Junk removal price list for Pittsburgh

The short answer

JunkRabbit prices every job in Pittsburgh one of two ways: a flat price per item from a published list, or a truck-fill tier for big mixed loads, from $241 for a quarter truck to $732 for a full truck. The order minimum is $100. There is no stairs fee, no walk-up fee, no same-day surcharge and no sales tax line, because hauling is not a taxable service in Pennsylvania.

How the two pricing methods work

Per-item pricing is for jobs where you can name the things going: a couch, a fridge, a treadmill, two mattresses. Each item has a set price, and the total is the sum of the items. Truck-fill pricing is for cleanouts and piles where counting items would be silly, such as a basement full of boxes, a garage after thirty years, or an estate. You pay for the share of a roughly 16-cubic-yard truck the load fills. Either way, you see the price before you book, from a photo or by picking items online, and it only changes if you approve the change. A useful rule: if you can list the items in one breath, per-item pricing is usually clearer. If you would describe it as "a room full of stuff," a truck tier is usually simpler. Both prices include carrying from anywhere in the home, loading and disposal.

Truck-fill tiers

For a sense of scale, a one-car garage in a Brookline or Penn Hills post-war house, packed with boxes, bikes and old furniture, often lands around a half truck. A full basement in a pre-war City rowhouse can run from a half truck to a full truck depending on how long the family has lived there. Two full trucks for a whole house would be $732 + $732 = $1,464.

Furniture and bedroom

A living room with a sofa, loveseat and recliner is $126 + $119 + $98 = $343. A bedroom with a queen set, frame and dresser is $143 + $68 + $126 = $337.

Appliances and electronics

These are the items the City curb refuses or limits most: freon appliances and electronics are never collected curbside, and washers and dryers count against the two-items-a-week cap. A basement fridge and freezer are $164 + $146 = $310.

Garage, outdoor and renovation

A bathroom gut in an old rowhouse, with a cast iron tub, a toilet at $64 and a vanity at $69, is $185 + $64 + $69 = $318.

Reading the list for a real Pittsburgh job

Start by listing everything that has to go, room by room, including the basement and any outside steps. Find each item on the list and add the prices together. Take a third-floor walk-up in Shadyside with a sofa, a queen mattress set and a dresser, plus a basement fridge in the same house: that is $126 + $143 + $126 + $164 = $559. The three flights of stairs and the steep cellar stair add nothing, because there is no stairs fee. Next, compare that total with the truck tiers. If the same job also has boxes, bags and odds and ends, a 5/8 truck at $513 or a 3/4 truck at $587 may cover everything in one price. Use whichever is lower. If your house is on a hillside and reached by public steps, the prices do not change either. Note the steps in your photo request so the crew arrives ready, and the total you see before booking is the total you pay unless you approve a change.

What every price includes

Every price on this list covers the whole job. The crew carries items out from anywhere in the home, from any floor, which matters in a city with 800 sets of public stairways and plenty of houses reached only by steps. There is no stairs fee and no walk-up fee. Loading and disposal are included. If your building needs a certificate of insurance, it is emailed within 1 hour. Same-day pickup is available when you book by 4 PM, with no same-day surcharge, and you choose a 2-hour arrival window. Hours are 7 days a week from 8am to midnight. There are no volume discounts and no recurring pickups, but property managers can set up one account covering several buildings. Prices are the same in the City, the South Hills, the North Hills, the East End suburbs and the Mon Valley.

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