How much does shed removal cost in Boise?

Cost depends on the size of the shed, material (wood vs. metal), concrete foundation removal, location and access, and contents. We provide free quotes after seeing photos or visiting your property.

Do you remove the shed foundation too?

Yes. If your shed sits on a concrete slab or foundation, we can remove that as well. Foundation removal is typically quoted separately.

How long does shed removal take?

Most shed removals take 2-4 hours depending on size and complexity. We offer same-day service when our schedule allows.

What happens to my old shed?

We recycle and donate what we can. Usable materials get donated or recycled, keeping as much as possible out of landfills.

Can you remove sheds in tight spaces?

Absolutely. We handle sheds in tight spots and fenced backyards. We break down structures and carry debris out by hand if needed.

What areas do you serve?

We serve Boise, Meridian, Nampa, Caldwell, Eagle, and surrounding Treasure Valley communities.

Where Your Old Shed Ends Up | Boise Shed Removal

Once the trailer pulls out of your driveway, most people stop thinking about the shed. Which is the whole point of hiring someone.

Still, we get asked often enough that it's worth spelling out. A shed doesn't go to one place. It goes to three or four, and sorting it is a real part of the job.

Metal comes out first

Before anything gets loaded for the landfill, the metal gets pulled. Roof panels, wall panels, the frame on a steel shed, hinges, hasps, the track off a slider door, and any random rebar or angle iron that turns up in the footings.

That goes to a scrap yard, not a landfill. Steel and aluminum are worth money by the ton, and there are several yards around Boise and Garden City that take mixed loads.

If your shed was metal to begin with, this is most of the structure. A resin or plastic shed has almost none of it, and a wood shed usually gives up a surprising amount once you start pulling nails and brackets.

Clean wood versus painted wood

Untreated, unpainted framing lumber has options. Some of it can be chipped, some of it gets set aside if it's in decent shape, and 2x4s out of a shed that stayed dry are often still perfectly good.

Painted, stained, or pressure-treated wood is different. Treated lumber — the greenish skids most sheds sit on — can't be chipped into mulch or burned. Neither can anything painted before the late 70s, since lead is a real possibility.

That material goes to the landfill as construction debris. Nothing exotic about it, it just doesn't have a second life.

Shingles and the floor deck

Asphalt shingles are the heaviest single thing on most wood sheds. They come off early, usually before the walls, and they go out as their own load because of the weight.

The floor deck is the other heavy piece and the one homeowners underestimate. It's plywood over joists, it's often waterlogged from years of ground contact, and it doesn't break apart neatly. Cutting it into manageable sections is half an hour of work by itself.

Both end up at the Ada County Landfill on Seamans Gulch Road, or at the Canyon County site if the job is out toward Nampa or Caldwell and that's the shorter haul.

Concrete goes somewhere else entirely

If you're having the slab taken out too, that's a separate stream. Broken concrete gets hauled to a recycler where it's crushed into road base and aggregate.

It's heavy, so it goes on its own trip. But it genuinely gets reused, which is more than you can say for most demolition debris.

Same for the footings under a post-set shed. Those concrete plugs come out of the ground and ride along with the slab material.

The stuff that can't go in a truck

Here's where we need your help before we show up.

Old paint, thinner, pesticides, weed killer, antifreeze, and gas cans are household hazardous waste. They can't go to the landfill and they can't ride in a mixed debris load. Ada County runs a free household hazardous waste drop-off for residents, and it's the right home for all of it.

Propane tanks, car batteries, and fluorescent tubes are their own categories too. Batteries and tanks get taken at most scrap yards and exchange points. Fluorescents have mercury in them and need a proper drop.

If you'd rather not sort it, tell us what's in there and we'll figure out what can go with us and what needs to be handled separately.

Asbestos siding is a hard stop

On pre-1980 sheds, cement-board and transite siding can contain asbestos. That material doesn't go to the regular landfill, and it can't be broken up on site.

If it's a possibility, testing happens first. Abatement is a separate licensed job with its own disposal path, and no reputable outfit will demo around it and hope for the best.

What's still worth something

Not everything needs to be thrown away. Intact windows, a solid door, decent shelving, and any hardware still in good shape can be worth a trip to a building materials reuse shop.

If your shed is newer and structurally sound but simply in the wrong spot, it's also worth asking whether it can be moved instead of demolished. Some can. It depends mostly on whether it can survive being lifted.

The takeaway

Metal gets scrapped, concrete gets crushed and reused, clean lumber sometimes gets a second life, and the rest goes to the landfill. Chemicals and asbestos never ride along.

If you've got questions about something specific in your shed — you found a stack of old paint cans, or you're not sure about the siding — call before you start moving it around. Easier to plan for than to fix.