Appliance Removal in Gilbert, AZ

Appliances are dense. A refrigerator is a steel box wrapped around a compressor, and a washer is built heavy so it won't walk across the laundry room. Both are heavier than anything their size should be, and neither has a good place to grab. A dolly and a ramp are the difference between a clean exit and a gouge across the garage floor, and most households own neither.

Then there's the Valley itself. A second fridge or a chest freezer in the garage or carport is a common sight, and the garage in August is no place to be wrestling a refrigerator down a step. A pickup truck bed sits too high for one person to load alone. HOAs often have rules about a dead dishwasher on the curb. And an appliance can't just go out with the trash, because the refrigerant inside needs to be handled properly and the metal wants to be recycled.

A few things are on you, and they're quick. A refrigerator or freezer needs to be emptied and unplugged before we get there, so we aren't hauling a full load of groceries across your floor. A washer should be unhooked from its water lines. A dryer, a gas stove or a water heater needs to be disconnected from its gas, power or water supply.

Disconnecting gas lines and plumbing is work for you or a plumber, and it has to be done before the appliance can be moved. If a built-in dishwasher or range is still hooked up, handle that first and then call us. Once it's free, the rest is ours.

You call (480) 202-7195 or send the form and tell us what's going and where it sits. We quote the job up front, before we start, based on the space it takes in the trailer and not a flat fee per appliance. Weight, stairs and long carries can change it.

On the day, we walk in, check that the appliance is ready, and move it out on a dolly. A fridge goes strapped to the dolly. A washer comes out by the shortest path to the trailer. If it's on the second floor or behind a side gate, we carry it from there. Then we sweep up the floor where it stood, which is usually a patch of dust, lint and a few coins. Same-day or next-day pickup is possible when the schedule allows, so call early in the day for the best chance.

Refrigerators and freezers get their own attention because of what's inside the walls. The cooling system holds refrigerant, and that has to be recovered properly, not vented into the air. The facility the unit goes to handles it. Our part is getting it out of your house safely and onto the trailer.

Side by side, top freezer, French door, a small garage fridge or a long chest freezer: they all go. The door shelves, glass trays and ice maker lines tend to be where things get damaged, and an empty fridge with its water line unhooked is much easier to move. If you're replacing it and a delivery is coming, tell us the day when you call so we can work around the schedule.

Washers and dryers usually go together, and they're less of a fight than a fridge, mostly because they're shorter. Washers hold water in the drum and the hoses, so a drained drum makes for a lighter, cleaner carry. Dryers have a vent and, in many homes, a gas line or a heavy electrical plug.

A stacked washer and dryer in a hall closet is a squeeze, and a top-floor laundry room can be an exercise in turning a long box around a narrow corner.

A freestanding electric range is the easy one: it unplugs and slides out. Gas stoves, built-in dishwashers and water heaters are heavier and more awkward than they look, and they come out once the connections are shut off and the unit is free of the cabinets. Water heaters should be drained first.

Window AC units are the lightest of the bunch, and a summer's worth of dust comes out with them. The cooling circuit holds refrigerant like a fridge does, so it goes to the same type of facility.

Working appliances in decent shape can go to donation or resale, when the condition allows. Plenty can't. A fridge that quit last summer or a stove with a cracked oven door is going to metal recycling or disposal. Steel and other metals are separated and recycled, and units with refrigerant go to facilities that recover it properly. The rest goes to licensed disposal facilities.

We're in Gilbert, so Gilbert, Chandler and Mesa are close to home base. We also come out to Phoenix, Scottsdale and the other cities on our service areas page, and booking ahead helps for the farther ones. If you're replacing an appliance along with other things, our junk removal hub covers the rest. Old appliances often travel with furniture removal or a garage cleanout, and we can load all of it in one visit.