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Drywall scraps, trim, and leftover lumber after a room remodel — not a whole-roof tear-off.
Light construction debris removal in North Dallas
Volume on the 14-yard trailer: ¼ $275, ½ $450, ¾ $625, full $770. Dense piles can move the number; we say so from photos.
The remodel is done. The scraps are not. A bathroom refresh in a Garland ranch, a kitchen that left a pile of cabinets in the garage, a flooring swap in Richardson with padding and underlayment still in the dining room — that leftover is our size. Whole-house guts, roof tear-offs, and a 40-yard sitting in the drive for a week are not. Jolly Goat Junk is a fourteen-yard usable dump trailer and a crew. We will not bid what we cannot load safely.
Light construction debris prices as volume, with a density caveat. A pile of trim and hollow cabinets can be a quarter or half load ($275 or $450). Wet drywall, tile, and masonry cube small and weigh a lot; those can move off a simple yard guess toward a weight conversation or a pass. Photos with a garage door or a person in the frame, plus an honest “it is tile” or “it is wood,” keep the range from turning into an argument at the curb.
Contractors call when the roll-off is full and a last pile remains, or when an HOA in Plano or Murphy will not allow a dumpster at all. Homeowners call when they DIY’d a room and now own a mountain. Either is fine. We need to know whether nails are a carpet of puncture hazards, whether paint cans are in the mix, and whether the pile is inside, outside, or both. Wet paint and solvents do not ride. Set them aside.
We load leftover that is already debris. We do not demo a kitchen as a trade, we do not pull a roof, we do not take down a load-bearing anything. If the cabinets are still on the wall, that is not this page yet. If they are on the garage floor, that is this page. The distinction is boring and useful.
Access on remodel leftover is often a garage, a side yard, or a patio. Townhomes with tight alleys in Richardson still work if we can stage the trailer. Long carries of dense material add labor. Inside fifteen miles of the Garland yard, mileage is included. Frisco and north McKinney pins we check. Extra miles are extra miles.
Property managers use this for unit refreshes: old blinds, a vanity, the leftover from a flooring crew that left at 3 p.m. Combine it with a make-ready furniture haul if the tenant left a sofa. We can invoice the office. We still confirm the number on site before we load, because leftover piles grow between the walkthrough and Thursday.
What we will not pretend: that a half-trailer of tile is the same as a half-trailer of hollow doors. If the photos show masonry, expect a different conversation. If they show lumber and drywall scraps from one room, expect the volume card. Full trailer is $770 when it is household-density leftover that actually fills the fourteen.
City bulk pickup is not a remodel partner. It will not take a mixed construction pile on furniture week. A rented dumpster is the right tool for a week-long gut. We are the right tool for the day after, when the gut is done and the scraps remain, or for the job that was never big enough to justify the box.
Same-week is typical. Same-day depends on density and whether we need extra hands. Send photos of the pile, the path, and a note about materials. A Jupiter, Buckingham, or Belt Line cross street is enough to place you on the map. We confirm in the driveway, load, and leave the HOA looking at a clean slab instead of a roll-off.
“Light leftover” in practice is what one trailer can eat without pretending to be a roll-off: the scraps from a bathroom, a flooring swap, a deck that lost a few boards, a garage full of offcuts after a weekend DIY. If the contractor is still in the house for another week, a dumpster may still be the right tool. If they have left and the scraps remain, we are the closer. Nails and screws in a carpet of debris are a handling note, not a no — we would rather know than find them with a shoe.
No fake before-and-after theater, no speech about being the region’s demolition king. We are not. The quietly good version of this job is a garage you can park in after the contractor has gone, and a number that matched the photos plus what we saw on site.
What we take
- Drywall scraps, trim, and leftover lumber from a finished room
- Old cabinets and fixtures already off the wall
- Carpet, padding, and the bathroom leftover after a refresh
- Small deck-board leftover and fence panels already down
What we don't
- Whole-roof tear-offs and structural demolition
- 40-yard commercial gut jobs
- Wet paint, solvents, fuels, and chemicals
- Dirt, concrete, and tile priced as a dumpster by the ton unless we agree
FAQ
Can you take a whole roof tear-off?
No. That is a dumpster or a larger hauler. Light leftover after a small job, yes.
What about tile and concrete?
Small leftover, maybe, with a weight conversation. Piles of masonry are often the wrong trailer. Photos decide.
Do you demo, or only haul?
We haul what is already down. Cabinets on the floor, yes. Cabinets on the wall, not as a carpentry trade.
Can a contractor put us on the end of a job?
Yes. Send photos of the remaining pile and the address. HOA streets are a common reason they call.
Are paint cans okay in the pile?
Wet paint is a no. Empty dry cans are a maybe. Set liquids aside and ask when you send photos.
Related
Text a photo. Get a range. We load.
Volume pricing, 15 miles included from Garland, final number confirmed in the driveway.