15-yard dumpster rental in Tampa Bay

Fifteen cubic yards, roughly 405 cubic feet, is where most one- and two-room projects land:

• Kitchen remodel: upper and lower cabinets, countertops, a sink base, drywall and the old flooring.
• Two-car garage: years of boxes, shelving, old tools, bikes and the workbench nobody uses.
• Move-out or downsizing: furniture from a few rooms, rugs and the overflow from every closet.
• Yard overhaul: overgrown shrubs, palm fronds, old landscape timbers and edging.
• Deck or fence tear-out: boards, rails and posts from a modest deck or a run of wood fence, cut to manageable lengths.
• Flooring: carpet or laminate from several rooms.

If you're gutting more than one room, or emptying a house you've lived in for decades, compare it with the 20-yard.

A 15-yard includes 1.5 tons; anything over that is $99 per ton. Most household and remodel loads stay comfortably inside it, but a few materials change the picture:

• Drywall and plaster weigh more than they look, and much more once wet.
• Tile, mortar and stone countertops add weight in a hurry during a kitchen or bath job.
• Sod, dirt and rocks from a yard project are among the densest things you can load.
• Brush and branches add up too: a government volume-to-weight table estimates yard trimmings at about 350 pounds per cubic yard (Seattle Public Utilities (opens in a new tab)), so a trailer packed tight with brush can weigh more than people expect.
• Rain soaks into carpet, drywall and yard debris, and the scale counts the water too (more in the FAQ below).

When a project mixes light and heavy debris, load the heavy pieces first and spread them across the floor, then build up with the bulky items. If most of your debris is shingles or concrete, a single 15-yard can go well past the allowance; see our weight-limits guide or call us and we'll talk through options.

The 15-yard sits in the middle for a reason. Compared with the 10-yard ($300 for 3 days), you get 50% more space and more included weight for $350, which is usually enough to stop worrying about whether the last load will fit. Compared with the 20-yard at $400, you give up some space and save on the price.

Pick the 10 if your project is one small room or mostly heavy material. Pick the 20 if you're emptying a whole house or renovating several rooms at once. For everything in between, and especially when you aren't sure how much you'll find once you start, the 15 is the safe middle. Compare all three sizes on our rentals page.

How you load matters as much as what you load, because we tow the trailer on public roads when we haul it away.

• Start with heavy, flat items on the floor: doors, plywood, countertops, broken-up drywall.
• Fill gaps with smaller debris and bagged material.
• Put bulky, light items such as chairs and cushions on top.
• Keep everything below the top of the side walls, with nothing hanging over the edge.

A trailer loaded evenly from front to back tows better and empties cleaner at the disposal site. If the load has grown past the walls, we'll ask you to take some off before we can leave, so it pays to stop and call if you're running out of room. We can talk about extra days or a second rental before it becomes a problem.