Dresser & Chest Removal

Dressers look easy and then surprise people. A solid wood nine-drawer piece from the 1970s can weigh 250 pounds empty, and the drawers themselves account for a third of that. Removing them first is not optional, it is the difference between a two-person carry and a wrecked doorway.

The other common surprise is the mirror. Attached dresser mirrors are bolted to a bracket on the back and stick up two to three feet, which means the unit cannot go through a doorway or into an elevator upright until the mirror comes off. We bring the drivers and take both pieces.

Anti-tip straps are now standard on most bedroom furniture and are anchored into a stud behind the piece. We disconnect the strap and take the hardware with the dresser so you are not left with an anchor screwed into your wall.

Solid wood dressers with working drawers are among the best donation items we handle. Furniture banks and family resource programs across the Valley have steady demand for bedroom storage, and a dated but sturdy dresser gets used immediately.

Particleboard and laminate pieces are the harder case. Once a flat-pack dresser has been moved twice, the joints loosen and the back panel splits, and donation partners will not take a unit that cannot support its own drawers. If yours has swelling at the base or a sagging drawer bottom, expect it to be recycled rather than rehomed.

Anything that cannot be donated gets separated. Solid wood and clean plywood go to wood recycling, drawer slides and hardware go to metal scrap, mirrors are handled as glass, and only the laminated particleboard has to be disposed of. We do not send an intact dresser to a landfill just because it is faster.

Almost every dresser call turns into a bedroom set. The dresser, the mirror, two nightstands, a headboard and a mattress is the standard combination, and pricing it as one half-load pickup is dramatically cheaper than four separate item removals. Tell us the whole list when you book.

Upstairs bedrooms are routine but worth mentioning. A 200-pound triple dresser going down carpeted stairs needs the drawers out, a two-person controlled descent and jamb protection at the turn. There is no stair surcharge; we just need to know so the window is right.

Timing matters more than people think on move-out days. If a mattress and dresser have to be gone before a walkthrough or a closing, book the pickup for the morning rather than the afternoon. Same-day is usually available across the Valley, but the earlier slot removes the risk entirely.