Cleanouts
Garage cleanout
Cleared back to the walls. Boxes, shelving, old furniture, bikes and whatever has been stacked in there since you moved in.
- Loaded where it sits
- No sorting required
- Shelving broken down
- Floor swept
The work
The car has not been in there for years
Garages fill up one weekend at a time. A move, a remodel, a kid going to college, a parent downsizing, a project that stalled out. None of it is trash exactly, which is why it is still there, and none of it fits in the trash cart, which is why it stays.
The job is simple. We show up with the dump trailer, you tell us what goes, and it gets carried out and loaded. You are not dragging a treadmill down the driveway and you are not making six trips to the landfill in a borrowed truck.
A lot of garages come out in one load. A full three bay with a loft, or a garage plus the shed and the attic, can take a second one. We will tell you which one it looks like before we start.
Sequence
How the cleanout runs
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01
Walk it with us
You point at what goes. If something is staying, say so and it gets moved out of the way instead of onto the trailer.
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Hazardous items get pulled aside
Paint, fuel, chemicals and propane come out of the pile first and stay with you for a household hazardous waste drop off.
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We carry it out
You do not drag anything to the curb. It gets loaded from where it sits, including the back corner and the overhead rack.
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04
Shelving comes apart
Wire racks, plywood shelves and old cabinets get broken down so they load flat instead of eating half the trailer.
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Floor gets swept
The spot gets broomed out before we pull away, so you are looking at a slab and not at what was under the pile.
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06
Load goes to the landfill
The trailer leaves loaded and gets tipped at the landfill. Nothing sits at the curb waiting on bulk pickup.
The list
Goes on the trailer, stays behind
The second list is short and it is not negotiable. The landfill will not take those items off the trailer, so they cannot go on it.
Goes
On the trailer
- Flattened and stacked cardboard
- Storage totes and boxes nobody has opened
- Broken shelving, cabinets and workbenches
- Old furniture parked in there after a move
- Bikes, scooters, car seats and outgrown toys
- Treadmills, weight benches and exercise equipment
- Grills, patio furniture and coolers
- Mowers, edgers and yard tools
- Scrap lumber, leftover tile and half bags of mortar
- Washers, dryers, spare refrigerators and freezers
- Carpet remnants, blinds and old doors
- Bagged trash and everything swept off the floor
Stays
Set these aside
- Paint, stain, thinner and solvents
- Motor oil, gas cans and antifreeze
- Pesticides, fertilizer and pool chemicals
- Propane tanks and pressurized cylinders
- Ammunition and anything explosive
- Asbestos containing material
- Medical and biohazard waste
Household hazardous waste goes to a county or city collection site. Ask us on the phone and we will tell you what we know about your area.
Pricing
What changes the price
Volume
How much of the trailer it fills. That is the main number, and it is why photos help so much on the phone.
Weight
Disposal is charged by weight at the landfill. Tile, concrete, dirt and a safe weigh a lot more than boxes and plastic totes.
Heavy items
Gun safes, upright pianos, chest freezers, riding mowers and full workbenches take more than two hands and a hand truck.
Access
A driveway we can back the trailer up to is fast. Alley access, an apartment garage or a long carry is slower.
Open the garage door, stand at the end of the driveway and take two photos. Text or describe them when you call and you will get a real number instead of a range.
Proof
We do not have a garage on camera yet
Every photo on this site is from a real Elite job, which means there is no garage cleanout photo to show you. We are not going to put someone else's stock garage here.
What we do have documented is the same work in other rooms. A trash enclosure in Kyle packed with a mattress, a dryer, a recliner and boxes, and the trailer that left loaded with all of it. Apartment turns cleared out and hauled. A shed packed to the door with boxes and garden tools. A load being tipped at the Guadalupe County landfill on FM 1150.
Same crew, same trailer, same load out. See the Kyle cleanout or browse every documented job.
Related work
Usually the same phone call
Garages rarely come out by themselves.
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Junk Removal
We load it, haul it and sweep the spot clean. Single items or a full trailer, house or jobsite.
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Furniture Removal
Couches, sectionals, recliners, desks, dressers. Out of the room, down the stairs, onto the trailer.
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Appliance Removal
Washers, dryers, refrigerators, ranges and water heaters carried out and hauled off.
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Estate Cleanout
A full house cleared after a move, a sale or a death in the family. We work at your pace.
Service area
Where we clear garages
San Marcos and about 55 miles out along the corridor.
Garage cleanout questions
Do I have to sort everything before you come?
Do I have to move it to the curb?
Will you take paint and old chemicals?
Can you take the washer, the dryer and the spare fridge?
What about the car that does not run?
How much does a garage cleanout cost?
Do you do the attic and the shed too?
Official sources
City pickup rules worth knowing
Before you pay anyone, it is worth checking what your city already hauls for free or cheap. These are the official pages. Where they do not cover the job, that is where we come in.
- Household Hazardous Waste FacilityCity of San Marcos
Where San Marcos and Hays County residents take paint, batteries, fuel, oil, pesticides and similar products. These do not go in a junk removal trailer.
- Household Hazardous Waste: A Guide for TexansTexas Commission on Environmental Quality
The state guide to paint, chemicals, batteries, used oil and other household hazardous waste, with a link to local collection programs by county.
- Residential Curbside ServicesCity of San Marcos
San Marcos garbage customers can schedule bulky item pickups a few times a year, each capped at a set volume. Pickups have to be confirmed ahead of the garbage day.
Links checked October 2026. Paint, chemicals, fuel and other hazardous products go to a hazardous waste program, not a junk trailer.
Get the garage back
One bay or three. Tell us what is in there and what city you are in.
Elite Demo and Junk Removal. San Marcos, Texas, 55 mile radius.