Seasonal guide
The Denver Spring Cleanout Guide
The snow melts and the garage confesses. Here is the cleanout plan that actually finishes, from two guys who clear other people's garages for a living.
The Order That Works
Garage first, because it becomes your staging area for everything else. Then basement, then yard, because yard debris piles can sit outside without bothering anyone while you finish. The fatal mistake is starting all three and finishing none; a cleanout that scatters is a cleanout that stalls. One zone to done, then the next.
The Four-Pile System
- Keep: gets a home with a label, not a maybe pile.
- Donate: furniture and goods in usable shape. Several metro charities pick up larger items free, which empties space before the haul even happens.
- Special handling: paint and chemicals need their own route. Electronics and tires can ride with us, just flag them when you book. See our material guides for the details.
- Haul: everything else. This is the pile we exist for.
Trailer Weekend or Crew Visit?
If the purge is the project, a trailer weekend is the move: $350 flat, it sits in the driveway up to 7 days, and the household fills it at its own pace. If the volume is done accumulating and you just want it gone, a junk removal visit clears the haul pile in an afternoon, stairs and heavy stuff included. Big cleanouts often bundle both: we haul the heavy items, the trailer stays for the rest of the week. The full comparison is here.
The Yard Round
Denver yards generate their own spring category: branches from winter storms, last year's dead landscaping, the fence section that finally quit. Yard waste rides in the trailer with everything else, and bagged leaves and brush compress well under heavier debris. If a fence replacement is on the spring list, the old fence and the cleanout can share one trailer, which is the cheapest version of both projects.
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