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Concrete, Brick & Heavy Debris

Driveways, patios, foundations, stone and soil go in a dedicated container and nothing else goes in with them. Here is why, and what that means for the size you book.

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The rule that governs everything

Clean loads travel to a different place

Concrete, brick, block, stone and asphalt are not waste. They are recycled into aggregate and they go to a crushing facility, not to a landfill. That is the whole reason a heavy container has to stay clean.

Goes in a heavy container

Concrete, with or without rebar
Brick, block and dolomite stone
Asphalt from a drive or apron
Clean soil, sod and gravel — in its own box, separate again
Masonry rubble from a chimney or foundation

One of these contaminates the load

A bag of site rubbish dropped on top
Timber offcuts, pallet wood, form boards
Drywall or plasterboard
Packaging, cups, wrapping, sandwich boxes
Rebar off-cuts loose in the box rather than cast in the concrete

It is almost never deliberate. Somebody tidies up at the end of the day and the nearest container gets the rubbish. One binbag re-classifies the whole load, and on a job producing real tonnage that is thirty seconds nobody can undo. Say it to the crew at the start: the heavy box takes masonry and nothing else.

Sizing

Why the answer is almost always a 10 yard

Every roll-off has a weight limit as well as a volume, and dense material reaches the weight limit long before it fills the box. A ten yard container loaded with broken concrete can outweigh a thirty yard loaded with household furniture.

So for masonry work we send the small box. It is not an upsell in reverse — an overloaded container cannot legally be lifted onto the truck, which means it stays on your property until somebody levels it by hand. On a two-day driveway removal that is the difference between finishing and not.

For larger jobs the right structure is several small containers in sequence rather than one big one. Tell us the square footage and the depth and we will work out how many.

Broken concrete loaded in a heavy debris container

Common jobs

What people book heavy containers for

Job	Rough guide	Watch out for
Two-car driveway removal	One to two 10 yard	Four inches of concrete is heavier than it looks from above
Patio or walkway	One 10 yard	Sand and base material underneath counts too
Chimney removal	One 10 yard	Old mortar and soot make a mess — sheet the ground first
Foundation or footing	Multiple 10 yard	Rebar is fine cast in; loose off-cuts are not
Garage slab	One to two 10 yard	Thicker than a drive, usually by half again
Soil and sod removal	10 yard, separate box	After rain it holds water and gains weight fast

Soil and clean masonry are not the same stream and should not share a container either. If a job produces both, that is two boxes.

Common questions

What people ask when they call

Can I put a little bit of timber in with the concrete?

No. There is no small-quantity allowance — the facility either accepts the load as clean fill or it does not. Keep a second container for everything that is not masonry.

Is rebar a problem?

Not when it is cast into the concrete, which is how it normally arrives. Loose lengths of rebar rattling around the box are a different matter and should go to scrap.

How full can I load a heavy container?

Usually less full than you expect. We will mark a fill line if the material is particularly dense. Level with the top rail is the legal maximum for any container, but a masonry box will hit its weight limit well before that.

What about old asphalt from a driveway?

Asphalt is recyclable and counts as a clean heavy load, but it should not be mixed with concrete in the same box. Tell us which you have.

Can the container sit on my lawn?

We would rather it did not. A loaded heavy container will sink into turf and leave ruts that take a season to recover. Driveway or a permitted street placement is better.