A kitchen renovation produces about 40 cubic yards of debris. A bathroom gut job, maybe 10. A deck teardown, somewhere in between. Either way, the dumpster rental companies want $400 to $600 for a bin that sits in your driveway for a week, and you still have to load it yourself.
We skip that part. You text us photos of the pile, we send back one flat price, and the crew loads and hauls it. Most renovation debris jobs take two to four hours onsite. The pile is gone and the driveway is swept before dinner.
What construction debris removal actually costs
We price by volume — how much space the debris takes in the trailer. A small bathroom remodel that fills a few contractor bags and a vanity lands around $250. A full kitchen gut with cabinets, countertops, drywall, and flooring runs $400 to $500. A whole-floor renovation or deck demolition can hit $650 for a full trailer.
Those numbers include the loading, the hauling, and the disposal. We adjust for weight up front — concrete, tile, and plaster are heavy, and they push the price toward the higher end of the band. We tell you that before we start, not after.
Quotes carry roughly plus or minus 15 percent until we see the pile in person. We say that out loud instead of pretending the photo tells the whole story.
| Project type | Typical volume | Flat price range |
|---|---|---|
| Small bathroom remodel | 1–2 items / few bags | $90–$250 |
| Kitchen gut renovation | Truck load | $250–$500 |
| Deck or patio demolition | Half trailer | $425–$550 |
| Full floor renovation | Half to full trailer | $425–$650 |
| Concrete, brick, or stone | Weight-dependent | $400–$650+ |
What counts as construction debris
Construction debris is anything left over from a renovation, remodel, or demolition project. The common stuff:
- Drywall and plaster — the dustiest part of any gut job
- Lumber, framing, and plywood — offcuts, old studs, subfloor
- Flooring — tile, hardwood, laminate, vinyl, and the thinset or adhesive underneath
- Cabinets and countertops — wood, laminate, granite, quartz
- Fixtures — toilets, vanities, sinks, tubs (if you are not keeping them)
- Windows and doors — old frames, glass panes, storm doors
- Siding and roofing — shingles, vinyl siding, fascia boards
- Concrete, brick, and stone — the heaviest items, priced by weight
What we cannot take
Hazardous materials need a specialist, not a junk removal crew. That includes wet paint, asbestos, chemicals, and propane tanks. If your renovation uncovered old asbestos tile or lead paint, we will point you to a licensed abatement contractor instead of pretending we can handle it.
Everything else from a standard residential renovation — drywall, lumber, tile, fixtures, cabinets — is fair game.
Renting a dumpster vs hiring a crew
This is the question most homeowners wrestle with. A dumpster rental in the Billerica area runs $350 to $600 for a 15-to-30-yard bin with a seven-day rental. You load it yourself. The rental company drops it off and picks it up — the loading, sorting, and hauling are on you.
Hourly haulers are paid to be slow. We charge by how much space the debris takes in the trailer — $250 for a truck load, $425 for a half trailer, $650 for a full one — whether it takes us one hour or three. A slow afternoon costs us, not you.
For a kitchen gut where you are living in the house and working during the day, that matters. A dumpster sitting in the driveway for a week is also something some neighborhoods and HOAs do not love.
The rule of thumb: if you have a free weekend, a strong back, and a helper, the dumpster saves you a hundred or two. If your time is worth more than that, or the debris is heavy (concrete, tile, plaster), the crew is the better call. We will tell you which one makes sense when you text the photos.
Where the debris goes
Not all of it goes to the same place. Usable materials — cabinets in good shape, working appliances, intact fixtures — get donated if there is a taker. Metal goes to a licensed recycler. Clean wood can sometimes go to a mulching facility.
The rest — drywall, broken tile, mixed debris — heads to the transfer station. Construction and demolition waste in Massachusetts is regulated under 310 CMR 19.000, and the disposal sites we use are licensed for it. We do not dump it behind a building or leave it on the side of the road. That should go without saying, but the number of fly-by-night haulers in this business is higher than you would think.
When you should not call us
If the debris is a single pickup-truck load — a few contractor bags and some lumber offcuts — the transfer-station fee will beat our $90 minimum. Load it up on a Saturday morning and save the booking.
If the debris is mostly concrete or masonry from a foundation or retaining wall demolition, that is a weight problem more than a volume problem. We can handle it, but a dedicated concrete hauler with a heavier truck might be cheaper. We will tell you that if the photos look like a concrete job.
If the project is still in progress and you need a bin onsite for a week while the work happens — that is a dumpster rental, and we do not do those. We show up, load, and leave the same day.
A Saturday job in Billerica
A homeowner in Billerica texted us photos of a kitchen renovation pile on a Saturday morning — old cabinets, countertops, a tile floor, and a stack of drywall leaning against the garage. Under the tile was an old hardwood floor she wanted to keep, so the crew had to work around it. She had a flat quote back within the hour, and the crew had the whole pile loaded and gone by Tuesday. The driveway was swept clean before the crew left.
That is the normal version of the job. Not the exception.
Get a flat price
Text a few photos of the debris pile and your town to (978) 330-8980. We send back one flat price within 24 hours. If a transfer-station run is cheaper, we will tell you that instead.