Just curious what size dumpster’s everyone uses. Using it for new construction, renovation, what? Short term (few days) or do you have it parked there for the whole job?
Do you have a way of calculating the size you need, or just get the same size.
One of our local waste haulers lists their sizes as:
10 cubic yard – 10L x 6W x 3.5H
15 cubic yard – 12L x 6W x 4H
20 cubic yard – 20L x 8W x 4H
30 cubic yard – 20L x 8W x 6H
40 cubic yard – 22L x 8W x 8H
jt8
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I usually ordered the smallest I could get away with if in town and "unsolicited donations" were likely to be a problem. On jobs with limited access, the 40 yd unit was usually thge "right size", especially on the hospitals and/or factories.
I once discovered my 40 cy units were being "emptied at night" and when I investigated found that my "security force" for the apartments was filling them with new appliances!
Around here I can get either a 2-yarder or a 30-yarder. 30 will get you thru a large remodel where lots of wall sections are being gutted, chimneys removed, etc. Recently I am finding that there are folks sending out dumpsters for sorting materials and recycling... i.e. wood scrap only and then they take it and chip it for mulch. Or, sheetrock scraps, scrap concrete, etc. Saves on landfilling and cost.
I have a 30yd parked near my house which is always there. For small jobs we ferry debris to it from the back of a pickup. It gets emptied about twice a year.
On larger jobs we get either a 30 or 15 depending on how much space is available. We use them at a rate of about 1500 square feet /30 yd for a new house.
For a typical bathroom demolition, I can usually get a 10 yard dumpster parked under the second floor window and throw everything down into that. $ 199.00 for one week, plus now an added $ 20.00 "fuel charge".
The incident posted below happened here in Cleveland last week.....
Dumpster explodes, several neighborhood windows broken
POSTED: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 5:03:26 PM
UPDATED: Thursday, October 20, 2005 11:12:03 AM
CLEVELAND -- A scare in one Cleveland neighborhood today when an explosion broke windows in several houses.
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“I was watching TV and all I heard was a loud boom,” one resident said. “I thought somebody had thrown a brick through my front window.”
It happened on North Boulevard. A contracting company crew was renovating a home. They were cutting tree limbs and dumping the debris in a dumpster on the street.
Fire investigators believe someone dumped gasoline on the debris and the vapors ignited, causing the explosion.
At least 10 homes had windows shattered. No one was hurt. The contractor may face a citation.
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I usually order 6 cu yd dumpsters for $299 here in NJ. They will handle a full gut 5x7 bath from demo to completion.
My dumpster company will ferry a half full box from one job to another for me if it's on the way to the dump. That way, I can use it for two jobs.
With the fuel charge, hereabout a 10yard goes for about $250/week. 20yd for $325. You are paying per load in it, so you'd better get a size larger than you think you need. Better to pay an extra $50 than get stuck with two 'emptyings' to the tune of an extra $2-300.
The 250/325 includes 7 days. After that I think its around $5/day.
jt8
"Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. " --Theodore N. Vail