Do you want to tackle a cleaning project that involves the entire room? Do you need to clear up the attic or spare bedroom? We can help. Perhaps you've had enough of watching that bonus room fill up with junk. Whatever the case, we have some suggestions to assist you as you try to make more space in your house or business.

The following are some pointers and a general outline to help you plan and complete your project successfully:

1. Begin with the end in mind, not the beginning. Consider the following question: What do you hope to accomplish during the course of this cleanup project? Are you seeking to make some room?... Is it possible to reclaim a space? Do you want to try something completely different? These questions will assist you in identifying and defining an end state; the point at which you want to be when the project is completed. Keeping this in mind will assist you in making crucial decisions, orienting your work and effort, and may even allow you to save valuable time.

2. Make a strategy for achieving your goals. Once you know what you want to achieve, it is much easier to devise a strategy and determine the best course of action to take to get there. Simply put, what all needs to occur in order to achieve the end state you established in step 1 is a simple question. Do you want to totally de-clutter and clean a room? That means you'll have to drain it and thoroughly clean it. Do you want to make an area more usable? How much rubbish do you think you'll have to get rid of as a result of this? These are important questions to consider when making decisions. The following ideas or steps will be included in the majority of designs. Make use of the following while you consider your strategy:

A. What do you intend to do with your newfound freedom?
c. Are you attempting to purge or simply reorganize your belongings, or both?
b. What will happen to all of the material you're throwing away? Here, think of roll-away dumpsters and rubbish disposal services. What will you do with all of the items you're reorganizing?
d. What equipment will be required for the job? Are you in need of cleaning supplies, shelves, organizational tools, or furniture? Contact us today.
g. Will you require assistance with the project?
f. What kinds of unexpected problems might you run into?
The project will take how long, and will you have enough time to complete it? 

3. Get the ball rolling. Once you've devised a strategy, it's time to put it into action. Make a list of the materials you'll need. Make arrangements for a dumpster rental or rubbish removal service, and then jump right in. Once you've decided on a storage location for your belongings, you may begin sorting through them. Generally speaking, when dealing with crowded spaces, the best way is to clear everything out and go through it one by one. If at all possible, arrange the items into piles. Objects that you intend to keep should be placed in a different room or in a pile. If you're planning to throw something, place it somewhere else first, then carry it out to the dumpster or the junk pile to dispose of it. If you're having trouble deciding on an item, ask yourself a couple questions: how does this object fit into the area I'm trying to create? Is it necessary for me to maintain it? Is the item still in use after a couple of years? Is it possible for me to part with it? Proceed with the sorting and cleansing of the space. When your space is completely vacant, it's time to start configuring it.

4. Rearrange the furniture in your room. After you've taken everything out of your room, it's time to reorganize your area to make it into the environment you want it to be for you. For the majority of spaces, we recommend a complete cleaning before re-arranging your belongings. After months or years of storage, flooring can turn discolored, carpets can grow musty, and rooms can become suffocatingly damp. Consider hiring a cleaning agency to provide a thorough cleaning so that you can continue to sort through your belongings. For a more immediate effect, get your mop and some rags and give the area a fast clean. Once this is completed, it is time to make the area exactly what you want it to be. Include shelving or furniture in your storage room construction if it is being built. If you require a practical or recreational room, you should incorporate your décor and fixtures. When it comes to renovations, now is the time to get things going. If all you're doing is sorting and arranging, get to work!

5. Replace all of your belongings. Depending on your project objectives, it may be necessary to return your belongings to their original locations. After you've completed your storage and organizing options, you may begin relocating your belongings back into your home. Assemble your products on shelves or in boxes, and remember to identify everything if it isn't immediately obvious what it is. This will make it easier to locate your belongings the next time you need them. You'll be almost finished once everything has been put back in its place and your workstation has been cleared.
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6. Get rid of the old stuff. Throughout the course of the endeavor, you've most certainly been accumulating stacks of items that you intend to discard. This is a positive development. It facilitates the process of making place for the new, decluttering, and simplifying your life. It's past time to get rid of all of this junk. There are three options available to you: professional junk removal, dumpster rental, or doing it yourself. With only one or two car loads of junk, you can easily drive your items to a landfill, or, better yet, salvage and donate any items you can. The other alternative is to make arrangements for a dumpster rental, which you would have done ahead of time if necessary. This step would save you time by providing a convenient location to throw items for the remainder of your project's term. If you rented a dumpster, either call the provider to let them know you're finished, or wait for the scheduled pickup to arrive.

