Clearing a garage, an attic, a basement, or the whole house? A cleanout fills a dumpster faster than it weighs one down, so the 20-yard is the one that suits it. It sits on the driveway a few steps from the door, takes furniture and boxes over 4.25-foot walls, and includes up to 1 ton of weight.
A cleanout is different from a remodel. Nothing is getting demolished, you are just finally dealing with twenty years of things that got put somewhere and stayed there. That means the load is bulky and light: furniture nobody wanted, boxes that were never unpacked, an exercise bike, holiday bins, warped plywood leaning against the wall. Then there is the old fridge that has been running out there since the kitchen got redone.
Because it is volume and not weight that runs out first, the 20-yard is almost always the right call. Its walls are 4.25 feet, low enough to lift a dresser over without a ramp, and at 15 feet long it sits on a normal driveway a few steps from the garage door. That distance matters more than people expect. Every extra step across the yard is a step you take a few hundred times before the job is done.
The cheapest part of a cleanout is the part you do before we show up. Walk the space once and pull anything going to a friend, a resale shop, or a donation pile. Once it is in the dumpster it is gone, and you paid to haul it. Do the same for the shelf of chemicals, batteries, paint, and the spare propane tank, which cannot go in the dumpster at all. Setting those aside first means loading day is just carrying things out, and it keeps you from having to dig something back out of the pile later.
Three days covers a weekend push on a garage. Take the week if you are working evenings or clearing more than one room, since a cleanout has a way of growing once you can actually see the floor. Both include pickup, disposal, and up to 1 ton of weight. Extra days are $50 each if you need them. The pricing page lists every size, and the size picker will talk you through it if you are between dumpsters.
A two-car garage that has been filling up for years usually lands somewhere in the middle of a 20-yard, and a full attic or basement on top of that can finish it off. Volume is what runs out first on a cleanout, not weight, because household junk is bulky and light. If you are clearing one room, the 3-day 20-yard at $375 is usually plenty.
Yes on both. Refrigerators, freezers, and window AC units are fine, and so are TVs, computers, and other electronics. What we cannot take from a garage is the hazardous side of the shelf: batteries of any kind including lithium, tires, propane tanks, wet paint, oils, solvents, and chemicals. Paint that has dried hard in the can is fine. The acceptable items page has the full list.
Most cleanouts do not. The included ton covers 2,000 pounds, and furniture, boxes, and clothes are light for their size. Where people get surprised is water-damaged carpet, wet cardboard from a basement, or a load with a lot of old tile and plaster in it. Over the ton it is $85 per ton in Jefferson, Hamblen, and Cocke County, billed off the scale ticket we send with your invoice.
On your driveway you can put it wherever you have room, and we will set it where you point. Ask about rolliskates when you book and we will put pads under the dumpster to spread the weight across the surface. The footprint is about 15 feet long by 8 feet wide, so a standard driveway handles it with room to walk around.
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