Heavy Debris
Concrete and Heavy Debris Dumpsters in Melbourne, FL
Concrete, block, stucco, terrazzo, pavers, barrel tile and pool deck across Brevard. Heavy debris is priced and sized by weight, not volume, which is why the right answer is a small box and several swaps.
Heavy debris is the one category where every instinct people have about dumpsters is backwards. Concrete runs roughly 2,400 to 2,800 pounds per cubic yard depending on how it is broken and how much moisture it holds. Do that arithmetic against any container we own and it becomes obvious very quickly that a heavy load ends on weight, not on volume. A box that looks a third full from the driveway can already be at the limit a truck can legally carry down Wickham Road.
Melbourne has its own heavy streams. Driveway and sidewalk tear-outs, concrete block and stucco off a demolition, terrazzo coming up out of a mid-century house, pool decks and pool shell, brick and clay pavers, and concrete barrel tile off a re-roof — barrel tile alone runs three to four times the weight of a shingle square. None of that behaves like a household load. Our demolition debris service handles the mixed side of the same jobs.
So the answer is a small container and multiple swaps, not one big box. That is not us selling extra pulls — it is the only way the material legally moves. Clean concrete with no rebar, no soil and no trash can often go to a recycler and get crushed for base rock, which is a better outcome than burying it. Dirty or mixed loads go elsewhere. Our Melbourne sizing guide works through the numbers.
Heavy Material We Load Around Brevard
Driveway And Apron Tear-Out
Broken slab, wire mesh and rebar out of a residential drive. Reinforced concrete is denser than most people expect, and breaking it small enough to load is half the labour.
Concrete Block And Stucco
The demolition signature of a Melbourne house. Block, mortar and stucco skin come out together as one very dense stream that fills a small container faster than any other material.
Terrazzo Floor Removal
Under the carpet in mid-century Melbourne homes. Terrazzo is marble chip in cement over a slab, extremely heavy, and it comes up in sharp irregular slabs that stack badly.
Pool Deck And Shell
Deck concrete, coping, tile and gunite from a pool removal. Structural pool shell material is the single heaviest thing on a residential site and always gets its own container.
Pavers And Brick
Clay and concrete pavers off patios, driveways and beachside walkways. Dense, uniform and easy to load, and clean paver loads sometimes have a reuse or recycling route worth asking about.
Concrete Barrel Tile
Off a re-roof. Roughly three to four times the weight of an asphalt shingle square, so a tile tear-off needs weight arithmetic done before the crew starts stripping the roof.
Sidewalk And Flatwork
Public and private walkways, slab sections and curb. Straightforward loading, predictable density, and usually a good candidate for a clean load that a concrete recycler will take.
Mortar, Grout And Tile Beds
Thinset, mud beds and old ceramic tile out of a bathroom or lanai. Small volume, serious tonnage, and the most commonly underestimated item on any Melbourne remodel.
Why A 40 Yard Is The Wrong Box For Concrete
A 10 yard is the correct container for clean concrete, block, terrazzo and pavers. It is low enough to load over the side without building a ramp, it fits a short beachside or Eau Gallie driveway, and it reaches its weight limit while there is still walking room around it. A 15 yard works for mixed heavy debris where masonry rides with some lighter material. A 40 yard is the wrong answer for concrete every single time: you would fill it a quarter of the way, hit the legal limit, and pay to move a lot of empty steel. Sandy Florida soil and wet turf compound it, because an overloaded truck ruts a lawn or a swale badly on the way out.
10 Yard Dumpster
Block, stucco, terrazzo, pavers, pool deck and barrel tile — weight fills it first.
View this size →15yd³15 Yard Dumpster
Single-room remodels, shingle tear-offs to about 20 squares, garage cleanouts.
View this size →20yd³20 Yard Dumpster
Kitchen guts, garage and attic clear-outs, lanai demo, condo turnovers.
