15-Yard Dumpster Rental

The 15-yard size earns its keep on San Francisco's tight lots. At roughly 14 feet long, it slides into a Noe Valley or Bernal Heights driveway where a 20- or 30-yard bin would block the sidewalk or swallow a whole parking pad. On the narrow one-way blocks of the Mission and the Excelsior, the shorter footprint also makes street placement realistic, fewer feet of curb to reserve, less disruption to your neighbors, and an easier fit around the parked cars that never seem to leave.

Pick 15 yards when the debris is bulky but not extremely heavy: a kitchen or bathroom gut, flooring pulled from a Sunset District flat, a Pacific Heights basement or garage cleanout, or an estate move-out in the Richmond District. Step up to a 20-yard if you are tearing out a full multi-room remodel or expect to keep loading for a week. Step down to a 10-yard for a clean single-room job or heavy-only loads like concrete and dirt, where weight caps out fast and the extra volume goes unused. The trade-off is simple, a 15-yard gives you more room than a 10 without the cost and street real estate of a 20.

Placement is where San Francisco gets its own set of rules, and we handle that conversation before the truck rolls. A dumpster on your own driveway or private lot in Glen Park or Potrero Hill needs no city paperwork. A dumpster in the public right-of-way, the street or the curb lane, requires a permit from SFMTA, and on the steep grades around Twin Peaks or Bernal Heights we plan the drop so the bin sits level and the doors open safely. Tell us where you want it and we tell you straight whether you need a permit and what that adds.

Our promise is one price you can plan around: the quote covers delivery, the rental window, pickup, and disposal up to your included weight. If you think you'll run heavy, a lot of tile, plaster, or Bayview-Hunters Point demolition rubble, we say so in advance so an overage never shows up as a surprise. Straight prices, on-time dumpsters, zero surprises.