Yard waste
Yard Waste & Landscaping Debris in Lakewood, CO
Sod, rock, branches, old fence and the whole xeriscape conversion. We size for weight because Front Range landscape debris carries far more soil and stone than anybody expects.
Turf replacement changed this business on the Front Range. Water-conservation incentives have homeowners across Lakewood, Wheat Ridge and Green Mountain pulling out lawns by the thousand square feet, and every one of those jobs produces a material nobody weighs correctly. Sod does not come up as grass. It comes up as grass with two to four inches of clay soil hanging off it, and that soil is the entire weight of the load.
Then there is the rock. Half of these conversions start by removing decorative rock somebody installed in 1998, and landscape rock, river rock and 3/4-inch gravel run roughly 2,400 to 2,800 pounds per cubic yard. That is the most deceptive material in this business, full stop. It is why we hand a 10 yard to somebody with a rock job and a 20 yard to somebody with a pile of branches.
Not everything belongs in a roll-off, either. Clean branches and brush have better homes than a landfill, and defensible-space slash from the foothills toward Morrison, Ken Caryl and Evergreen belongs in a county slash and mulch program. We will tell you when that is the cheaper route. For the mixed jobs, sod and rock and old edging and a rotted fence all at once, read the xeriscape debris guide before you book.
Landscape jobs we load out here
Full xeriscape conversion
Sod out, rock and mulch in. The removal side is the heavy half: turf with soil attached, old edging, buried weed barrier and whatever irrigation gets abandoned.
Rock bed removal
Pulling twenty-year-old river rock out of front beds. Shovel by shovel, wheelbarrow by wheelbarrow, and heavier every single trip than the homeowner planned for.
Tree and limb removal
Trunk rounds, limbs and brush after a wind event or a dead ash. Cut to length so the container packs instead of bridging across the middle.
Fence teardown
Cedar privacy fence baked brittle by high-altitude UV, plus posts pulled with concrete footings attached. Those footings are the heavy part, so keep count of them.
Wildfire mitigation slash
Defensible-space thinning toward Morrison, Ken Caryl and Evergreen. Clean slash usually belongs in a county mulch program, and we will say so rather than take the load.
Deck and patio strip
Old decking, planters, arbor posts and pavers coming out before a new hardscape goes in. Pavers and flagstone ride separately from the green material.
Spring and fall cleanups
Property managers and landscape crews clearing beds, leaves, dead perennials and shrub removal in one pass. We stage a can for the week and swap next day.
Regrade and drainage dirt
Excavated soil from fixing negative grade against a foundation. Wet Colorado clay is dense, so this is a small container even when the pile looks modest.
Sizing around soil and stone
Split the job in your head before you call. Anything with soil or stone in it, sod, rock, gravel, dirt, footings, goes in a 10 yard, and you will hit the weight before you hit the rails. Anything green and airy, branches, brush, leaves, shrubs, hedge trimmings, goes in a 15 or a 20 because it is all volume and almost no weight. Where people get burned is running one container for both, filling the bottom with rock and then piling brush on top. Tell us the square footage of turf, the depth of the rock bed and roughly how many yards of brush, and we will pick it. The sizes page has dimensions if you want to eyeball it yourself.
10 Yard Dumpster
Concrete, flagstone, landscape rock, brick, dirt, tile and small heavy-debris jobs.
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Single-room remodels, roof tear-offs to about 20 squares, garage cleanouts.
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Kitchen guts, basement finishes, multi-room renovations, large cleanouts.
View this size →Irrigation, sprinklers and what stays out
Two things get people on landscape jobs. First, call Colorado 811 before you dig, even for a shallow turf strip, because irrigation mains, gas lines to a fire pit and low-voltage lighting all live at spade depth out here. Second, sort as you go. Old sprinkler heads, poly pipe and drip tube go in fine. Fertilizer, weed killer, pool chemicals and fuel cans do not, and they head to Jefferson County household hazardous waste instead. Grass and leaves are fine loose or bagged, your call. Protection boards go under the rails on every driveway drop, standard.
Not sure this is the right service? Describe the job on the phone and we will point you at the right container even if it is a different service page. Call (720) 473-6600.
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How it works
Yard Waste & Landscaping Debris in four steps
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Call us
Tell us the project, your address and when you want it. Two minutes on the phone and you have a flat price.
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We deliver
Our driver walks the drop, lays protection boards and sets the container exactly where you want it.
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You load it
Take your time within your rental window. Keep it level with the top rail and we handle the rest.
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We haul it
Call or text when you are done. We pull it, sort what can be recovered and dispose of the rest properly.
Yard Waste & Landscaping Debris FAQs
I am pulling up 800 square feet of sod. What size?
A 10 yard, and it will be heavy. Sod strips come up with two to four inches of clay soil attached, so 800 square feet is closer to a dirt haul than a grass haul. If you are also pulling the rock bed along the foundation, plan on either a second 10 yard or a swap. Measure the turf area and tell us the depth of the cut and we will confirm before delivery.
Can I mix branches and landscape rock in one container?
You can, but it is usually the wrong call. Rock in the bottom eats your entire weight allowance and then the brush on top wastes the space you paid for. Two smaller loads, or one load plus a next-day swap, almost always works out better. If the job is genuinely mixed and small, tell us the rough proportions and we will make the call with you on the phone.
What about slash from wildfire mitigation up the canyon?
Clean slash, meaning limbs and small-diameter trunks with no trash mixed in, usually belongs in a county slash and mulch program rather than a roll-off. Those programs exist specifically for defensible-space work around Morrison, Ken Caryl and Evergreen, and they chip it into mulch. If your mitigation job also includes an old shed, fencing or a deck, that part is ours. Call and we will sort out which half goes where.
Can you put the container on the lawn or the street?
On grass, only if it is dry and firm, and even then we would rather not, because a loaded can leaves ruts that outlast the landscaping project. Driveway with boards is the default. Alley works on the older grids. Street placement is a permit question that varies by jurisdiction, and in a metro district like Solterra or Ken Caryl the association may have rules on top of the city's.
Do old fence posts with concrete footings count as heavy debris?
They count more than people expect. Each footing is a chunk of concrete, and a hundred-foot fence line can produce a dozen of them. If you are pulling posts and footings along with the boards, tell us, because it moves the size down. The wood alone is light and airy. The wood plus twelve footings is a different load, and that is a heavy debris conversation.
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Other things we haul
Residential Dumpster Rental
Driveway, alley or street placement for cleanouts, remodels and basement projects.
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Scheduled and on-call containers for retail, restaurants, offices and property managers.
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Jobsite roll-offs and next-day swap-outs for builders, remodelers and GCs.
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Weight-rated cans for hail tear-offs, Class 4 shingle and concrete tile roofs.
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10, 15, 20, 30 and 40 yard roll-offs delivered across Lakewood and Jefferson County.
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Call before the cut-off and we can usually get a container to you this afternoon.
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Clear a basement, garage, shed or storage unit on your own schedule.
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Discreet, patient container service for families clearing a lifelong home.
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Containers and fast swaps for strip-outs, decks, sheds, patios and garages.
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Dedicated heavy cans for concrete, flagstone, brick, landscape rock and dirt.
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Yard Waste & Landscaping Debris across Jefferson County and the west Denver metro
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