Appliance removal and recycling in Salt Lake City

Appliances are too heavy for one person and the garbage truck won't take them. Jeremy hauls refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, dishwashers, stoves, microwaves, and water heaters out of kitchens, laundry rooms, garages, and basements across the Salt Lake Valley.

Refrigerators and freezers carry a $25 upcharge each for the refrigerant handling. Everything else prices like normal junk, from a photo. Metal appliances get recycled instead of buried.

If a new appliance is being delivered, text a photo to (801) 557-1063 as soon as you have the date. Jeremy fits the old one in ahead of it when the calendar allows.

What goes on the truck

• Refrigerators and freezers (+$25 each)
• Washers, dryers, and dishwashers
• Stoves, ovens, ranges, and microwaves
• Water heaters
• Window AC units and dehumidifiers
• Old TVs, monitors, and electronics

Text a photo of your pile to (801) 557-1063.

The full list of what goes on the truck, and what doesn't.

What he takes, and why fridges are different

Washers, dryers, dishwashers, ranges, ovens, microwaves, water heaters, window AC units, dehumidifiers, chest freezers, side-by-sides, the dead mini-fridge in the garage. Old TVs, monitors, and small electronics can ride along on the same trip.

Refrigerators, freezers, and window air conditioners are the regulated ones: the refrigerant has to be recovered before the unit is crushed, and that extra handling is why refrigerators and freezers carry a $25 upcharge each on Jeremy's price. It's in the number he texts back; nothing gets added on the day.

Recycled, not buried

An appliance is mostly steel, so the metal goes to a scrap recycler. That's the default on every appliance job, not an add-on.

If a unit still works, say so. Jeremy checks what the donation center will take, and working appliances get the same treatment as usable furniture: donation first, scrap second.

When the city program won't take it

Bulky-item pickups and neighborhood dumpster programs each set their own rules on appliances. Check the city's page for what it takes and when it runs before you plan around a fridge or a freezer.

Jeremy just takes it. Fridge, freezer, window AC, or the dryer, carried out from wherever it sits and priced from the photo, with the refrigerant add-on already in the number.

Before he gets there

Empty it. Fridge and freezer contents out, dishwasher racks emptied, the dryer clear. Unplug anything on a normal outlet. Hard-plumbed dishwashers, gas ranges, gas dryers, and water heaters should be disconnected and capped by a plumber or the installer first; Jeremy takes it from the disconnected point.

Stairs, tight hallways, and second-floor laundry rooms are all fine. Just mention them so the price is right the first time.

The delivery-day swap

Most appliance calls come the week a new one is being delivered, and the old one has to be gone before it lands. If Jeremy comes first, the old unit stays where it is. If the delivery comes first, roll the old fridge to the garage or the patio and he loads it from there.

The new washer's box and foam are usually still in the garage after the delivery, and so is the pallet it came on. Those go on the trailer with the appliance, and the cardboard gets recycled. The foam goes to the landfill. If the old range is going with the old fridge, both go.

For a turnover between tenants, the rest of the job is on the rental property cleanouts page.

The path out

Jeremy backs the trailer as close to the door as he can. A fridge already rolled out to the garage or the driveway is the quick version, and quick keeps the price down; if it's still in the kitchen or the basement, he comes in and gets it. Some side gates clear a dryer and some don't. A tight one means the appliance goes through the house instead of around it. He'd rather learn that from the text than at the gate. In a townhome the carry runs down a narrow front hall and a shared walk to the trailer on the street.

Apartments mean an elevator or a stairwell, and a stairwell is the stairs add-on. Ask the manager which one to use and where the truck can park.

A fridge by itself is a single-item pickup, and it books from the same photo.

What stays behind on an appliance job

Hot tubs are the one appliance-sized thing Jeremy doesn't haul. Everything else with a plug or a water line goes, from the chest freezer in the garage to the water heater in the basement.

The shelf next to the garage fridge is the usual problem. Half-cans of paint, pool chemicals, the old gas can and anything else that counts as hazardous waste stay off the truck, so pull those off the shelf before the fridge gets carried past it. Rock, gravel, bricks and dirt stay too, along with anything that takes a shovel to load.

A water heater with the old pipe and the grill next to it is more metal than appliance, and the scrap metal removal page covers that load. If the appliance is the last thing in a garage that's otherwise full, that's a garage and basement cleanout, and it books from one photo of all of it.

How the price works

Text a photo of what needs to go to (801) 557-1063. Jeremy looks at how much room it takes on the truck and texts back one number for the whole job. No hourly rate, and the number doesn't change once it's loaded. Jobs start at $100. The only add-ons: mattress or box spring +$40, fridge or freezer +$25, stairs +$25. He tells you before he starts. More on what junk removal costs in Salt Lake City.

Where Jeremy does this

All of the Salt Lake Valley. See every town Jeremy covers for appliance removal.