What things cost across DFW and how to shed big items in HOA country without a curb pile or a fine — the Dallas guides so far, with more on the way.
Municipal bulky collection is generous with furniture and strict about five other categories. Here is what typically gets left at the curb across DFW, and…
A large window unit is $109, a small one $87, a portable $85 and an outdoor condenser or heat pump $115. Refrigerant handling is included — there is no…
A light studio clear often lands at a quarter truck, $241. A furnished two-bedroom is usually a half at $431 or three-quarters at $587. Here is how the…
A standard metal or platform frame is $68. A solid queen frame is $126, a solid king is $152, a bunk bed is $123. Disassembly is included — you do not need…
Sometimes, and the conditions are tighter than most people think. Four tests decide it, and the answer differs street by street across DFW. A sofa taken on…
The visit minimum is $75. A sofa is $126, a queen mattress is $103, a quarter truck is $241 and a full load is $732. Every one of those is published before…
A standard sofa is $126, carried out of the room and disposed of. A three-piece sectional is $185. Here are the four ways a couch actually leaves a Dallas…
A standard refrigerator is $164, a side-by-side or French door $183, a built-in $238, a mini fridge $115 and a chest freezer $146. Refrigerant handling is…
A TV under 42" is $62, one from 42" to 65" is $68 and anything over 65" is $73. Televisions are e-waste, which is why the bin and the curb are usually the…
A washer is $133, a dryer $128, a stacked washer-dryer $189, a standard refrigerator $164. Disconnection of a plug-in unit, carry-out and disposal are all…
Yes. Leaving furniture on ground that is not yours, or on your own curb outside the rules, is illegal dumping across the metro. The lawful exception is…
Every price here is the price you pay. $75 visit minimum, $126 for a sofa, $164 for a refrigerator, $241 for a quarter truck, $732 for a full one. Carry-out…
The real difference is not price, it is who does the lifting and how long something sits on your driveway. Our side is $241 for a quarter truck up to $732…
There is no Texas mattress-recycling program and no single "Dallas mattress law" that covers the metro. What governs your mattress is the bulky-item rule of…
Texas funds no mattress-recycling scheme, so nothing here is free at the point of use. Collected from the bedroom, a queen is $103, a twin $82, a full $94,…
A $99 headline is an entry point, not a quote. Real Dallas pricing looks like this: a $75 visit minimum, $126 for a sofa, $241 for a quarter of a truck and…
Five routes, and the right one depends on the piece, not on your intentions. A sofa taken away is $126; a dresser is $126; a six-to-eight seat dining table…
It is not a slogan. In a Dallas high-rise the certificate of insurance is what opens the service lift, and in an HOA subdivision it is what stops a letter.…
The 10-cubic-yard limit, the $60-per-5-yards overage bill, what the city won't take — and the five gaps the program leaves.
The full flat-rate list — by item and by truckload — and what moves the number.
The excluded list item by item — fridges, TVs, debris, tires — and the legitimate route for each.
Early set-out gets you cited; next month may be too late. The three real options, priced honestly.
Six routes ranked by true cost — including when the free one genuinely wins.
The bulk week takes them (houses only), donation mostly doesn't — every option, flat prices $82–$114.
Five real options compared — including the free one nobody advertises.
Truck-fill from $241, loaded from inside the bay — the two-car-garage-zero-cars problem, solved.
The city takes washers but never fridges — every route, with flat prices for the rest.
Real numbers by job type — and why "starting at $74" never matches the receipt.
The May wave — flat prices the group chat splits, bookable from a parent's phone.
Limbs to the free brush week, fencing and roofing to a flat haul — with receipts for the claim.
Banned from every curb program — the four legal routes, TVs $62–$73 picked up.
The most-procrastinated item in Texas backyards, solved in an afternoon.
You-load-over-days vs we-load-in-an-afternoon — and the one case where the dumpster wins.
Flat per-truck, no hourly meter — plus the sort-first sequence for executors.
The upfront-priced field compared — photo vs catalog, courier vs local crews.
Volume prices as volume: flat per-truck, family-paced, judgment-free.
The vacancy math, per-unit photos, and one-invoice blocks.
Flat by unit size, 5×5 to 10×30 — and the rent math nobody runs.
The listing-prep sequence for sellers and agents — and the garage buyers always open.
The pile the city will never take, loaded from where the contractor left it.
No cheap day exists (flat is flat) — what timing actually controls.
The Texas garage problem: why it happens, the hail math, the $219–$390 fix.
The vetting checklist that protects you whoever you hire — us included.
The five streams, the honest landfill paragraph, and why routing shapes prices.
The whole spreadsheet, including the case where DIY genuinely wins.
Hauled from the garage — no curb, no violation letter, no fine.