What’s the Difference Between Junk Removal and Roll-Off Dumpster Services?

Which service is right for your project?

As a homeowner you make many decisions when it comes down to the junk you need removed from your home.

What is a Junk Removal Service?

Once you determine what needs to be hauled away you have two choices: do I hire a junk removal company to haul it away for me or do I rent a dumpster? Both services are available in the Capital region and will haul away your junk.

When you call a full-service Junk Removal company, essentially you are paying for labor. Two or more individuals will come inside your home to pick up your junk. The company will schedule a time and date to haul away the selected items. The homeowner needs to be home when the crew arrives and be present the entire time the crew works.

The company charges either;

A full service Junk Hauler is almost always more expensive than a Roll-Off Dumpster because whether it’s built into the price-by-volume or charged directly, the homeowner is the one paying for time and labor and labor insurance.

Because the Junk Hauling company does not know the volume or time it takes to remove your junk before they arrive and see the stuff, there is uncertainty of their final bill until the haulers show up in your house and see your stuff. The Hauler can make an appointment for an “estimate” and schedule the removal for another day, or if they show up with a truck and a crew to do the removal on the same day, a customer can never be sure of the final price when booking the appointment.

The final price for Junk Removal Services will only be determined when the crew arrives at your home or business to assess the volume and/or time it will take them.

Since Full-Service Junk Removal will have manual laborers carrying heavy items from your home or business into their hauling truck, you should be cautioned to make sure your insurance policy will cover any unintentional accident or injury on your property.

Reasons to Choose Junk Removal:

Although it can be pricey, the major reasons to hire a junk removal service over a dumpster service would be ;

What Are Dumpster Rentals?

A Roll-Off Dumpster is a metal box delivered to your home or business by truck which you load and then, once loaded, is removed by the same truck which delivered it.

When you call or go online to order a dumpster, you schedule a delivery date with the dumpster rental company. Many customers prefer to be there when the dumpster arrives but the company does not require anyone to be home. The dumpster can be delivered to your driveway, business parking lot, or a vacant building, while you are at work, on vacation, or doing any other activity. You don’t need to take time away from work to meet the Roll-Off Dumpster driver.

Flex Dumpster drivers always place your dumpster on boards to protect your driveway. If you have a specific location on your property where you would like the dumpster to be placed, you are encouraged to provide detailed notes online or over the phone at time of scheduling. Flex Dumpster drivers will always call before delivering the dumpster to confirm the location placement of the container rental. But Flex Dumpster will continue to deliver the dumpster, on boards, at the location you indicate, even if you are too busy to answer our courtesy call on the scheduled delivery date.

With a Roll-Off Dumpster, the size of the dumpster determines the price. You can pay in full in advance. On ordering you know exactly what the dumpster costs, there is no price uncertainty.

Your rental is typically for a week (seven calendar days) with the option to extend the rental just by calling, texting, or emailing for a small daily rental fee. Within that seven day rental period, you load your junk into the dumpster at your leisure. Seven days usually gives you ample time to fill the container.

Once you are done filling the dumpster or when the seven day rental is done, the driver swings by and picks up your dumpster. Just like delivery, nobody needs to be on-site when a roll-off dumpster is removed. No time missed from work and no waiting around for hours for a “time window” for workers to show up.

You pay for the dumpster, priced depending on the size, and always get a predetermined tonnage with the dumpster rental.

No one unfamiliar enters your home and you can load the dumpster at your pace.

And since the dumpster company provides no labor and does not have to insure laborers, renting a dumpster is almost always a significant cost savings.

With Dumpster Rental, there is absolutely no potential liability for a laborer accidentally injuring themselves while carrying items (like lugging junk furniture up or down stairs), because the dumpster company employs no labor and no laborer will enter your property

Reasons to Choose Roll-Off Dumpster Service

Less Expensive option for removing junk, trash, and debris.
Price is Set in advance on scheduling the dumpster, and payment can be made in advance.
Flexible Scheduling to be delivered and picked up when no one is home.
Can Load at Your Own Pace, because you have a full week to make decisions and are not paying for time and labor.
Absolutely No Injury Liability because no labor is performed by the company.

How to Rent a Dumpster

Flex Dumpster offers 12-yard, 15-yard and 20-yard roll-off dumpsters. We will be happy to assist you if you’re not sure what size dumpster you need.

Steps to Rent a Dumpster

Visit www.flexdumpster.com or call 518-207-0732 to book a dumpster. Call, text, or E-mail us with any questions.

Dumpster Delivery – We drop it off at your location.

Load The Dumpster – Seven day rental allows you to work at your own pace.

Dumpster Pickup – Once full, give us a call or text, and we will haul it away.

Renting a dumpster makes your project efficient and stress-free. Get started today!