Basement Cleanout in Didsbury, Alberta

Basement Cleanout the way it works in Didsbury

Most basements in Didsbury aren't finished rec rooms. They're working spaces — cold storage for canning jars, the furnace room with a stack of old lumber against the wall, the spot under the stairs where three generations of "we'll use this someday" has piled up. A lot of the houses along 20th Avenue and the older streets near the downtown core were built in the 50s and 60s, and those basements have been collecting for decades.

I'm TJ, and I've hauled out basements all over Mountain View County. When I show up at a house in Didsbury, I know what I'm walking into. I've seen the water-damaged particleboard shelving that's been sitting too long, the broken deep freeze that nobody wants to drag up the stairs themselves, and the boxes of canning supplies from the old Co-op on 20th that someone's been meaning to sort through since 1987.

What actually piles up in Didsbury basements

Because this is farming country, the stuff is different than in a city basement. I regularly pull out:

• Old grain and feed bags, seed containers, and rusted hand tools from shop cleanouts
• Wooden pallets and scrap lumber people saved "for a project"
• Canning jars, crocks, and pressure canners — some worth keeping, most just taking up shelf space
• Old appliances: freezers, washing machines, water heaters that got replaced and never got hauled off
• Water-damaged drywall, insulation, and carpet from the spring melt or a heavy rain off the irrigation ditches
• Fishing and camping gear from trips out to the Red Deer River that's been sitting since the 90s

I don't judge what you're keeping. But if it's water-stained, rusted, or hasn't been touched in a decade, it's probably time for it to go.

How the job goes

I do the work myself — I'm not sending a crew of strangers through your house. I bring a truck and a couple of tarps, we walk through the basement together so you can point out what stays and what goes, and then I start carrying. If it's heavy, I bring a dolly. If the stairs are narrow or the ceiling is low, I work around it.

For the bigger stuff — a full basement clear-out after an estate, or a hoarding situation that's gotten out of hand — I'll spend the day on it. For a weekend declutter, I'm usually in and out in a couple of hours. You don't have to be there the whole time. A lot of my Didsbury customers hand me a key or leave the door unlocked and head to work or to the Farmers' Market on a Saturday.

What it costs

I price by volume, not by the hour, so you know the number before I load the first box. A single truckload runs from $100 for a light 1/8 load up to $500 for a full truck, with the 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 sizes in between. If you've got a full basement that's going to take a couple of loads, I'll give you a flat quote for the whole job so there are no surprises — and any minimum charge or extra-fee items like mattresses or fridges are in that quote up front.

I take everything to the proper facilities — the transfer station out on Highway 2A or the county landfill. Appliances get drained and handled right. If there's any salvage value in the metal, I'll note it and take it off your price.

Serving Didsbury and the surrounding area

I cover Didsbury proper and the acreages around it — out toward Olds, down toward Carstairs, and the farm properties along Range Roads 20 and 21. If you're in town or on an acreage, give me a call and we'll set up a time. Most weeks I'm in the Didsbury area at least a couple of days, so I can usually get to you within a few days.

Call TJ's Junk Removal at (825) 559-2766 and we'll get your basement sorted out.