Junk Removal in Maryville, TN
Junk removal in Maryville, TN is a regular run for Knoxville Elite Hauling & Junk Removal, and our crew does every bit of the lifting. Old furniture, appliances, mattresses and hot tubs go on the trailer, and so do whole garages, basements and houses. You hear the price while we're both looking at the pile. That's the bill.
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Junk We Haul Most in Maryville
Maryville is the Blount County seat, about 16 or 17 miles down Alcoa Highway from downtown Knoxville. Plenty of our work there is in the frame and brick houses around Broadway and Maryville College, where one family has often lived for decades. Out toward Wildwood and Ellejoy the lots climb toward Chilhowee Mountain, so we count steps and steep driveways before we count items. Two flights down to a basement cut into a hill changes a job more than the mileage does.
- Estate cleanouts in long-held family homes near Broadway, sorted room by room with the family (estate cleanouts)
- Remodel debris like old vanities, tile and drywall, which the city curb truck won't touch (construction debris removal)
- Basement furniture gone musty in a house near Pistol Creek or Ellejoy Creek
- Chest freezers and old fridges from carports, with the coolant recovered first
- Sheds and playsets on the hillside lots out toward Clover Hill
Maryville's Monthly Junk Pickup, and When to Call a Crew
The City of Maryville picks up junk and brush once a month, by zone: Blue, Green, Red and Yellow. You can set things out no more than 3 days before your zone starts, within 12 feet of the curb, junk bagged or boxed and brush in its own pile. Miss the truck and the pile sits for a month. Waiting on it is a lot like waiting on a fix-it ticket at the DMV. It happens, just not this week.
The city also rents trailers: a 20-yard junk trailer for $100 or a 30-yard for $150 for five days, then $40 a day. If you've got strong friends and a free weekend, that's a fair deal. But the curb truck skips remodel materials, liquid paint, rock, concrete, brick and dirt, and the trailer still has to be loaded by hand. With a closing date next week or a gutted bathroom in the garage, a crew is the quicker call. We say the price at the pile and load it the same day when the schedule allows.
Types of Junk Removal We Offer in Maryville
Junk hauling in Maryville covers a bit of everything, but six kinds of jobs fill most of our Blount County calendar. Estate work comes first on this list because that's where most of our Maryville hours go.
Estate Cleanouts in Older Maryville Homes
An estate cleanout empties a home after a death or a move to assisted living. In Maryville that's often a house one family has owned since the 1960s or earlier, with a full attic, a carport and a basement nobody has sorted in years. We work room by room, set aside photos, papers and anything you flag, and keep donations apart from trash. Most whole houses run $1,000 to $4,000 and take two to four trailer loads. One Maryville estate cleanout this year took three full loads plus a box truck of donations. The family flew in for a weekend and handed the realtor a broom-clean house on Monday.
Furniture Removal From Hillside Houses
Sofas, sleeper sofas, recliners, dressers and dining sets are the single items we carry out of Maryville most. The walk is usually the hard part, since many lots below Chilhowee Mountain have steep driveways and basements set into the slope. We take legs and doors off when a turn is tight, pad the door frames and carry, never drag. Solid wood in good shape goes to the Knoxville Habitat for Humanity ReStore or KARM Stores. A 1970s maple dresser has a lot more life in it than people think. Piano removal, for the old upright in the front room, runs $200 to $400. Furniture removal has the full list and prices.
Appliance Removal and Old Freezers
Washers, dryers, stoves and water heaters go to scrap metal. Fridges, chest freezers, dehumidifiers and window AC units are different, because they hold refrigerant. Under EPA Section 608 that coolant can't be let out into the air, so it has to be pulled with proper equipment before the metal gets scrapped. That's why each one adds $50 to the load. A full-size fridge also weighs around 250 pounds, going by EPA appliance weights. On flat ground that's a two-person dolly job. Down a sloped Maryville driveway, we bring a third person.
Construction Debris Removal After a Remodel
Maryville's curbside pickup won't take construction or remodel materials. So the old vanity, the torn-out tile and the drywall from a bathroom gut need another way out. We load it and take it to the Alcoa/Maryville/Blount County Landfill on Long Powers Road in Friendsville, which accepts demolition waste. Heavy debris fills a trailer by weight before it fills it by space. Drywall runs about 467 pounds per cubic yard, so a half load of drywall is far heavier than a half load of boxes, and we look at it before we quote.
