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Estimating volume of construction debris
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I'm going to be stripping my house of wood sidewall shingles, and I'm trying to estimate the size of dumpster or debris box I'll need. I know what the volume of the new replacement shingles will be, but those are packed very tightly in cartons with almost no wasted space. What sort of multiplication factor should I use to estimate the volume that the shingles would take up loose in a dumpster? Thanks, Wayne P.S. For specifics, at the moment I need to remove 300 square feet of 18" cedar shingles installed with a 4.25" exposure. A box of new shingles covers 30 square feet at that exposure and is about 0.10 cubic yards in volume. So the replacement shingles, tightly packed, will be about 1.0 cubic yards. What will the volume of the torn-off shingles be? |
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double it at least, it largely depends on how well you pack the
dumpster....plus tar paper, plus new shingle wrapping, the bigger the dumpster the better the price. another issue is how long you have the dumpster, every week costs more... how fast can you and ??? do the job |
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"Wayne Whitney" wrote in message ... Hello, I'm going to be stripping my house of wood sidewall shingles, and I'm trying to estimate the size of dumpster or debris box I'll need. I know what the volume of the new replacement shingles will be, but those are packed very tightly in cartons with almost no wasted space. What sort of multiplication factor should I use to estimate the volume that the shingles would take up loose in a dumpster? Thanks, Wayne P.S. For specifics, at the moment I need to remove 300 square feet of 18" cedar shingles installed with a 4.25" exposure. A box of new shingles covers 30 square feet at that exposure and is about 0.10 cubic yards in volume. So the replacement shingles, tightly packed, will be about 1.0 cubic yards. What will the volume of the torn-off shingles be? For a job that small I would just feed them through the normal trash for a few weeks. That is nothing more than a full size PU truck load. Are you sure you want a dumpster for the hood to fill for you? -- Colbyt One picture can be worth a 1000 words. Post yours at www.ImageGenie.net for FREE. |
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On 2006-04-11, Colbyt wrote:
For a job that small I would just feed them through the normal trash for a few weeks. Well, my normal trash is a 20 gallon can, which is about 0.1 yards. 2 yards of waste is way too much for that. That is nothing more than a full size PU truck load. Yeah, I could rent one for a few hours. I was hoping I could get a one-time delivery of a front load bin (1-6 yards with wheels), instead of a 12 yard debris box, but that doesn't seem possible. Cheers, Wayne |
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"Wayne Whitney" wrote in message ... Well, my normal trash is a 20 gallon can, which is about 0.1 yards. 2 yards of waste is way too much for that. Cheers, Wayne Are you not a normal American? 1-20 gallon can per week? |
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