garage cleanout
milwaukee.
A Milwaukee alley garage is a single-car box holding twenty years of snowblowers, sleds, a kayak, paint cans and the boxes from three moves, and the car has been parked on the street the whole time. The crew empties it in one visit from the alley side, sorting into keep, donate, recycle and haul, and sweeps the slab before leaving.
- Quote
- By the load after a walkthrough
- Sorting
- Keep, donate, recycle, haul
- Time
- Most garages in a morning
- Finish
- Swept, cobwebs down
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What goes on the truck.
Loads with the crew
- Shelving, workbenches and cabinets
- Bikes, toys, sports gear and strollers
- Boxes of household overflow
- Tools, mowers and small engines, drained
- Second refrigerators and chest freezers
- Old doors, lumber and leftover building material
Stays behind, and why
- Paint, solvents, pesticides and propane (set aside for a hazardous waste event)
- Vehicles and boats
Before the crew arrives.
Tape what stays.
Set aside paint, chemicals and gas cans for the Milwaukee hazardous waste drop-off.
Decide on the big items; each is its own line.
Say whether the truck should stage in the alley or the driveway.
How it is priced.
Garages in Milwaukee are priced by the load after a walkthrough. A single-car alley garage packed to the rafters is usually one load; a suburban two-car in Brookfield is one to two. Appliances and heavy items are line items.
Get today's numberWhere it lands.
Tools, bikes, sporting goods and furniture in usable shape go to donation partners in Milwaukee County. Metal to a scrap yard, cardboard baled, electronics to an E-Cycle Wisconsin recycler, and the remainder to a licensed transfer station.
Mission log.
What Milwaukee asks before booking, answered by the crew that shows up.
(414) 206-1796Q 01How long does a Milwaukee alley garage take to clear?
A morning with two people for a typical single-car alley garage. A rafter loft or a workshop adds time, and the walkthrough tells you how much.
Q 02Do I have to stay while the garage is cleared?
Walkthrough and the first few minutes. Then most people leave.
Q 03What will the crew refuse from a Milwaukee garage?
Paint, solvents, pool chemicals, gasoline and propane. The city's hazardous waste drop-off takes those.
Q 04Truck in the alley?
Yes, that is standard. The crew checks that the alley is passable for neighbors.
Q 05Will you take the old workbench and shelving in my Milwaukee garage?
Yes. Metal shelving goes to the scrap yard, wood shelving is hauled, and a solid workbench may find a home with a reuse partner.
Q 06What happens to the usable things from a Milwaukee garage?
Donation first. Tools, bikes, camping gear and sporting goods in decent condition go to partners in Milwaukee County, and the crew sorts them out as they load.
Q 07Can you do the garage and the basement the same day in Milwaukee?
Yes. One trip costs less than two, and the dispatcher blocks the extra time if you mention both.
Q 08My Wauwatosa garage has a rafter loft full of boxes. Is that a problem?
Not a problem. Mention it when you book so the crew brings a second ladder and a spotter for the loft.
Point at it. The Milwaukee crew does the lifting.
Tell us what is going, where it sits and when. The crew calls back with a window and a ballpark, and the exact price gets agreed at the alley or the curb.
(414) 206-1796- Response
- Same business day
- Obligation
- None
- Spam
- Never
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