On every single Blue Jay renovation project, we make a plan for our garbage. Whether it’s a dumpster, large disposal bag, or just a Bagster, we believe that there needs to be somewhere for the installers to put the trash.
Siding projects create a ton of garbage. For example, here is what you can expect to find in our garbage bins at the end of a project:
Old siding and accessories
Off-cuts and waste materials from the new siding
Pallets and other random bits of wood
Packaging from new siding (a standard vinyl siding package comes in about 15 oversized cardboard boxes)
Food garbage, fast food wrappers, and coffee cups
It may seem like a small thing, but bringing a disposal container to our jobsites promotes better cleanup by our installers. Disposal containers also reduce the amount of wind-blown debris that can whip around a neighbourhood during a project.
Even projects that don’t include siding removal can create a ton of trash. For example, this project that involved installing wood strapping and Hardie siding over existing stucco generated about 7 yards worth of garbage!
(As an added bonus, once we are finished with the disposal container, we are able to offer our customers the opportunity to get rid of some of their excess clutter.)
This is our 9-yard disposal bag at the end of a James Hardie siding installation over existing stucco. Even though the job didn’t include any siding removal, we still had plenty of garbage.
On the other hand, there are some contractors that believe in saving a few bucks by just piling all the project garbage somewhere, usually on the homeowner’s front lawn. Then, they make the installer pack everything into their truck or trailer, and take it to the dump or back to the disposal bin in the shop.
Here’s what that looks like:
We found this renovation project underway in west Edmonton. At about 3:00 PM on a weekday, this is how it was left.
Which type of contractor would you want to work on your home: the kind that respects their workers and your property by providing an appropriate disposal bin, or the kind that leaves trash all over your yard and makes their workers waste a day hauling it across town?