or a single step at the door is not a flight.
Tight turns. Plenty of brick ranches and split-levels in Lakewood, Wheat Ridge and Arvada have a steep run with a turn at the top landing. A sectional or a bed that went down before the drywall went up may not come back up in one piece. Taking a bed frame, a futon or a sectional apart to make the turn is part of the job, not an extra, and the walls and trim get watched on every trip.
Window wells. People often ask whether the egress window can save a trip. Usually not: an egress window is sized for a person climbing out, not a couch going out, and we don't take windows out. A walkout door is the easy route when there is one. If the carry from that door to where the trailer can park runs more than 100 ft, it adds $40, and you hear that before we start.
One basement job we documented in full was a 1920s upright piano in an Englewood basement in August 2026. It took six people to get it down years ago. It came back up one flight in pieces, with the cast-iron plate broken into sections. The whole story, including what went wrong, is in the Englewood basement piano case study.
Heavy Basement Items
The Heavy Stuff, Priced Straight.
Most heavy things are still priced by the yard. A few items are so dense for their size that they carry their own minimum, and that is said up front.
Exercise Equipment
Treadmills, ellipticals, benches and weight sets are priced by the yard like everything else. No weight surcharge, just the stairs at $25 a flight.
Safes, Including Gun Safes
$349 minimum, quoted on site, plus $25 a flight. They run 500 to 800 lb in a small footprint, so it is straps, a heavy-duty dolly and a slow, careful carry.
Slate Pool Tables
$349 minimum, quoted on site, plus $25 a flight. Most were assembled downstairs, so they come apart before they come up.
Chest Freezers & Fridges
By the yard, plus $50 each for the refrigerant. More on the appliance removal page.
Upright Pianos
$349 to $449 on the ground floor, depending on the piano, +$150 a flight, +$100 if it has to be broken down. Starting rates; confirmed before we lift. No grand pianos. See piano removal.
Shelving and Built-Ins
Freestanding shelving goes by the yard. If a bar or shelving is still attached to the wall, show it in your photos and Darius will tell you straight whether it is his job or a carpenter's.
What the heavy items do to a total is worked through in the heavy item removal cost guide.
After a Leak or a Replacement
Water Heaters, Wet Carpet and Flooded Basements.
Old Water Heater
We haul a water heater once it is already disconnected. We don't disconnect it. A plumber shuts off and caps the gas or electric and the water lines and drains the tank, usually while putting in the new one. After that it is just a heavy metal cylinder, priced by the yard, and it goes up the stairs with everything else.
Carpet and Pad
Carpet and pad go once they are pulled up. We don't cut, pull or tear out flooring. Have the flooring crew or the restoration company roll it or stack it, and it comes up with the rest of the load. Wet carpet is heavy and slow to carry, but it is still priced by the yard.
Water Damage
Soaked furniture, soggy boxes and drywall that has already been cut out all go by the yard. We don't dry, test, treat or remediate mold, and we don't do sewage backups or biohazard cleanup. If there is standing water, an active leak or visible mold, bring in a remediation company first. Once they tell you what has to go, text us and we clear it out.
Looking for a Basement Sewer Cleanout?
That is a different thing: the capped fitting in the floor or wall that a plumber opens to clear your main drain line. It is plumbing, not junk removal. Call a plumber for the line, and call us for the junk piled in front of it.
Honest Limits
What We Won't Take From a Basement.
Basements collect half-used cans and jugs. None of these can ride in a load headed for a transfer station, so set them aside before we come and we will work around them.
- Paint, stain, varnish and solvents
- Pesticides, pool chemicals and cleaning concentrates
- Propane tanks, fuel cans and batteries
- Suspected asbestos, such as old pipe wrap
- Medical waste and anything actively leaking
- Dirt and sod
Where Those Go Instead
Jefferson County: the Rooney Road Recycling Center at 151 S Rooney Rd in Golden takes household hazardous waste on Wednesdays and Saturdays by appointment. It serves Jefferson County and its partner cities, so check that your address qualifies when you book.
Denver: the City of Denver runs its own household hazardous waste program for residents. Check its current booking steps before you load anything up.
Everywhere else: your city or county's household hazardous waste program. The Golden, Lakewood and Arvada pages list the local options we know about.
Real Jobs, Real Reviews
What Customers Actually Said.
