Deck, Fence, and Playset Removal in Temecula — Old Decks, Fence Lines, Swing Sets, Trampolines, and Above-Ground Pools, Pulled Out and Hauled

Deck removal in Temecula starts at $195 with Wild West Junk Removal, but a deck almost never lands at the minimum. We price by how much of the trailer the torn-down deck fills: $195 for a quarter load, $350 for a half, $495 for three-quarters, and $595 for a full 12-cubic-yard load. A ground-level wood deck of 150 to 300 square feet usually runs three-quarters to a full load; an elevated or attached deck with rails and stairs is a full load or more; composite runs a bracket higher than wood at the same size. Teardown labor, the footings, hauling, disposal, and the rake are inside the number. You get a firm written price on site before we start.

We do not price by the foot, because two fences the same length can fill very different amounts of the trailer. The way it usually works out: about 50 feet of wood fence with the posts is a quarter to a half load, $195 to $350; 100 to 150 feet with posts is a half to three-quarter load, $350 to $495; chain-link runs a bracket lower than wood because the fabric rolls tight and the steel has scrap value. Send a photo of the run and the gate it has to clear and we name the bracket before we drive out.

Yes, and that is the part of the job worth paying for. We pull each post with the concrete footing still on it rather than cutting the post off at the dirt, because a line of buried concrete footballs is exactly what your new fence contractor does not want to dig around. A typical tract-home footing weighs 50 to 80 pounds and comes out with a bar, a jack, and a chain. The footings go to concrete recycling, separate from the wood. If a post is set in a poured curb or a slab, that piece is scoped separately.

We can take down a fence on a shared property line, but we ask that you talk to the neighbor first and, ideally, put it in writing. California's Good Neighbor Fence law treats adjoining owners as equally responsible for a boundary fence, and a surprise teardown is how neighbor disputes start. On the day, we photograph the line before we touch anything, we leave any post the neighbor's fence is still attached to, and we stay on your side of the line with the tarps and the debris.

Yes. We do not pump pools, and we cannot cut a steel wall with water behind it. Turn the pump off for a few days so the chlorine drops, then drain to your lawn or a sewer cleanout with a sump pump or a garden-hose siphon. Do not drain to the street gutter — chlorinated water in the storm drain is a discharge violation in Temecula and Riverside County. Leftover chlorine, shock, and muriatic acid cannot ride in our trailer; the county takes them free at its household hazardous waste sites. Once the water is out, a 15 to 24 foot steel-wall pool is a half to three-quarter load and two to four hours.

Raking the sand base flat is included. Hauling it is not, unless you ask, because a 24-foot pool sits on a couple of tons of sand and that is a separate, very heavy volume. Most people leave it and either seed over it or use it as the base for whatever goes in next. If you want it gone, tell us when you send photos and we price it as its own bracket on the same trip.

Yes. A backyard trampoline with an enclosure is a quarter load, $195, and it takes us under an hour: net and poles off, mat and springs off, frame apart. The frame and springs go to scrap steel; the mat, pad, and net go to licensed disposal. If it is one of the in-ground models, we lift the frame out and you keep the pit and retaining ring — say so up front so we plan the extra time. If you are only getting rid of the trampoline, it is worth adding anything else in the yard to the same trip, since the quarter load is the minimum either way.

Yes. Most of the big wood playsets are anchored with metal stakes or L-brackets set in a small concrete pad at each leg. We take the swing beam down first so nothing is hanging in the air, bring the tower down in panels, then dig out the anchors and pads rather than cutting them flush where a mower will find them. A full-size set with a tower, slide, rock wall, and swing beam is usually a half load and two to three hours. Rubber mulch or a sandbox underneath can ride in the same load if you tell us it is there.

The ledger board — the piece lagged into the house framing — comes off with the lags, and we leave the attachment point clean. We work slowly around the siding and flashing there because that seam is where water gets into a house. If a new deck is going up, tell us and we leave the wall in whatever state your framer wants. We are not a stucco or siding contractor, so any finish repair on the wall is on your builder. Attached decks are also the one case where you should call the City of Temecula Building and Safety Division before we start, because a permit can be required depending on the deck's size and history.

Legally, yes, once it is waste. Most residential deck framing and fence posts are pressure-treated, and before 2004 the standard treatment was chromated copper arsenate, which contains arsenic. California classifies all preservative-treated wood waste as hazardous under its treated wood waste rules, so it cannot go in the green cart, a wood-recycling pile, a chipper, or a fire pit. It goes to a landfill approved to take treated wood. That is where we take it, and we can email the disposal receipt if you need it for a permit file or an HOA.

Yes. Composite boards are heavier than wood and they do not compress in the trailer, so a composite deck usually prices one bracket higher than a wood deck the same size — a 200-square-foot composite deck is a full load where the wood version might be three-quarters. There is no viable recycling for old composite in Riverside County right now, so it goes to licensed disposal.

Taking down a fence generally does not require a permit in the City of Temecula or unincorporated Riverside County; the permit rules apply to what you build back, especially anything over the height limit, block walls, and pool barriers. A freestanding deck does not need one either. A deck attached to the house can, depending on square footage and whether it was permitted originally, so confirm with City of Temecula Building and Safety before we begin on anything lagged to the wall. If you are in an HOA — Redhawk, Wolf Creek, Harveston, Paloma Del Sol, Morgan Hill — the CC&Rs are usually stricter than the city on fences that face the street or a common area.

Sure. Redwood and cedar fence boards, untreated deck boards, and playset panels in decent shape are worth saving for a planter, a gate, or a shed wall. Tell us before we start loading and point to where you want the stack; we pile it there instead of in the trailer, and the price drops if it changes the bracket. Treated posts and joists are not worth keeping, and the state's treated wood rules say not to reuse them in anything a person or a plant will touch.

Yes, and it is the cheapest way to do it. We treat the deck and the pool as one job: deck boards and rails come off, the pool inside gets its liner cut and its wall sectioned, then the deck framing and posts come out. Plan on a full load or more and most of a day. The pool has to be drained before we arrive. Quoted as one visit it runs meaningfully less than booking the deck and the pool as two separate jobs, because we price by trailer volume and the trip costs the same either way.

Sometimes, and we will tell you when. The bracket is the bracket — a half-load pile costs $350 whether we made it or you did — so the saving is the loading time on a big job that might have run past the included hour. Where people lose money is cutting fence posts off at the dirt instead of pulling them, leaving the footings for the next contractor, or spending a weekend on a trampoline's springs. If it is a trampoline or a metal swing set, do it yourself and call us for the pile. If it is a deck or a long fence run with posts, let us take it apart; the time you save is worth more than the bracket difference.

Same-day slots are available most days if you call early, Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. A trampoline, swing set, or short fence run is a same-morning job. A full deck or a pool-and-deck combo takes most of a day, so those get booked a day or two out so we can put the full crew on it. If a job is going to run past one day or need two trips, we tell you at the estimate stage, before you commit, and it goes on the written estimate.