Water Heater Removal in Salem & the North Shore

We carry the old water heater up and out once it's disconnected

We take out old water heaters, gas or electric, once they've been disconnected, and we're the ones carrying a tank that heavy up the basement stairs. Most of a water heater is steel, so it comes out of the load and goes to scrap metal recycling instead of to the transfer station.

How We Handle It

Send us a photo of the tank and one looking up the stairs, and you get a price before we start. We do all of the carrying and hauling. If a plumber is putting in the new one, ask them to disconnect the old one and leave it for us.

We also do appliance removal, refrigerator and freezer removal, and scrap metal pickup.

How Much Will This Cost?

Pricing is based on the space your load takes up in the truck, or on weight for heavy material. We give you a free, firm price in person before any work begins, and once you agree to it, it does not go up.

• $120 minimum pickup
• $70 to $100 per cubic yard
• Closer to $70 when it is light and easy to reach

For a very small job close to our Salem base we can sometimes bring the minimum down to $80 to $100, so it is worth asking. The minimum can also be higher for a job well outside our normal routes. See the full pricing page.

In Salem a water heater goes out with the city's white goods at $20, collected once a month, as long as you can get it out to the curb yourself. Here is how Salem handles white goods, what the city charges for them and how a pickup is booked.

We bring a water heater up out of the basement and take it away ourselves, and in Danvers the town's $20 bulky item sticker covers water heaters if you can get one to the curb yourself. Here is what Danvers and five other North Shore towns charge for a bulk item and how each one works.

About Us, Our Story

The Junk Heroes is a brother-owned and operated junk removal company rooted in Salem, MA. We live right on the line between Salem and Swampscott, two minutes from Vinnin Square, and we started this business because we wanted to run a junk removal service that showed up on time, treated customers like neighbors, and charged honest prices.

We give a single couch the same care as a full estate cleanout. Families and businesses around Salem, Swampscott, Beverly, Lynn, and Marblehead have left us 350+ five-star reviews.

The Junk Heroes is an independent company that two brothers built and still run, with a crew of friends who haul alongside them, and we stand behind every job we do.

We do this by the book. We carry $2M in general liability, a $1M umbrella policy and $1M in commercial auto coverage. We are USDOT registered (USDOT 8843043), our drivers hold DOT medical cards, and we hold commercial accounts at the disposal facilities we use, so every load ends up where it is supposed to. Call or text in English or Portuguese.

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