How Can You Keep a Dumpster From Damaging Your Street or Driveway?

You wouldn’t want the steel wheels of a dumpster to scratch or damage your driveway. Even when placing a dumpster on the street or construction site, you need to take care not to leave a mark. Fortunately, it’s extremely unlikely that a reputable construction dumpster rental company in the Hartford, Bloomfield, and Simsbury area will permit property damage.

How Can You Keep a Dumpster From Damaging Your Street or Driveway?

Lay Down Plywood

The easiest protective step is to lay down plywood or any other sturdy wooden boards for the dumpster’s wheels to rest on. The wood spreads the pressure out and acts as a cushion. It works so well that you can even place a dumpster on areas of grass with plywood as effective protection.

Plywood is relatively cheap to purchase at your nearest home improvement company. When the dumpster is delivered, the driver can help you place the boards in the right position.

Avoid Cracked Asphalt or Concrete

If an area of asphalt or concrete beside your store, restaurant, worksite, or home is already cracked or damaged in some other way, avoid placing the dumpster directly on that spot. Even if you lay down protective boarding, the sheer weight of the dumpster might worsen the existing cracks.

Don’t Overload the Dumpster

The heavier a dumpster gets, the more likely it is to cause damage. When your dumpster arrives, the provider will take a look at the kind of waste and debris you’ll be filling it with. They’ll also observe what kind of surface the dumpster is resting on. Some surfaces, such as concrete, can bear a much greater load than others, such as asphalt.

Based on the surface material and type of waste, they’ll recommend a maximum level to fill the dumpster to. Don’t be tempted to go above this level. If a dumpster is resting on asphalt and you overload it with heavy waste such as bricks, tiles, shingles, stones, dirt, and concrete, then you’re asking for trouble.

Common Surface Materials in Hartford, Bloomfield, Windsor, or Simsbury

In our local area, and in most of Connecticut, approximately sixty percent of streets are made of concrete. The rest are asphalt. The most common residential driveway materials are also asphalt and poured concrete, with gravel and paved bricks steadily growing in popularity.

Construction sites will often be able to place the dumpster on bare ground, which rarely needs protection. But it’s also common to use concrete or asphalt surfaces at worksites. Any and all of these surfaces can easily be protected from dumpster damage.

Ask Your Construction Dumpster Rental Company

As it’s such a common concern, most dumpster rental companies will offer some form of ground protection. For an additional fee, they might provide plywood boarding or even special ground protection pads made of rubber. They can also visit the site beforehand to examine the ground and choose the best spot.

Contact Windsor Sanitation today for a full-service dumpster drop-off and pick-up service. We provide dumpsters for all manner of commercial and residential purposes, with meticulous care not to damage your property.