What You Should “Not” Do With Your Junk

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At one point or another, everyone starts to accumulate different amounts of junk, from furniture and accessories to large kitchen appliances. As people are about to through something away into the trash (if it’s a smaller item) a quick thought goes through your head thinking, “can this be recycled”. This is a very good thing that you are weighing your options.

If it can’t or shouldn’t just be tossed in trash re-purpose, donate, recycle or hire a professional to dispose of your junk properly. Please  don’t do the following things with your junk:

Throw it in the alley:

This may have been something you would do during your childhood, just dropping things wherever you wish because you haven’t lived a long enough life to understand the consequences. This can be a major inconvenience for everyone.

Burn it:

While it may be quite difficult to fight the urge of creating a bonfire with all your old junk, it isn’t safe for the environment. Many of your items release carbon and cornucopia and other harmful chemicals into the atmosphere.

Bury it:
Burying junk in your back yard will have more negative consequences then you may think. While this may not directly effect you, it could be a major inconvenience for the next owners of your property. As well, if you bury some liquids, the soil could be leached.

For many decades, simply throwing away junk without any regard for the environmental impact has made peoples lives much easier. But now, we are in a time where all these acts have made our lives more difficult. Being smart and talking with a professional is always the best option.

Elite Services is here to help with any of your junk removal & recycling questions. For more information, please feel free to give us a call at 978-317-5388 or fill out our online contact form.

Demolition Safety Tips During the Winter

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There are various factors that make demolition a bit more dangerous in the winter compared to other times of the year. Shorter days means less daylight and slippery leaves, ice and rain makes for hazardous and dangerous conditions. For commercial or local do it yourself contractor, this blog will cover tips to stay safe while working on construction during these freezing months.

Mats At Building Entrances: To minimize any slipping situations, place an absorbent mat or canopy at your building doorway. Much of the falls we see happy where rainwater congregates.

Use Salt: Laying down salt on slippery spots will also help out. When the temperature drops down below freezing be sure that these spots are covered with some salt.

Clear All Ice and Snow: If you are working on small home project or managing a major demolition job, try to stay on the ground level during frigid weather. If you need to move to higher levels, be sure all snow is removed from rungs on ladders to the bottoms of your boots.

Be Prepared for the Cold: When you go outside in the freezing cold, you need to be sure everyone is properly insulated and warm. Layers of wicking clothing is the best option. Getting cold too fast can be detrimental to any progress you hope to make on a demolition project.

Working on an industrial demolition project or a small garage project by yourself during the winter always increases the risks. Try being with someone at all times incase that something goes wrong. For more information or to higher Elite Services for residential or commercial demolition services, give us a call at 978-317-5388 or fill out an online contact form.

Fall, site yard clean up and junk removal

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After an exciting and activity packed summer and early fall, families are slowly starting to move their time indoors. With the temperatures dropping, kids are less apt to hang around outside. For many families, it seems that a range of toys, appliances or structures from the summer find themselves broken down or unused outside.

Elite Services suggests that this is a great time of the year before it starts snowing, to clean up your yard and remove any pointless junk. No matter what it is, elite services is happy to provide residents with the junk removal services that they need. With children playing in the snow, it can be dangerous to have old things lying around a yard.

For more information about our fall outdoor cleanups, please feel free to give us a call at 978-317-5388 or fill out our online contact form.

Decutter Your Junk Space

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Almost every family has that one space in their home where they toss unwanted and unused junk. Whether it be your attic, guest room, closet, basement or garage, I would bet money you have useless things taking space up in your home. Dealing with a cluttered home can often become overwhelming. There always comes that time where you very much want to use a space but don’t know what to do because it has become overrun with junk.

Studies have shown that clutter actually affects you both mentally and physically. It can alter your productivity and eat away at your precious time. All in all, cluttered junk makes you miss important meetings, and stresses you out.

How would you feel if your house want no longer cluttered? Do you want a home with no overrun rooms? If so, Elite Services can help. The junk removal experts at Elite Services can help take control of your home and your life. From furniture to appliances and everything in between, you won’t have to worry any more.

For more information, please feel free to give us a call at 978-317-5388 and we can discuss your current situation.

Downsizing & Moving

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Moving can be one of the, more stressful experiences for just about anyone. Many people are finding themselves moving into smaller homes or just realizing they have old junk hanging around their house they don’t want to bring with them. The idea of downsizing means less space to clean, less space to maintain, and more time enjoying the real activities in life you enjoy. Even if you don’t downsize and you are moving into a larger space, this is often the time where families realize they have so many things that they don’t need.

Instead of cramming this unneeded junk into your new space, think about just getting rid of it. You will thank yourself when you have more room and empty space in your new home.

Elite Services is the perfect solution to help remove all that unneeded clutter. No matter what point of the process you are currently in, we are here to help. With all your unwanted beings, we will recycle or donate just about everything. Start the new chapter of your life, with a fresh start. For more information about our junk removal services, please feel free to give us a call at 978-317-5388 or fill out our online contact form.

