Portsmouth's Seacoast mix of 18th-century homes, waterfront condos, and working naval-shipyard neighborhoods varies a lot in what each job looks like. We cover all of it out of our Fremont yard, about 25 minutes inland.
All four roll-off sizes plus full-service junk removal — out of the Fremont yard.
Portsmouth sits on the Piscataqua River where it meets the Atlantic, making it one of New England's oldest working ports. The city's historic downtown around Market Square and Strawbery Banke is full of preserved Colonial and Federal-era houses, many of them undergoing renovations. Outside the historic core, you've got the residential neighborhoods off Lafayette Road, the newer development out by Pease Tradeport, and the Atlantic Heights area near the shipyard.
Portsmouth is about 25 miles east of our Fremont yard, straight up Route 101, roughly a half-hour drive on a clear day.
All four roll-off sizes: 10-yard for projects in tight downtown driveways, 15 for medium jobs, 20 for full-house cleanouts and roof tear-offs, and 30 for contractor and demo work on bigger renovations. Plus full-service junk removal for cleanout jobs where you don't want the container sitting on the street.
Historic-downtown Portsmouth is one of the trickier areas to place a dumpster because of narrow streets and old-stock driveways. The 10-yard is usually the size that fits. Send us a photo of the spot and we'll tell you what'll work.
Portsmouth wraps the Piscataqua River waterfront on the New Hampshire side of the harbor, with Market Street and the historic downtown lined with preserved Federal and Colonial blocks. Strawbery Banke and Prescott Park sit along the water, and the historic South End has some of the oldest housing stock in the city, on narrow streets and tight driveways. The I-95 and Route 1 corridors carry the commercial side of town, and the residential neighborhoods spread out from there toward Pease and the outer edges. Driveways downtown can be short, shared, or built before there were trucks, and a few blocks have on-street parking limits or one-way streets that make roll-off placement tighter. A photo of the spot helps before delivery on any of the historic-district drops.
Common dumpster and junk-removal jobs in Portsmouth include renovation debris when interiors get reworked, full-house cleanouts when a property changes hands, roof tear-offs across the residential neighborhoods, and garage, basement, and attic cleanouts when somebody's catching up on storage. Estate cleanouts come up when ownership changes hands, especially around the older neighborhoods. Shed, deck, and above-ground pool demos come up through the warmer months, along with hot tubs and old campers. For larger contractor jobs, like additions, renovations, or new builds, a 20-yard parked for the week is usually the right size, and a 30 if the project is a full gut.
Portsmouth is a longer drive from our Fremont yard than the towns right next door, but we run the same four sizes out there. For a single room or a garage corner, the 10-yard is usually the right size. For a roof on an average house or a full garage, the 15 or 20 is the better pick. Full house cleanouts where every room is going usually call for the 20-yard, and the 30 is for big demo jobs or full contractor renovations. In the historic downtown and the South End, the 10 is usually the only size that fits the driveway, and junk removal can be the better option.
Will a roll-off fit on a historic downtown street? Depends on the street and the driveway. A lot of the South End and Market Street blocks have narrow or shared driveways, and a 20 or 30 won't fit. The 10 is usually the size that works. If even the 10 doesn't fit, junk removal where we load the truck ourselves may be the better fit.
Do you take appliances and old water heaters? Yes, both go in the roll-off or the junk removal truck. Things we can't take in NH are wet paint, motor oil, asbestos, dirt or gravel, and organic wood or brush.
How long can I keep the dumpster? Standard rental is seven days. If you need it longer, let us know when you book and we'll work it out.
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