Furniture removal in Durham

Furniture removal in Durham: what to know

Inside Durham city limits, start with the free option: City of Durham Solid Waste picks up as many as three bulky items a week at no charge, by request, as long as they are at the curb. That works well for a single sofa or a mattress you can move yourself. It doesn't help when the piece is a sleeper sofa in an upstairs bedroom, or when a move leaves you with more than a few pieces at once. Published Durham prices for a single item run from about $55 to $150, depending on the company and its minimum. Mattresses have their own price lists: DropCurb, for example, charges by size from $89 for a twin to $104 for a king, and Junk Doctors adds a $25 recycling fee to its minimum. Several pieces usually cost less per piece once they're priced as a share of the truck. In unincorporated parts of the county, such as Bahama or Rougemont, the county convenience sites accept furniture and mattresses from decal holders once a week, but haulers can't use them. Orange County towns differ: Chapel Hill charges $15 for up to three items, collected after you pay.