Junk Removal in Dallastown, PA

Dallastown’s permit page is written for building, not tearing down. Sheds or garages over 240 square feet need a building permit, smaller sheds without plumbing or electric need a zoning permit, and added hard surface can trigger a stormwater permit past 500 square feet of new impervious area since 2013. Nothing there addresses demolition, so call the Borough Office before a shed comes down.^[10]

York Township is blunt about it: the township says the UCC covers removing and demolishing any building or structure, and that a building permit is required for that work. A zoning permit may apply even where a building permit doesn’t, and residential reviews can take up to 15 business days, so ask early.^[11]

We knock the shed down, clear out whatever’s inside and haul the roof, siding and framing, none of which either municipality will take with the trash.^[5][8]

No curbside program is lifting a hot tub. Dallastown turns away any bulk item too heavy for two people to lift into the truck, and York Township’s large-item rule draws the same line.^[6][7][8]

Before we arrive, the tub’s power has to be off at the breaker; we don’t do live electrical work or gas-line disconnects. Still full of water? We bring a pump. If the shell won’t fit through the gate or up the basement stairs, we cut it into sections on-site and haul every piece, plus the cover, steps and any framing.

If the deck underneath is going too, ask the Borough Office first, since decks are on Dallastown’s building permit list. The deck is quoted separately from the tub.^[10]

With more than half of Dallastown’s homes rented, plenty of cleanouts here happen between tenants: whatever was left behind comes out before the next lease starts. In York Township, where more than 1 in 5 residents is 65 or older, it’s more often a parent’s house being emptied after a move to something smaller.^[1][3]

Either way, we walk the place with you first, room by room, and whatever you flag stays put. Usable things go to donation drop-offs, we run more than one truck load if the house calls for it, and we sweep up so it’s broom-clean at the end. Property managers, realtors and estate attorneys can deal with us directly. Most houses take one full day.

Thursday’s one large item handles a single recliner. It doesn’t handle a full bedroom set, and over the line in York Township a queen mattress and box spring use up two weeks of the allowance by themselves.^[5][7][8]

Our two-person crew brings moving equipment, takes furniture from any room on any floor, and disassembles pieces that won’t clear a doorway. Anything in good shape goes to a donation drop-off.

If you’d rather haul it yourself, York County’s Small Load Drop-Off at the Resource Recovery Center takes furniture and mattresses, with a fee for trash loads.^[12][13]