Deck removal in Pasadena

The Precise Junk Removal crew handles deck removal in Pasadena and across the San Gabriel Valley. They pull the decking, cut the framing loose, work the posts out and haul all of it off the property. Text a photo to (626) 590-3118. A pile in the open just gets loaded. A deck is still a structure when the crew gets there, and it comes up in layers, so the job is as much teardown as it is hauling.

A deck sits against the house, which is why the siding is the first thing the crew looks at. A board coming off a ledger can gouge stucco in a second, and a joist swung wrong takes out a downspout. They bring the frame down in pieces rather than pushing it over, and they keep the carry path off the lawn and the beds where the yard allows it. Ask about taking out the fence along the same side of the yard, since the yard only needs to get walked on once.

What nobody can see until the decking is off is the part that changes the job. A joist can crumble when it gets lifted, and a post can be rotted off at the dirt line. Every board that comes free has nails sticking up out of it. Then the layer underneath, leaves and dirt packed down with a hose, a pot and whatever rolled under there years ago. The team has seen enough of them to plan the day around the layer they cannot see yet.

What goes on the truck

• Decking boards and railing
• Joists, beams and posts
• Lattice skirting
• Stair stringers and treads
• Hangers, bolts and screws
• Rotted wood from the frame
• Dirt and leaves from underneath
• Flower pots and yard tools from under the frame

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From the full list of what goes on the truck: hot tubs, sheds, decks and fences.

What comes out with a deck

The pile is mostly wood, and it is heavier than it looks from the back door. Decking boards, railing, the lattice skirting, joists and beams, stair stringers, and the posts once they are free. Hardware comes with it, down to the coffee can of screws somebody left on a ledge. Then there is the second pile, the one from under the frame, which nobody counts when they picture the job.

Some calls come from homeowners whose boards have gone soft underfoot. Others come from sellers clearing the back yard before photos. A deck bolted to the house comes apart the same way as the rest of the crew's light demolition work, so ask about anything else coming down while they are there.

The ground after the deck is gone

A deck sheds nails the entire time it comes apart, and they end up in the grass and down in the gaps between pavers. A yard with nails in it is a yard nobody lets a dog or a kid into. So the last stretch of the job is the footprint itself. The crew rakes and sweeps where the deck stood. They pick the hardware and the splintered ends out of the dirt, and get the loose concrete and post chunks up so the ground sits level. Say in the text whether the posts are set in concrete, because that is the part that decides how the ground looks at the end. What the homeowner wants afterward is a flat spot ready for sod or a slab.

What a deck teardown costs

The team prices a deck off a photo. Stand back far enough to get the whole frame, the railing and the stairs in one shot, and what comes back is one number for the job. The minimum is $50. The number tracks how much room the load takes, so a small landing off a back door and a deck that wraps two sides are not the same price. Two add-ons can land on a job like this. Stairs are +$50 each, counted by the staircase, and a steep slope is +$50, and how much over that depends on how hard the carry is, so it comes back with the rest of the price off the photo. Precise Junk Removal takes cash, check or online payment. A longer walk through how the crew prices a load is on the site if you want to read it before you text.

How the crew gets it out of the back yard

A deck comes apart from the top down. Railing first, then the decking, then the joists and beams, then the posts. That order keeps the frame steady while the crew works, and it means every piece leaving the yard is cut to a size a person can carry. Access sets the pace after that. A side gate a long joist will not turn in, or a path between the house and the fence barely wide enough for a wheelbarrow, changes how many trips the load takes. Stairs off the deck or up to the street are part of why the crew wants them in the photo. On a rental or a managed building, the team will set the arrival window with whoever handles the unit so nobody is startled by somebody in the back yard. Text a photo to (626) 590-3118.

Where the boards end up

A deck pile gets sorted instead of going to one place. Railing sections, decking that still has life in it and hardware worth saving get offered to a donation center first, because somebody nearby is always building something out of used lumber. Clean wood and scrap metal go to recycling. Across everything the crew hauls, about 75 percent gets recycled. The rest is spent, the punky joists and the wet dirt from under the frame, and that goes to the landfill. None of the sorting is on the homeowner. The pile can stay a pile until the crew shows up, and they separate it as they load.

Decks across the San Gabriel Valley

Precise Junk Removal works out of Pasadena and covers the whole San Gabriel Valley, so a deck in Sierra Madre or one in Alhambra gets the same look. The whole list of towns the team covers is on one page if you want to check your street. The towns sit a ways apart, so the crew gives a two-hour arrival window instead of a whole day, which matters when a tear-out has somebody waiting on the yard. They are open 8 AM to 8 PM every day. Text a photo to (626) 590-3118. Precise Junk Removal has been in business since 2009, and 171 Google reviews put it at 4.9 stars.

How the price works

Text a photo of what needs to go to (626) 590-3118. Precise looks at how much room it takes on the truck and texts back one number for the whole job. No hourly rate. Jobs start at $50. The only add-ons: stairs +$50, steep slope +$50. More on how pricing works.

Where Precise does this

All of the San Gabriel Valley. See every town Precise covers for deck removal.