Mattress disposal in Colorado Springs

Justin handles mattress disposal in Colorado Springs and the rest of the Pikes Peak region. He owns Junkernaut Junk Removal and does the lifting himself. A mattress is a hard thing to move alone. It folds over on the stairs and catches on every door frame on the way out. Justin carries the old bed out of the room and hauls it away with the box spring and frame. Call or text (719) 246-8422.

A new bed shows up and the old one ends up leaning against the hallway wall. That's when a lot of people call. Renters call on the way out of a lease, and families call when they're clearing a parent's spare room. A mattress job is usually small in count and big in size. A king set is two heavy pieces plus the rails, and a bunk bed comes apart into a stack of its own.

Apartment managers call too, often after a tenant moves out and leaves the mattress on the bedroom floor. If the whole unit needs emptying, that's an apartment clean out, and the mattress is one piece of it. If the dresser and nightstands are going with the bed, furniture removal covers those, and they can ride on the same truck. Either way, Justin gives one number for everything that goes.

What goes on the truck

• Mattresses, any size
• Box springs
• Metal bed frames
• Headboards and footboards
• Futons and foam toppers
• Bunk beds
• Crib mattresses
• Bed slats and rails

Text or call (719) 246-8422 about yours.

From the full list of what goes on the truck: household junk, furniture and mattresses.

What's usually in a mattress pickup

The pile on this job is short and bulky. Most times it's a mattress and a box spring, sometimes with a metal frame or a wood headboard. Futons, crib mattresses, foam toppers and the slats from a platform bed go on the same trip. Bunk beds count too, once the kids have outgrown them.

What sets it apart from a clean out is that it's often one room and one bed. The work is in the carry. A queen mattress bends and slides around on the stairs. A box spring won't bend at all, and a king barely clears a tight stairwell. Frames held together with bolts come apart so the pieces fit through the door.

A pillow-top or memory foam mattress is heavier than it looks, and one that soaked up water in a flooded basement is heavier still. Justin handles that weight so nobody in the house has to.

What getting rid of a mattress costs

A single mattress pickup starts at $225. Justin gives one load price for the bed, the box spring and the frame together. It's set by how much room they take and doesn't change once they're loaded. Loading, hauling and the landfill trip are all inside it.

A mattress or box spring is +$40 each on top of the load price. So a queen set is two of those. The other add-ons Justin lists are +$10 each for tires and +$40 each for anything with freon, which matter only if a tire or a dorm fridge joins the bed on the truck.

The quote is free, so it's easy to ask what a king set plus a bunk bed comes to before the new bed arrives. Call or text (719) 246-8422. He takes cash, check, credit or debit card, Venmo, Zelle, Cash App, Apple Pay or Google Pay. The junk removal pricing guide for Colorado Springs walks through how trailer space sets the number.

How Justin gets the bed out of the house

Nothing has to be dragged to the curb or the garage first. Justin carries the mattress out from where it sits, even from an upstairs bedroom or the basement. Hallway corners and a tight turn at the top of the stairs are part of the job, and he works the mattress around them. If a frame won't clear the door in one piece, he takes it apart and brings it out in sections.

In an apartment, Justin carries the mattress out from where it sits, stairs and hallways included. He's open 24/7, which helps when a turnover is on a tight clock. Arrival comes inside a two-hour window, and pickup is same day, most days.

He covers Colorado Springs and the towns across the Pikes Peak region he serves, from Monument down to Fountain. Call or text (719) 246-8422.

Where an old mattress and frame end up

A worn-out mattress counts as trash. Justin takes it to East Landfill or Midway Landfill, or through the El Paso County transfer station. A tired box spring goes the same way.

The rest of the bed gets sorted. A metal frame or a steel bunk bed goes to a Colorado Springs metal recycler. A solid wood headboard, a dresser or a nightstand still in usable shape goes to donation first, at Arc, Goodwill or Habitat for Humanity. Broken particleboard and loose slats go out with the trash.

Nobody has to sort any of it at the house. Justin does that after the load leaves, so the landfill trip carries only the parts that really are trash.

What stays behind on a bed pickup

Medical or biohazard waste stays behind, and that rule matters on a mattress job. If the bed came out of a sickroom, used sharps and medical supplies need to be cleared out of the room before Justin arrives, because he won't load them.

Propane tanks, asbestos and fuel are on the same list. A camp propane tank stored under the bed or a gas can tucked in the bedroom closet stays put. Hazardous waste of any kind is refused. If there's a question about one item, mention it when calling for the price.

Everything else that belongs to the bed goes on the truck. That means the mattress, the box spring, the frame and the little bag of bolts that's been sitting in the closet since the last move.

How the price works

Call or text (719) 246-8422. Justin looks at how much room it takes on the truck and gives you one number for the whole job. The number doesn't change once it's loaded. Jobs start at $225. The only add-ons: tire +$10, anything with freon +$40, mattress or box spring +$40. More on how pricing works.

Where Justin does this

All of the Pikes Peak region. See every town Justin covers for mattress disposal.