Unwanted and Useless Household Junk Items

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When upgrading furniture in your home or decluttering scattered items, people often toss things aside. The time and effort that goes into removing some of these pieces results in cramped rooms or garages filled with junk. We have compiled a list of the 5 most unwanted pieces of junk people just can’t seem to get rid of.

  1. Couches: People grow to love their couches. The amount of family time and memories shared while sitting on a couch seems to build a weird but strong relationship.  They are also difficult to removal because it is highly unlikely that your local trash pickup will take it away.
  2. Refrigerators:  So many people buy a new fridge and think it is a good idea to put their old fridge in the basement or garage. This offers extra cooling space or a more convenient place to get cool refreshments. As time goes on, many of these fridges will never get touched.
  3. Mattress and/or Box Springs: This is another large item that is difficult to remove. While they are difficult to dispose of people always seem to think that having an extra mattress lying around won’t hurt. If your mattress or box spring is collecting dust and nobody is using it, think about calling Elite Services.
  4. Television: What are you supposed to do with you old big screen TV or box television that you have in storage. You are enjoying your brand new Flat screen TV, so there is no need for these old TV’s. Televisions also need to be also need to be disposed of properly. Elite Services will take care of you TV in a safe and environmentally friendly manner.

Elite Services Junk Removal & Demolition is happy to work with any and all unwanted junk. If you want to free up space, you are one call away from making it happy.

Hiring a Demolition Company vs. Doing it Yourself

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Summer is a fantastic point in the years calendar where families work on their home. Demolition of many sorts is a task and project many people actually take on themselves in order to save a couple dollars. We are here to say that unless you are extremely experienced with demolition, then you should most likely consider hiring a professional to do it instead. Even if you have experience working in demo, hiring a pro has its noticeable perks.

 

  • Safety Factors:  Each structure and demo project from a small shed to a large outdoor garage has its different aspects and specifics. Elite Services is able to recognize how each piece works and we can take that into consideration. The risk of injury is too high, when taking structures down.
  • Time: Time is certainly money. When working on a demo project, you have to understand it will take much longer then a professional. This will simply alter and hold up your plans with the new and open space you now have. Elite Services is able to efficiently and quickly take down any structure including, sheds, pools, garages, barns, sun rooms & cottages.

You may also be surprised at how cost efficient an easy it is to hiring a demo professional. Elite Service is happy to talk about any situation you may have. For further information, please feel free to give us a call at 978-317-5388 or fill out a contact form.

 

What is a Yard Clean Up?

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Has your yard every gotten to the point where it is just out of hand? Do you have old, unused, run down things laying around that you just wish could be gone. If so, a yard-clean up service is right for you. Elite Services provides yard clean up services as an extension of their Junk Removal services and customers find it extremely helpful and useful. Summer weather is finally in full swing, so be sure that your yard is not lacking.

A yard removal can include just about anything including an old shed, brush, branches, leaves, old bikes, bricks, cinder blocks and much more. The first step to getting your website back on track is with removing every piece of junk that has accumulated outside throughout the years. Junk removal is an amazing service where you can quickly get a cleared area.

Summer is here! Enjoy your yard! Get a yard clean-up! For further information, please feel free to give us a call at 978-317-5388.

Demolition Safety Hazards

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As a demolition company, we understand the various safety hazards that come along with demo work. From small to large demolition projects,  there is always something you need to be aware of. Here are safety tips to take into consideration next time you undertake a demolition project by yourself.

  • Instability of a Structure: Old sheds, barns and structures are not often very strong which can result in safety hazards for someone dismantling them.  Structures have a particular order and way of being taken down. Taken down the wrong way can result in fallen materials onto you.
  • Load Bearing Walls: When demolishing a wall, you need to be sure the wall isn’t load bearing. While an open floor plan is popular these days, you need to be sure your house doesn’t come down during a demo project.
  • Hazardous Material: Some homes and planned demo structures have dust, asbestos and respirable crystalline silica. These hazards need to be considered and actions need to be taken when the situation arrives.

Taking a demolition job on by yourself is extremely dangerous. We suggest hiring a professional company to expedite every job but when you take it on yourself be aware of all hazard. Feel free to give us a call at 978-317-5388 for any and all demolition services.

Junk Removal Company vs. Doing it Yourself

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As discussed in previous blogs, spring is finally here and it is time to think about cleaning up your property and house. Hiring a professional junk removal service is often the best option for home owners as it offers the most efficient and stress free avenue. Here are some benefits of hiring a professional junk removal company over doing it yourself:

  1. No risk of injury. Young or old, it can often be dangerous and risky on your body to remove junk throughout a home. From furniture to rubbish, we often see backs pulled or flesh wounds. Junk Removal will take everything off your hands.
  2. Efficiency. Sometime you just want stuff out of your house and you want it gone yesterday. Our team moves fast and efficiently. Your project time with be vastly decreased with our house. Our team has experience with moving just about everything so we will be gone from your house before you know it.
  3. Recycling & Donations. It is something we pride yourselves on.  Recycling is good for the environment, people and the world. Two days a week our company we gear a service toward reclining the products we removed from homes. When appliances, furniture or toys are left in good condition, nothing gives us more joy then to donate.

For more information or questions about how we can help you please give us a call at 978-317-5388.