Efficient & cost effective way of handling demolition?

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Hello,

I am doing a lot of demolition on my own and I will have piles of junk that I would need to rid off. What is the efficient and most cost effective way of getting rid off this junk?

Just to give you an idea, I am estimating demolition may produce about 5-6 trailers (or more) worth of junk.

Thanks in advance for your response.

Lynnette E. · Answer

What is the quality of the junk? Old cabinets can be taken to Habitat for Humanity or be sold on FACEBOOK, etc.. Torn out drywall and flooring should go to the dump. Old bricks you can post of FACEBOOK and someone will buy or just take them. There are folks who will pick up appliances to recycle the metal.

One area I work in will pick up anything you have that is not HAZMAT at the curb with a giant claw for $30 a ton. What is available in the area you are working?

One area I work in will pick up anything you have that is not HAZMAT at the curb with a giant claw for $30 a ton.  What is available in the area you are working?

John Teachout · Answer

What Frank said. Rolloff 30 yard dumpsters around here run about $350 for them to drop it, pick it up full and dump it. I never use them because I recycle most of my demo stuff. I burn scrap lumber that isn't usable for anything, bricks, blocks, stone goes in my rubble pile and I use it on driveways, etc. Metals go the the scrap yard, etc. Once in a while I take a trailer full to the transfer station which costs about $20 to $30.00. (they charge by weight)

Frank Geiger · Answer

Don't overthink it man. Just get a rolloff dumpster put on the property for a few days. Then schedule them to come pick it up.

Greg Dickerson · Answer

@Jeff Cliff hire contractors to do the project turn key and spend your time energy and effort finding more deals and scaling the business. This is what I do and what I teach people to do. You can only save so much doing the work yourself and will actually cost yourself money in the long run.

That being said some people do this more as a hobby and prefer to do the work themselves but if you want to build a real business you need to automate the entire process turn key,

Kat McReynolds · Answer

I've read about composting drywall. But there are limitations. And I'm a hippie.

Jill F. · Answer

@Lynnette E. $30/ton that's a deal.

@Jeff Cliff if it's a property where we are going to need a dumpster anyway we just order the dumpster early and pay for extra dumps if we fill it up too fast.

If we really don't want to advertise that there is demo going on and/or that the property is empty , I'll get my handy guy to take loads to the recycle or dump in the trailer which is usually fine for diy demo since we're slow.

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