Refrigerator and freezer removal in Pasadena

The Precise Junk Removal crew hauls refrigerators and freezers out of houses in Pasadena and across the San Gabriel Valley. The same crew prices the job and does the lifting. Text a photo to (626) 590-3118. The clock is what's different about these jobs. A new unit is coming, sometimes inside a delivery window, and the old one has to be out of that spot before it lands. One appliance and one doorway, with a delivery truck already on the way.

A lot of this work comes in around a swap. Sometimes the delivery crew takes the old unit, sometimes it doesn't, and the homeowner finds out the morning of. Precise Junk Removal takes the half nobody planned for. A full-size kitchen refrigerator, a side-by-side that barely fit the doorway on the way in, a small fridge from a bedroom closet, a chest freezer out of the garage. If there's an old washer or a dishwasher going at the same time, that falls under appliance removal and rides on the same trip.

Timing is the whole job here, so the text should say when the new one is landing. Two photos help. One of the unit, one of the path it has to travel. That shows the crew the doorway it has to clear and the floor it will drag on. The step up out of the garage matters too, if that's where the freezer is. Precise Junk Removal has been in business since 2009, and the price comes back as one number off the photo, starting at the $50 minimum.

What goes on the truck

• Full-size kitchen refrigerators
• Side-by-side and French door units
• Garage chest freezers
• Upright standing freezers
• Mini fridges from bedrooms
• Beverage and wine coolers
• Shelves, bins and drawers
• Old unit after a delivery swap

Text a photo of yours to (626) 590-3118.

From the full list of what goes on the truck: appliances.

What a refrigerator job actually looks like

The pile on a refrigerator job is small and heavy. One unit, maybe two when the garage freezer goes at the same time, plus the shelves and bins that come out with it. A side-by-side runs heavier than it looks, and a chest freezer is awkward more than heavy.

The texts come from a homeowner who got a delivery notice that morning, or a landlord changing a unit between tenants. Clearing a parent's kitchen often grows into a bigger job once the garage door goes up. The photo is what the crew prices from, so the unit and the way out both belong in it.

When the new one is already on its way

The delivery window is the part that sets the pace. The store gives a window instead of a set time, and the new refrigerator can't go in a spot that's still taken. So the old one has to be out and gone before the truck shows up. Precise Junk Removal is open 8 AM to 8 PM every day, so put the delivery window in the text and the team will say what they can do.

A photo in the same text shows the crew what they're working against. They give a two-hour arrival window of their own once the pickup is booked. Same day happens, though it isn't a promise, so send the photo as soon as the delivery date is set. If the new unit has to come in from the driveway as well, that falls under their small moves and appliance swaps.

Where the old refrigerator ends up

Donation comes first. A unit that still runs gets offered to a donation center before anything else happens to it, and a lot of garage freezers are in exactly that shape. The ones that quit years ago are a different story.

After donation, recycling is the point. About 75 percent of what the crew picks up gets recycled, and the owner's own line for it is "Recycling is his love language." Whatever is honestly trash goes to the landfill, and on a fridge job that's a short list. The shelves and bins stacked next to the unit go on the truck with it, so there's nothing left in the kitchen for the delivery crew to work around. If you want to know which road a particular unit takes, ask when you text.

What a fridge or freezer costs to haul

The minimum is $50, and nothing prices under it. Above that, the number follows how much room the load takes on the truck, which is why a small fridge and a side-by-side with the garage freezer behind it don't price out the same. The crew reads the photo and comes back with one number for the whole job.

Two add-ons can land on top. Stairs are +$50 each, counted by the staircase, and a second-floor kitchen is where that one shows up. A steep slope adds at least that much, and how much depends on how hard the carry is, so it comes back with the rest of the price off the photo. On a fridge job that's usually a chest freezer coming up a sloped driveway. Cash, a check or an online payment, whichever is easier. The pricing guide for junk jobs around Pasadena lays out how the photo turns into a number.

How the old one gets out the door

The crew measures the doorway against the unit first. If the fridge barely cleared the frame coming in, the handles come off, and in a tight hallway so do the doors. A blanket or a sheet of hardboard goes down on wood floors, because a loaded unit dragged across planks leaves a mark that outlasts the appliance. The water line behind an ice maker has to be shut off, so say in the text whether that's done.

They walk it out on a dolly and strap it down on the truck. Garage freezers usually mean one step up to the driveway, which the team would rather see in the photo than find at the door. Precise Junk Removal is insured. In a building, if a manager has to clear an elevator or hold a dock, the pickup works to that time. Text a photo to (626) 590-3118.

A fridge in Pasadena and one at the east end of the Valley

Precise Junk Removal is based in Pasadena, so a fridge in South Pasadena, Altadena, San Marino or Sierra Madre is a short run for the crew. The Valley stretches a long way east, and the team takes those jobs too, out through Arcadia and Monrovia to West Covina and Diamond Bar, and as far as Ontario. West of Pasadena they're in Glendale and Burbank, and farther out in Studio City and Woodland Hills.

The drive matters on a delivery day, so send the address with the photo. The east end of the Valley and a Pasadena kitchen are not the same morning for the crew. Here is the full list of towns the crew drives to, if yours isn't named above.

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. In Altadena, county collection events will not take refrigerators, so an old fridge needs another way out. See every town Precise covers for refrigerator and freezer removal.