Mattress Removal
A queen mattress and box spring take up a small slice of the trailer, so a set on its own is one of our cheaper pickups. Each mattress or box spring adds $50 to the load to cover disposal. The Mattress Recycling Council says more than 75% of a mattress can be recycled, springs and foam included, but Tennessee has no state mattress recycling program. Most of our Maryville mattress calls come from guest rooms during a downsize, usually bundled with the bed frame and a nightstand.
Shed Removal and Small Demolition
Shed demolition is mostly hand work. Rotting wood sheds, rusted metal sheds and old playsets come down piece by piece. We pull the roof, the panels and the floor, stack the pieces on the trailer and leave the ground clear. Sheds run $400 to $1,500 depending on size and what's still inside, and decks run $500 to $2,000. If you'd rather do it yourself, the city's demolition trailer is $150 plus $60 a ton. Honestly, that's a good deal for a small shed and a free Saturday. Shed removal walks through how we take one apart.
How Much Does Junk Removal Cost in Maryville?
Junk removal in Maryville usually costs $125 to $800 in 2026, based on how much of our 16-yard trailer the load fills. A quarter load is $125, half is $400, three-quarters is $600 and a full trailer is $800. Mattresses and fridges add $50 each. Bigger jobs like estate cleanouts run $1,000 to $4,000.
| Typical Maryville job | Price | What changes it |
|---|---|---|
| Sleeper sofa and a recliner from a basement | $125 (quarter load) | Steps and a steep driveway |
| Carport and shed clear-out | $400 (half load) | Metal sorted out for scrap |
| Bathroom remodel debris | $400 to $600 | Tile and drywall fill by weight |
| Garage plus attic in an older house | $800 (full load) | Often one trip, sometimes two |
| Whole-house estate cleanout | $1,000 to $4,000 | Usually 2 to 4 loads |
| Chest freezer or fridge | +$50 each | Refrigerant recovered first |
| Hot tub on a deck or patio | $300 to $600 | Drained and cut into sections |
Trailer math: our full trailer holds 16 cubic yards. The city's 30-yard rental holds more for $150, but you lift every piece, and demolition debris adds $60 a ton. For most people with a full basement and a sore back, the crew comes out ahead. The same goes for hot tub removal: draining and cutting up a spa is no weekend project.
One more thing on cost. Maryville is in Blount County, so the free Knox County Convenience Centers aren't open to you; they're for Knox County residents only. The Blount County Recycling Center on Levi Street takes recycling for free, but no electronics, tires or general junk. That leaves the landfill in Friendsville or a hauler.
Tires, Brush and Paint: What Maryville's Curb Truck Won't Haul
Some things trip people up because the city treats them differently from regular junk. Here's how the common ones work in Maryville, going by the city's own sanitation rules.
- Tires: passenger tires only, off the rim, 4 at a time and no more than 12 a year per address. Truck tires and oversized ones need another route. The landfill in Friendsville is a state-listed waste tire collection site.
- Brush: limbs up to 12 feet long, stacked apart from the junk. The city truck lifts up to 1,500 pounds, so a whole fallen tree is more than one pickup can handle.
- Paint: liquid paint isn't taken at the curb. Latex paint can be dried out solid first. Oil-based paint and solvents are hazardous waste, and we can't haul those either.
- Rock, brick, concrete and dirt: never taken at the curb. We haul small amounts of broken concrete and brick, priced more by weight than by space, since concrete runs about 860 pounds per cubic yard.
- Electronics: the Blount County Recycling Center on Levi Street doesn't take them, so old TVs and computers ride with us to a recycler.
In our opinion the city rules work well for a tidy curb pile once a month. Anything heavy, wet or mixed is where a crew saves you the sorting and the waiting.
Old Homes, Steep Lots and Damp Basements in Maryville
Maryville is one of East Tennessee's oldest towns. It was incorporated in 1795, and Maryville College has been here since 1819. That age shows in the housing. The blocks around Broadway still have frame and brick homes held by the same families for generations, and those houses collect things in the attic, the basement and the outbuildings out back. When one of them is sold, it often takes us two days and more than one trailer.
The city keeps growing, too. It went from 27,465 people in 2010 to 31,907 in 2020, about 16% more, and new subdivisions keep going in around the edges. New houses mean move-ins, and move-ins mean the old couch that didn't fit the new living room, plus a garage stacked with moving boxes. We see a lot of that in the first month after a closing.
