Warehouse cleanout in Whittier

When a business needs its floor emptied in Whittier or a nearby LA or Orange County city, Louie handles the warehouse cleanout himself as owner of Cast Out Hauling & Junk Removal. The job is clearing out a commercial floor, the stuff a business leaves behind when it moves out or downsizes. Call or text (562) 781-9101 for a price. A warehouse is bigger and heavier than a garage or a house. Think rows of metal shelving, stacks of broken pallets, a back office full of desks, and a dock or roll-up door the trailer has to share with deliveries.

The calls come from a few kinds of people. A business owner closing a location. A property manager whose tenant left and took nothing with them. A landlord who needs the space empty before the next lease starts. A shop that just wants half its floor back. Louie started the business in 2025. It's owner-operated, so the man who gives you the number on the phone is the man loading the racking later. If the space is a rented unit and not a building, the storage unit cleanout page covers that job.

Warehouse work has to fit around a business's hours. Louie keeps the business open 24/7, so a cleanout can land after closing time, and same-day jobs can sometimes be fit in. Louie's timing is a 24 hour turn around. He hauls in Whittier and the cities around it on both sides of the county line, including Santa Fe Springs, Pico Rivera, La Mirada and Fullerton. The list of cities Louie works in shows the rest.

What goes on the truck

• Metal shelving and racking
• Broken pallets
• Office desks and chairs
• File cabinets
• Flattened cardboard
• Old stock and returns
• Break room fridge

Text or call (562) 781-9101 about yours.

From the full list of what goes on the truck: remodel, job site and warehouse debris.

What fills a warehouse floor when a business leaves

A warehouse cleanout is mostly heavy, bulky stuff that sat in one spot for years. Some of it is stacked higher than a person can reach. Metal shelving and pallet racking. Pallets, some whole and some splintered. Cardboard flattened and stacked to the ceiling. Old stock nobody is going to sell, returns that never got processed, and a break room with a fridge and a microwave still plugged in.

The office side adds its own load. Desks, rolling chairs, file cabinets and a conference table that barely fits through the door. A lot of it works like a property cleanout, only spread across a concrete floor with longer walks to the door and a lot more metal. The difference is the distance and the weight per piece, and that's what shapes how Louie loads and what the price looks like.

What stays behind in a warehouse

Warehouses collect the things Louie can't haul. Half-used drums of solvent, old paint on a back shelf, cans of fuel for a forklift or a generator, and floor tile or pipe wrap that might be asbestos. Hazardous materials like these stay where they are. He won't load them, and the rest of the floor gets cleared around them.

Concrete and dirt are off the list too, so broken slab from a dock repair or a pile of fill out by the fence stays put. Same for a heap of crushed debris loose enough that it would have to be shoveled into the trailer. The racking, the desks and the break room fridge can all go. If you're not sure about a drum or a box in the back, mention it when you call so the number covers only what's actually going.

How Louie clears a warehouse floor

Louie pulls each piece from the spot it's sitting in, the far racking included. Nothing has to be staged at the dock first, and nobody on your side has to move the heavy pieces. Most days he's on his own, and a big floor can mean he brings a small crew along.

Louie also rents out his dump trailer to a business that would rather fill it with its own people. Before the day, tell him where the trailer can sit and whether the dock has delivery times to work around. If a building manager has to open the gate or sign off on access, put Louie in touch with that person. Since the business is open 24/7 with an hour window, a night or weekend slot works when the floor is quiet.

What a warehouse cleanout costs

The minimum is $120. Above that floor, the warehouse gets a single price, and what moves it is how much truck space the pile fills. That price holds through the last pallet going on. A corner of old shelving sits near the low end. A full floor of racking, pallets and office furniture takes more room, so the number is bigger.

There are two possible extras on a warehouse job. Upstairs is +$25. Carry over 50 feet is +$50. If either fits your building, you hear about it before any loading, and nothing gets tacked on later. Call or text (562) 781-9101. Tell him what's on the floor and how long the walk to the door runs.

Where the shelving, desks and stock end up

Donation comes first. Office furniture and shelving that still have life in them head to a local donation center. Racking and other metal goes to recycling when possible. What's truly trash, like splintered pallets, water-damaged boxes and stock nobody wants, goes to the landfill.

This matters more on a warehouse job than most, because so much of the pile is metal and office furniture instead of household odds and ends. Splitting the load that way keeps usable desks and shelving out of the landfill when they still have years left. You don't have to split the floor into piles for him before he shows up. If a rundown of what he can and can't take helps, the section on shelving, pallets and other warehouse items in his guide breaks it down.

How the price works

Call or text (562) 781-9101. Louie looks at how much room it takes on the truck and gives you one number for the whole job. The number doesn't change once it's loaded. Jobs start at $120. The only add-ons: upstairs +$25, carry over 50 feet +$50. He tells you before he starts. More on how pricing works.

Where Louie does this

All of the surrounding LA and Orange County cities. See every town Louie covers for warehouse cleanout.