20 yard dumpster rental in Richmond

Dimensions and loading

The 20-yard container measures 22' L × 7.5' W × 4.5' H. It carries the same wall height as the 15-yard box with six more feet of floor, which is why it takes whole-house material without forcing anyone to pitch debris over a six-foot side. Use the length: walk heavy items in through the rear loading path, stack flat material like cabinet boxes and decking along the floor, and keep everything below the top rail so the truck can tarp and haul legally. The extra floor space is what makes this box efficient — loads settle flat instead of mounding.

What a 20 handles around Richmond

This is the container we place for kitchen and bath remodels running together, cabinet and flooring rip-outs, whole-house or storage-unit cleanouts, deck demolition, and siding work. It also covers estate clearings where furniture, boxed contents, and a garage's worth of accumulation leave in one rental instead of a month of trips. If the job is a single room or a shed, step down to the 15-yard box; if you are gutting several rooms to the studs, read the 30-yard page before you decide.

Moving? Richmond publishes a 15-day yard allowance

Richmond Planning's guidance says a dumpster or portable storage unit may generally sit in a private yard for up to 15 consecutive days during a move without a permit, subject to the city's stated location and setback conditions. That window suits a moving purge: order the box, clear the house room by room, and call for pickup inside the allowance. A longer renovation stay can raise different requirements, and the zoning office — not us — rules on whether a specific yard qualifies. Tell us the planned duration when you book and we schedule the haul-away against it.

Checked against City of Richmond planning guidance, August 2026

Flood gut-outs and storm cleanup

Richmond knows what water does to a house. When the remnants of Tropical Storm Gaston stalled over central Virginia on August 30, 2004, six to twelve inches of rain fell in about eight hours, with 12.60 inches measured in the West End; the flooding killed eight people in the metro area and devastated Shockoe Bottom. A flooded basement or first floor turns into a gut-out — soaked drywall, carpet, insulation, and ruined furniture — and that wet, bulky mix is 20-yard work. Hurricane season runs June 1 through November 30, so if a storm is on the map, reserve early; cleanup demand moves the whole region at once.

Storm figures from NOAA records, checked August 2026

Watch the weight on dense loads

A 20-yard box holds more shingles, plaster, and tile than the truck should carry. Roof tear-offs, plaster demolition, and masonry mixes need the weight allowance set first — sometimes the honest answer is a lower fill line, and sometimes it is a smaller box loaded twice. Your quote states the included weight for the material you name, so name it accurately.

Booking the 20

Have the address, the material list, the target dates, and a proposed drop point. We check the driveway or yard position, the truck approach, and the schedule in one call to (804) 568-9721. If the box has to sit in a street or alley instead of on your property, start with the Richmond permit rules — the city requires a Work in Streets Permit for right-of-way placement.