How To Manage Mess and Garbage Effectively When Renovating Your Home

So, you’ve found the motivation to finally renovate that spare room. The new theme has been determined, you’ve picked the complimenting colors, chosen some furniture, and perhaps even picked out some decorations to finish it off. There’s just one thing putting you off – the many year’s worth of trash that’s pressed into every blank space! 

This reluctance to deal with mass amounts of accumulated mess is often a huge barrier to getting on with remodeling, and given the time and effort it usually takes, it’s easy to see why. To help you make that process as pain-free as possible, let’s take a look at how you can minimize the hassle during your next renovation project. 

Rent a Trash Dumpster

Now, you could painstakingly shuttle the rubbish to the car and then to your local dumpster, but by the time you’ve finished that, you’ll probably be too tired to get on with the fun parts.

A far better option is to rent trash dumpsters for use at your home, which saves you extra time and money you can then use to make the project a reality. You choose from a variety of sizes that best fit the capacity you need for your project, after which the dumpster is delivered to your house for the period you need it for and conveniently taken away for you once you’ve filled it.

Of course, the worst scenario is to have reached your capacity and still have stuff to dump. Going for a larger size only usually costs slightly more, so it’s worth it to avoid having to do a separate trip to the local dump after all. 

Break Down Particularly Awkward Items

Even with the smallest dumpsters available, you can fit a lot of stuff in there; but it pays to make particularly awkward items, such as oddly shaped furniture or appliances with detachable parts, a little more compact if you can – that way, they fit inside the dumpster with a smaller footprint. 

It’ll help you arrange things as squarely and neatly as possible to ensure you make the most of the space available.

Plan Ahead

While the process is nice and simple overall, there are still a few things you need to prepare for. Before you rent a dumpster, you should make sure you have a decently sized place to have it set down (usually, this is the front of your house/drive in a position that’s easily accessible for the pickup truck). 

You’ll also want to make sure you can definitely complete the task within the timespan you’ve ordered the dumpster for, and that you have help on hand for any large items that are too heavy for one person to shift (don’t hurt your back trying to move that sofa on your own).

Ultimately, there’s a lot you can do to get the boring parts over and done with as quickly as possible, and with a little extra planning, things will come together far quicker than you think!