Water is the other big factor. The Knoxville area gets about 52 inches of rain a year with average humidity near 71.5%, and Maryville has Pistol Creek, Ellejoy Creek and the Little River running through it. Basements dug into a hillside stay damp. Cardboard goes soft, couches pick up a musty smell and particle-board dressers swell at the bottom. That furniture can't be donated, so it goes to the landfill. Anything still dry and solid, we set aside for the ReStore.
Roads decide the timing. We come down Alcoa Highway, then take Broadway (US-411 and US-129), Lamar Alexander Parkway toward Townsend or Montvale Road, depending on the house. Midday runs are the easiest. Right next door, we also haul junk in Alcoa, which shares the same landfill and a lot of the same streets.
Point at the pile and get a locked price from Knoxville Elite Hauling. Contact Us or call (865) 281-1182 today.
Price Locked Before We Lift a Thing
The crew looks at the pile, says the number, and that is the number you pay.
Everything Else We Haul Away
Appliance Removal
Fridges, freezers, washers, dryers and stoves hauled out and recycled, refrigerant handled properly.
Commercial Junk Removal
Office cleanouts, foreclosure trash-outs and rental turnovers, with before and after photos.
Construction Debris Removal
Drywall, lumber, old cabinets and flooring from remodels, loaded by our crew and hauled off.
Estate Cleanouts
A loved one's house cleared room by room, keepsakes saved, good furniture donated, swept at the end.
Furniture Removal
Couches, sectionals, dressers and dining sets carried out from any room, with good pieces donated.
Hoarder Cleanup
Private, patient cleanouts at the owner's pace, with papers and valuables set aside as we go.
Hot Tub Removal
Old spas drained, cut into sections and carried off decks, patios and slabs. Most run $300 to $600.
Mattress Removal
Mattresses, box springs and bed frames carried down from any floor for $50 a piece on any load.
Shed Removal
Wood and metal sheds, decks and old playsets taken apart by hand and hauled off, floor and all.
Yard Waste Removal
Brush piles, fallen limbs and storm debris hauled in one trip, with no pile limits or two-week wait.
Knoxville Neighbors Say We Show Up, Say the Price and Sweep Up
Most of our work comes from homeowners, real estate agents and property managers who have used us before. A few of them sent us a note afterwards.
When the Pile Has to Go
Same-Day and Next-Day Pickups
Trucks run six days a week from 6am to 10pm. Call in the morning and there is a good chance we are at your curb that afternoon.
Price Locked Before Lifting
We look at the pile with you and say the price out loud. That number is the bill, even if the load turns out heavier than it looked.
Donated Before Dumped
Furniture in good shape goes to Habitat for Humanity ReStore and other Knoxville donation spots. Metal and electronics get recycled.
Swept Clean When We Leave
Every job ends with a broom. Garage floors, driveways and basement corners are swept, and nothing is left on the curb.
Maryville Junk Removal FAQs
Can you pick up junk in Maryville the same day?
Often, yes. We run six days a week from 6am to 10pm, and Maryville is about 16 to 17 miles from downtown Knoxville by Alcoa Highway, so a morning call can turn into an afternoon pickup when the schedule allows. If the day is already full, we come the next day instead.
Will Maryville's monthly pickup take old furniture?
Yes, if it's set out within 12 feet of the curb, no more than 3 days before your zone's pickup starts, with smaller junk bagged or boxed. The city collects junk once a month by zone. It won't take remodel materials, paint, concrete, brick, rock or dirt, so those need a hauler or the landfill.
Where does junk from Maryville end up?
Trash from our Maryville jobs mostly goes to the Alcoa/Maryville/Blount County Landfill on Long Powers Road in Friendsville, which takes household junk, demolition waste and brush. Before that, we pull out furniture worth donating, metal for scrap and anything recyclable. Keep, give, scrap, toss, in that order.
How much does an estate cleanout cost in Maryville?
Most Maryville estate cleanouts cost $1,000 to $4,000 in 2026. A three-bedroom house with an attic and a carport usually takes two to four trailer loads at up to $800 each. Keepsakes and donations get sorted as we go, and you hear the full price after we walk the house with you.
Junk Gone Today, With the Price Said Up Front
Send a photo or a quick note about what you have. We get back to you with a price range and the first open slot, lock the number on site and leave the spot swept.