View this size →Clean Loads, Rebar And Protecting The Ground
A clean concrete load means concrete only — no soil, no wood, no trash, no roofing, no plastic. Keep it clean and it can usually go to a recycler and come back out as crushed base rock. Add a few bags of debris and it gets reclassified at the scale, which changes where it goes and what it costs. Rebar and wire mesh are tolerated in most loads but tell us at booking, because it changes the destination. On placement, sandy soil and a high water table make ruts easy: protection boards go under the rails on every set, we stay off soft turf and swales, and we keep loaded trucks on paved approach where possible. There is more in our driveway protection rundown and on the roll-off rental page.
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 (321) 341-7478.
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How it works
Concrete & Heavy 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.
Concrete & Heavy Debris FAQs
How much does concrete actually weigh in a dumpster?
Figure roughly 2,400 to 2,800 pounds per cubic yard for broken concrete, and more once it has been sitting in Florida rain. Ten yards of that is well beyond what most people picture when they order a container. This is exactly why heavy debris gets a small box on repeat swaps instead of one large one — road weight limits are set by law, not by us, and an overloaded container simply does not leave the property. Tell us the square footage and thickness and we will run the numbers with you.
Can I mix concrete with wood, drywall and general debris?
You can, but it changes the load classification and the disposal route, and it usually costs more overall. A clean concrete load can go to a recycler and get crushed into base rock. Mix in framing, roofing, plastic and household junk and it becomes a mixed construction and demolition load headed somewhere else entirely. On most Melbourne jobs the efficient answer is two containers — a small one for the masonry, a larger one for everything else.
Is terrazzo really that heavy?
Yes, and it surprises people every time. Terrazzo is marble or granite chip set in cement over a concrete slab, and it is common under the carpet in mid-century Melbourne and Eau Gallie houses. Removing it produces dense irregular slabs that stack poorly and put weight in a container fast. A single room of terrazzo can approach the limit on a small box. Plan for a 10 yard and a swap rather than one bigger container.
What about barrel tile off a re-roof?
Concrete barrel tile runs roughly three to four times the weight of an asphalt shingle square, so a tile roof tear-off is a heavy debris job wearing a roofing job hat. Do the weight arithmetic before the crew starts stripping, and keep the tile separate from underlayment and framing where you can. Our roofing tear-off size guide and the roofing dumpster page cover the sizing.
Do I need anything special before breaking up a driveway?
Call for utility locates first. Water, sewer, gas, electric, cable and irrigation lines all run under and beside residential drives in Brevard, and shallow sandy cover means a saw or a breaker finds them easily. Sunshine 811 handles locates statewide and it is free. If the work touches a public right-of-way or a state road approach, check with the city and FDOT as well. Requirements do change, so confirm before you start.
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Other things we haul
Residential Dumpster Rental
Driveway placement for garage, attic and Florida-room cleanouts and remodels.
Learn more →Commercial Dumpster Rental
Scheduled and on-call containers for retail, restaurants, offices and property managers.
Learn more →Construction Dumpster Rental
Jobsite roll-offs and next-day swap-outs for builders, remodelers and GCs.
Learn more →Roofing Dumpster Rental
Weight-rated cans sized by squares and layers, including heavy concrete barrel tile.
Learn more →Roll-Off Dumpster Rental
10, 15, 20, 30 and 40 yard roll-offs delivered across Brevard and the Space Coast.
Learn more →Same-Day Dumpster Rental
Call before the cut-off and we can usually get a container to you this afternoon.
Learn more →Junk Removal Dumpsters
Clear a garage, attic, screen room, shed or storage unit on your own schedule.
Learn more →Estate Cleanout Dumpsters
Discreet, patient container service for families clearing a lifelong home.
Learn more →Demolition Debris Removal
Containers and fast swaps for strip-outs, lanais, carports, pool decks and screen cages.
Learn more →Yard Waste & Storm Debris
Separate clean loads for palm fronds, limbs and hurricane debris — Florida keeps yard trash apart.
Learn more →Where we deliver
Concrete & Heavy Debris across Brevard County and the Space Coast
Same service, same flat rates, every town below. Pick yours for local placement and permit notes.
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