​Dumpster Rental for the Uninitiated

Dumpsters for rent are available in a number of sizes and shapes, ranging from 2 cubic yard small dumpsters to 30 cubic yard trash roll on-roll off dumpsters suitable for retail companies, among others. In general, we have around three sizes available - see our services page for additional information on these options.

A common construction dumpster is 15-20 yards in size and can be found on construction sites and on the backs of trucks. This container has a carrying capacity of up to ten tons of debris. If you've ever had a basic work, such as having a blocked off chimney reopened, you know how much debris even the most basic of construction operations generates.

This dumpster is frequently transported from the rear of a small vehicle, with a pair of arms hoisting the dumpster off the truck and onto the trailer. As an alternative, some roll-off trucks are fitted with a hydraulic arm that allows them to roll dumpsters on and off the truck — therefore the phrase "roll-off."

If you are unable to accommodate the dumpster on your driveway or in your front yard, you will need to park it on the street, which may need the acquisition of a permit from the city government. Think about us when you're speaking with our team.

Following your selection of the dumpster you require, we will deliver it at the specified time and location, and it will be up to you to fill it.

When it's full and you're finished, we'll come and pick up the dumpster, and that's the end of it. Simple and reasonably priced. Finished.

​Prior to your relocation, consider renting a dumpster.

Are you planning to relocate soon? Purging your possessions before loading a semi-truck and moving is something you should be doing. Moving and relocating is something that the average American will have to deal with at some point in their lives – therefore it's likely that we'll all have to deal with it in the future. It's also not something we do enough of to be considered "excellent" at it - or at the very least acclimated to it.

Even though we could go on and on about moving advice, we have one that is quite straightforward to share with you – and it has everything to do with dumpsters.

If you're contemplating a relocation, you've undoubtedly already realized that moving is a costly endeavor! Moving out of your house, packing up your belongings, and finding a new place to live comes with a slew of expenses. The moving truck or firm you hire will be one of the most expensive expenses you will incur. As the cost of fuel and labor continues to grow, the expense of relocating will only get more expensive. Fortunately, there are several straightforward things you may take to reduce your expenses. The most significant is as follows:

Reduce the amount of goods you move.

In addition to relocating approximately seven times, the average American owns a substantial amount of property. Bikes, souvenirs, a kayak, two computers, a plethora of clothing, and the list goes on and on.... Many of us also hold on to a lot of things, which is a good thing... Until we're forced to pay for every square foot of space in a massive moving truck.

When it comes to moving, many people make the mistake of failing to (or completely ignoring) the process of purging. As the author of this essay, I can attest to the fact that I neglected to complete this stage prior to my cross-country relocation — mostly due to a lack of available time. But I was the one who had to pay for it. I relocated a large amount of useless items (including a broken bumper to a vehicle I no longer owned) because it was sitting in a storage unit, and I instructed my movers to load everything into the vehicle. This would have been an excellent opportunity to go through my belongings and get rid of everything I didn't need (or that could be readily replaced), as well as to save money on moving expenses. If I had to do it all over again, I would follow the steps outlined below:

Each room of my house would get more and more attention as the date for starting to pack things drew closer. I would sift through all of my belongings and make some difficult decisions about what I wanted to keep and what I didn't need any longer. I'd start putting things in piles to be thrown away or given to charity. I would get rid of any outfit that I didn't really adore in order to reduce the amount of clothing I had. I'd get rid of tools, buckets, damaged items, projects I knew I wouldn't be able to complete, and as much additional clutter as I could find a home for.

Then I'd go ahead and rent a dumpster. I'd put everything in it if I could. I'd walk back through my house and relive the experience all over again. Then, whether I was packing the moving truck or assisting the movers, I would continue to throw things away. Once again, we're paying for space, so I'd throw as much as I could into the truck to keep it from filling up with unnecessary items. The fact that you have fewer stuff means that you have less stuff to unload and put away in your new home, which is another practical consideration.

With the knowledge that each item tossed would save me money and time, I would make a commitment to filling my rented trash with as much as possible. This is a really simple step that we just do not take, despite the fact that we should.

