Can You Take Mattresses, Box Springs, and Sofa Beds?

Can You Take Mattresses, Box Springs, and Sofa Beds?

Last updated: October 2026

Yes. Mattresses, box springs, and sofa beds are standard junk removal items. Each one is priced per item and quoted up front.

They're also some of the most awkward things to get rid of on your own. A queen mattress doesn't fit in most cars. A box spring is too stiff to fold. And a sofa bed hides a heavy metal frame inside a couch that already weighed a lot. Most people don't want to wrestle any of them down the stairs and out to the alley. You don't have to. Really.

Mattresses

Any size. Twin or full. Queen or king. Even a crib mattress the kids outgrew. Memory foam, innerspring, or hybrid. It doesn't matter what kind it is or how old it is. We take it from the bedroom and carry it out.

If you're getting a new mattress delivered and the store won't take the old one, that's a common reason to call us, and it's even easier if you book the pickup for the same morning so the old one is gone before the new one comes through the door.

Box springs

Box springs are stiff and boxy, which makes them hard to turn on a narrow Chicago staircase. They come out the same way as everything else. Carried carefully, with the walls and the stairs protected along the way.

Sofa beds

Sofa beds, also called sleeper sofas, are heavier than they look because of the folding frame inside. They're one of the pieces people most often regret trying to move themselves. If a sleeper sofa won't fit through the door, we take it apart to get it out. Read can you remove oversized furniture like sectional sofas or sleeper sofas.

From inside your home

We remove these items from inside your home, so you don't need to move anything outside yourself. If you've already put them out by the alley or the curb, we can pick them up there too. Read do I need to move the furniture outside.

How it's priced

Junk removal is priced per item, quoted up front so there are no surprises once the truck is loaded. A mattress is one item. A box spring is one item. A sofa bed is one item. Read how is junk removal priced.

Getting rid of more?

Mattresses usually go out with other things. An old bed frame. A dresser. A bedroom set that's being replaced all at once. We can take all of it in the same pickup. Read what does junk removal take.

Moving at the same time?

If you're moving and the old mattress isn't coming with you, don't pack it. Let us haul it away instead. Hauling away your own unwanted items is a separate service from your move, but it can happen on the same day. Our post on moving debris and junk removal explains how.

How fast we can come

Two weeks' notice is ideal, but we also do same-day junk removal. Read how fast can you schedule a junk pickup.

Mattress removal is part of our junk removal service, under our junk removal services alongside moving.

Call (773) 275-4100 or email info@wcmoving.com, and tell us what's going.