Word for word from Google. The first is from the Englewood basement piano job.
Shyanne P.
· Google review
Denver Junk Solutions was fantastic to work with. Darius was extremely communicative and was able to schedule my appointment the same day. They went above and beyond with the cleanup, arrived right on time, and were incredibly friendly throughout the entire process. Their pricing was very fair, and the level of service exceeded my expectations. I would highly recommend them to anyone needing junk removal services.
More, unedited: all Google reviews.
Related Cleanouts
Clearing More Than The Basement?
Basement jobs often come with a packed garage, a move-out date or a whole house. It can all go in one visit, priced by the yard.
Garage Cleanout
No stairs, usually more volume. Emptied and swept in one visit. The real Westminster and University Park garage jobs are on that page.
Estate Cleanout
Clearing a parent's house, basement included, from your keep list and at your pace, coordinated by text if you are out of state.
Move-Out Cleanout
Selling or leaving a rental? The basement is usually the last room done. Book it against your closing or move-out date.
Basement Remodel Debris
Finishing the basement? Drywall, framing offcuts and old cabinets go on the construction debris side, with tile and other heavy material at +$25 a yard.
Most of the basements we clear are in Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, Arvada and Golden, close to the Golden office, plus Edgewater and the Denver west side. Same per-yard rate everywhere, and the full yard table is on the pricing page.
FAQ
Basement Cleanout Questions.
What is the best way to clean out my basement?
Decide by zone instead of by box, move the keepers upstairs or tag them with painter's tape, bag the loose stuff, clear the stair path, and text us one photo of the pile and one of the stairs. You don't need to carry anything up yourself. That is the part you are paying us for.
Can I hire someone to clean out my basement?
Yes. That is exactly this service. Darius carries everything up the stairs, loads it, hauls it and sweeps the floor, and you only point at what goes. It is a junk removal service, so it covers clearing the space, not mold, water or sewage cleanup.
How much does a basement cleanout cost in Denver?
We price by the yard: $149 for the first 2 cubic yards, then $75 a yard. Most basement cleanouts take 4 to 10 yards, so they commonly run $299 to $749, plus $25 a flight for the stairs. There is no travel, fuel or dump fee, and you approve the price on site before we start. The basement cleanout cost guide has worked examples.
Do you carry everything up the basement stairs?
Yes. Every box, every piece of furniture and every dead appliance comes up by hand, and anything that won't make the turn gets taken apart first. Stairs are $25 a flight, counted on the walk-through and written down before we start.
Do you take old water heaters and wet carpet?
Yes, once they are already out. A water heater has to be disconnected and drained by a plumber first, and carpet and pad have to be pulled up by a flooring or restoration crew. We don't disconnect or pull anything. After that, both are priced by the yard like the rest of the load.
Do you handle water damage or mold in the basement?
No. We haul what the water ruined, such as soaked furniture, soggy boxes and drywall that has already been cut out, but we don't dry, test, treat or remediate mold, and we don't do sewage or biohazard cleanup. If there is an active leak or visible mold, call a remediation company first, then call us for everything they tell you to throw away.
What is a basement sewer cleanout?
It is the capped pipe fitting in a basement floor or wall that a plumber opens to clear the main drain line. That is plumbing work, not junk removal. We clear the junk around it; a plumber handles the line.
Can you take a safe or a pool table out of a basement?
Yes. Safes and slate pool tables are a $349 minimum, quoted on site, plus $25 a flight for the stairs. They are not priced by the yard because they are 500 to 800 lb in a small footprint. Upright pianos have their own price on the piano removal page, and we don't take grand pianos.
Can you do the basement and the garage in one visit?
Yes, it is one trip and one price by the yard for both spaces. It saves the most when one side is small: a few garage items alone would cost the $149 minimum, but added to a basement load they are just $75 a yard. If the total is more than the truck and 6x10 dump trailer hold, it takes two trips, and the second trip costs nothing extra.
What do you do with all the old stuff?
Most of it goes to an STS transfer station. Good-condition items sometimes go to Goodwill or the Salvation Army, and big loads of scrap metal, like old exercise equipment and appliances, get recycled. We can't give donation receipts.
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Text a photo of the basement and one of the stairs. Everything comes up, and you don't lift a thing.
(720) 689-3713
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