Yeah, that's the hairy part at my house, got this team of guys in to remove an old DORRAD boiler that was coated in asbestos insulation. Needed permits and a bunch of other stuff, took a little over 2 hrs, cost nearly $2,500 and they didn't clean up the mess they made in my driveway.
But the boiler was big and heavy and I couldn't have done it myself, so .......