The short answer
Televisions are handled as a separate stream across the Front Range and do not go in household trash. Your options are a drop-off or collection event — check your own city or county's current electronics page, because these programs change and the one people remember is often the one that ended — a retailer take-back, or a pickup.
Published prices: TV (Under 42") $62, TV (42" to 65") $68, TV (65"+) $73. The minimum for a visit is $75, so it is worth adding the stand, the old sound bar or the box of cables to the same trip.
Sign out of it before it leaves the house
A modern television is a computer with a login history on it. Before anything goes on a truck, factory reset it, which signs it out of every streaming service and clears the wifi credentials. Do it while it is still plugged in and on the wall, not after it is face-down on the floor.
The same applies to anything that was plugged into it: a streaming stick, a console, an old media box with a drive in it. A Box of Electronics is $77 and is the practical way to clear all of that at once, but reset each device first.
Denver keeps its old TVs in three places
Every metro has a pattern to this and here it is unusually consistent.
- The basement rec room. Brick bungalows in Park Hill and Congress Park, 1950s ranches in Harvey Park and Virginia Village. The old set moved downstairs when the flat panel went up, and the one before it is down there too. Reached by a steep flight that turns at a landing.
- The garage. Detached alley garages and suburban three-car bays in Arvada, Centennial and Aurora. A game-day television that stopped working, propped against the shelving.
- The closet. Capitol Hill and Uptown walk-ups, where a small apartment and a three-flight stair mean the dead set never made it out the door.
Dry air at altitude is why they are all still intact and still there. Nothing corroded, nothing forced a decision, so they accumulate.
The wall-mount question
Denver's older housing makes TV mounting awkward, and the awkwardness shows up again on the way out. Bungalow living rooms often have a brick or masonry chimney breast, plaster over lath rather than drywall, and stud spacing that predates anything standard. Mounts in those houses went up with masonry anchors or into whatever framing was findable.
Take the television off the mount before pickup day if you can do it safely — a large panel is two-person work and it is heavier and more flexible than it looks. If the bracket is coming off the wall too, that is a small patch-and-paint job for you or a handyman rather than something the hauling crew handles. We take the bracket itself.
A typical Denver living-room reset is the television and the cabinet under it: a 65-inch-plus set with an Entertainment Center / TV Stand at $73 + $96 = $169.
Old tube TVs are a different job
A CRT is the worst object in a house to carry. Heavy, all the weight at the front glass, nothing good to grip, and usually at the bottom of a Denver basement stair. This is precisely why so many of them are still down there a decade later.
They are also treated differently at the disposal end than flat panels. If you are planning a self-haul, confirm the site takes tube sets before you wrestle one into a car — finding out at the gate with a 120-pound television is a wasted afternoon and a worse drive home.
We take them at the same size-based prices, carried out from wherever they are. There is no stair charge and no walk-up fee.
Full price list
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| TV (Under 42") | $62 |
| TV (42" to 65") | $68 |
| TV (65"+) | $73 |
| Entertainment Center / TV Stand | $96 |
| Computer Monitor | $58 |
| Speaker System (Large) | $57 |
| Stereo / Sound System | $52 |
| Desktop Computer / Tower | $62 |
| Box of Electronics | $77 |
Because of the $75 minimum, single-TV visits are inefficient. Bundle: a mid-size set with the stereo it was wired to is $68 + $52 = $120. A basement clear of the old set and the monitor beside it is $62 + $58 = $120.
Do not put it by the dumpster
Televisions are the item most often left beside alley carts in Denver's older neighborhoods and beside dumpster corrals at Aurora and Lakewood garden complexes. It does not work. Electronics are excluded from general collection, the set stays your responsibility, and in managed properties the removal gets billed back to the unit.
Weather finishes the argument. A television left outside meets a spring hailstorm, then a soaking, then a freeze. What was a recoverable set with recoverable metals inside becomes a broken screen on a sidewalk, which is worse for everybody including whoever eventually has to pick it up.
Frequently asked questions
How much does TV removal cost in Denver?
$62 for a set under 42 inches, $68 for 42 to 65 inches and $73 for anything over 65 inches. That covers carrying it out from a basement or a walk-up and routing it to the electronics stream. The minimum for a visit is $75, so bundle if you can.
Can I put a TV in the trash in Denver?
No. Electronics are a separate stream across the Front Range and a television left beside an alley cart or a complex dumpster stays your responsibility. Check your own city or county's current electronics page for drop-off options, or book a pickup.
Do I need to wipe my smart TV?
Yes. Factory reset it while it is still on the wall and plugged in. That signs it out of every streaming account and clears the wifi credentials. Reset any streaming stick, console or media box going with it too.
Will you take an old tube TV out of my basement?
Yes, at the same size-based prices, and there is no stair charge. CRTs are the ones most worth having collected — heavy, front-weighted, and usually sitting at the bottom of a turning Denver bungalow stair that they are not coming up on their own.
Can you take the wall mount as well?
Yes. Take the television off the bracket before pickup day if you can do it safely, and we will take the bracket with it. Patching the plaster in an older Denver house afterwards is a handyman job rather than part of the haul.