Dumpster Rental for Contractors

Set the container where every trade can reach it and the truck can come back for swaps without moving materials or equipment. Our truck typically needs about 50 feet of straight-line room, 12 to 14 feet overhead and 10 to 12 feet of width, so leave that lane open for the whole job. Our construction dumpster rental page covers how jobsite debris behaves by weight.

A container on the lot usually needs no permit in the areas we serve. One on the street or public right-of-way does, and the contractor or owner pulls it, not MAC Dumpsters. Each county and town issues its own, and our permit rules by jurisdiction page lists the offices.

Remodels usually mean the homeowner's driveway, and the homeowner is watching. The 15 yard sits on the same 14-foot by 89-inch footprint as the 20 and fits most drives. We can set it on any surface except inside Bel Air town limits, where grass and pervious surfaces are off limits. For the debris a house job throws off, see our residential dumpster guide.

Two layers roughly double the weight per square, so halve those square counts for a double tear-off or step up a size. We figure architectural shingles at about 300 pounds a square and 3-tab at about 175. Slate and tile are a different load, so call us to size those.

Shingles, underlayment, nails, flashing and old decking all go in. Chimney brick, mortar and any concrete stay out, because those materials aren't accepted in any of our containers. Our roofing dumpster rental page runs the full squares math by shingle type.

Stumps and rolled sod are some of the heaviest things a yard produces, and that weight is on the customer. Soil still attached to a stump or a roll of sod is fine. Spread heavy pieces across swaps, or step up to the 20 yard with 3 tons on a clearing job.

Loose dirt can't go in, even a few wheelbarrows of it. Concrete pavers, brick edging, block walls and old asphalt are excluded too. Plan a separate way out for those before the container arrives. Our yard waste dumpster page sizes brush and land-clearing loads.

Light demo is the inside of a building coming out: walls down to the studs, old ceilings, cabinets, flooring, doors and fixtures. Plaster and lath are heavier than drywall, so a plaster-wall house reaches 3 tons faster than it looks. Swap before the container passes its included weight.

None of these go in any MAC Dumpsters container, in any amount. That rules out slabs, footings, foundation walls, brick chimneys, block walls, driveways and fill dirt. If a demo job includes them, they need a separate disposal plan. Our list of what fits in a dumpster covers every accepted and excluded material.

Set the container at the client's driveway, then load straight out of the house instead of filling your truck and driving to the dump. The walk-in door lets a crew walk furniture in. Our estate cleanout dumpster page sizes whole-house jobs, where most of this work lands.

Tires are $15 each, mattresses and box springs $30, and TVs, computers and non-freon appliances $35 each. Refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners have freon and can't go in at all. Bagged household garbage from the client's kitchen goes to their regular trash collection, not the container. Price those into your quote before the crew loads.