Rental dumpsters are ideal for this task since you can leave them in your driveway or on the street while you load them up as you go, saving time and money. In the midst of relocating, did you accidentally break a chair or something else? It's time to toss it. Have you come across a box of old papers that you no longer require? Don't try to move it. Toss it in the trash. The list might go on forever.

A dumpster rental gives flexibility, plenty of space, and may make difficult tasks like this much easier. Additionally, it will save you money because you will not be required to pay for the relocation of a large amount of additional belongings.

Are you preparing to relocate and require a dumpster? Give us a call and we'll get something started right away!

​Using a Dumpster as a Last Resort

Our client Julie is the subject of the following case study, which we hope you will find interesting. Julie gave us permission to publish her experience since it demonstrates the importance and benefit of renting a roll-off dumpster.

Julie, like many others, had never considered the possibility of renting a dumpster. She'd employed a rubbish removal service once before, but she didn't have a lot of garbage to dispose of, and she could always make the sporadic trip to the landfill on her own schedule.

After that, there was a "incident." While Julie's child was upstairs, her husband and I were downstairs. It seemed like the day was unfolding like any other Saturday until Julie saw pouring water. There was a lot of it. She walked into the neighboring room in the direction of the sound, only to discover water flowing from her light fixtures over her head and down through the roof. It took Julie a few moments to realize what was going on – but a brief stroll upstairs helped her put things into perspective fast. There was a large utility sink in the upstairs laundry room that was overflowing, dumping hundreds of gallons of water onto the floor. The water had already begun to pool in her basement, which was two floors below, after making its way through the ceiling and into her room.

It turned out that Julie's child had placed an article of clothing in the sink, which had caused the drain to become clogged. In addition, because the sink did not have a secondary drain, the water had nowhere to go but up and out. That's exactly what happened. There is a lot of it!

After hastily shutting off the water, Julie put down any towels she could get her hands on and dashed to the nearest bathroom to get more towels. She snatched up anything she could get her hands on, including blankets, old ragged dog towels, and even leftover furniture pads from her previous relocation; anything that might absorb water. Anything to attempt to keep her hardwood floors from becoming scratched. She was successful in soaking up a significant amount of water, but she made a sloppy mess in the process.

Following an inspection of the damage in the basement, she discovered that water had poured into several storage boxes, which had likely damaged the contents of the boxes. She told us that she had mostly holiday decorations and a box of old files and papers in her possession. Julie spent the rest of the weekend removing soaked materials from the basement and second floor - both of which were located below the location of the leak. Because it was snowing, she was unable to schedule an appointment with a water damage restoration firm. Instead, she set up a dehumidifier and every fan she could get her hands on to keep the room comfortable. As the house dried, she set about figuring out what to do with the masses of wet, heavy, absorbent material that had accumulated. She made the decision to throw the majority of the cloth rather than attempt to dry it out in the midst of the winter.

It had become impossible for her to dispose of the water-logged waste in her small home garbage cans, and she wasn't going to carry hundreds of pounds of wet, filthy blankets into her car. She pondered junk removal, but the two or three phone calls she made resulted in either no replies or long wait times due to the weather. She eventually decided against it. Then Julie tracked us down! We were able to arrange for her to hire a dumpster (for the following day), which made all the difference in the world. Our team delivered our smallest size unit to Julie's home and placed it in her driveway, making the entire procedure much simpler for her. It was only a short walk from the house to the dumpster, where Julie disposed of all of her old towels, blankets, broken boxes, and other accumulated trash. When she told us how much she enjoyed using the dumpster, we were amazed. She told us how she used it to do an impromptu winter cleaning of her home — throwing away old clothes, cardboard, and other garbage she'd put off sorting through. She even went so far as to walk through her yard and collect rotting wood from her garden, as well as a few broken buckets and gardening tools. She was able to completely fill the trash, and our team returned a few days later to carry it to the landfill.

Julie expressed her gratitude for having discovered us, and we expressed our gratitude for the opportunity to assist her with a dumpster rental. Renting a dumpster proved out to be the perfect answer for her, and she expressed her gratitude for our assistance. She stated that she would consider using a dumpster in the future because of the ease and convenience of the entire process.

Next time you're faced with an emergency cleanup duty like Julie's – or you have a large project at home - consider renting a dumpster to help you get the job done faster and more efficiently. It could be exactly what you're looking for, yet it could also be the most straightforward component of your project!