Dumpster sizes are listed in cubic yards, which is a unit most people have no instinct for. Saying a container holds 15 cubic yards does not tell you much if you have never thought about volume in those terms. A more useful question is: what does it actually look like, and what fits in it?
Both of our containers share the same ground footprint: 14 feet long by 7 feet wide. That is roughly the size of a standard parking space. The difference between the two sizes is entirely in the wall height. The 15-yard dumpster stands 4 feet tall. The 20-yard stands 6 feet tall. Same driveway footprint, two feet more capacity on the 20.
What fits in a 15-yard: picture a single-car garage worth of stuff. Old furniture from a bedroom, a bathroom gut including the tub and vanity, all the flooring from a medium kitchen, several hundred square feet of old carpet, or a weekend of general household cleanout. It holds roughly 6 pickup truck loads of material.
What fits in a 20-yard: picture a two-car garage worth of material, or a whole house cleanout room by room. A full kitchen demo including cabinets, appliances, and flooring. Multiple rooms of carpet and pad. A large deck teardown. It holds roughly 8 to 10 pickup truck loads.
Weight matters as much as volume for dense materials. Both containers have weight limits, 3,000 lbs for the 15-yard and 4,000 lbs for the 20-yard. If you are loading light stuff like furniture, drywall, and carpet, you will fill the space before you hit the weight limit. If you are loading tile, concrete, or shingles, you might hit the weight limit before the container looks full. For heavy material jobs, call Jason at 513-484-2414 first.
The footprint also means both sizes fit in a standard residential driveway without hanging over the sidewalk or blocking the street, which matters for customers in tighter neighborhoods across Hamilton, Fairfield, and the surrounding area. We place each one on wood blocks to protect the surface underneath.