Charlotte
Construction Debris & Renovation
Cleanout in Charlotte
Flipping a West End bungalow, gutting a South End condo, or ripping out a kitchen in Wilmore — we haul off the debris the City won't touch. Drywall, subfloor, old cabinets, tubs, tile and fixtures, cleared at a flat truck-fill price from $241, quoted from a photo before the crew rolls. Metal and appliances diverted to recycling, disposal included, no NC sales tax on the service.
How renovation debris haul-off works in Charlotte
1 · Send a photo
Snap the debris pile or the torn-out room. You get an exact flat truck-fill price back in seconds — no site visit, no "we'll call you with a number."
2 · Pick a window
Same-day or next-day is usually open. Doing a multi-week flip? Book haul-offs load by load so the debris never piles up on a tight West End street.
3 · We carry it out
A vetted, insured crew loads the debris straight from the house, diverts the metal and appliances to recycling, and leaves the site broom-clean for the next trade.
What we haul off a Charlotte remodel
If it came out of a flip, a gut remodel, or a single-room renovation, it's our lane. Construction and demolition debris is exactly what the City's free bulky pickup is barred from taking, so this is the material we clear every week:
- Drywall, plaster & lath — torn-out walls and ceilings from a gut or a room reconfiguration.
- Flooring & subfloor — pulled hardwood, tile, vinyl, carpet, laminate and the subfloor under it.
- Cabinets & countertops — kitchen and bath tear-outs, old uppers and lowers, laminate and stone tops.
- Tubs, toilets, vanities & fixtures — fiberglass and cast-iron tubs, sinks, toilets, old light and plumbing fixtures.
- Framing, trim & doors — offcut lumber, baseboard and casing, old interior doors and closet systems.
- Metal, ductwork & appliances — copper, steel framing, HVAC ductwork, radiators, and pulled ranges, fridges and water heaters — diverted to recycling.
- Packaging & new-build overflow — cardboard, banding, pallets and material overflow from a fresh build.
We don't take hazardous waste, wet paint or fuels, pressurized tanks, or asbestos-containing material — those need a licensed abatement route. Everything else from the remodel, we haul.
How much does construction debris removal cost in Charlotte?
Debris is priced flat as truck-fill — by how much of the truck the load fills — so a photo tells you the number before anyone drives. Loading, the haul, the dump fee, and metal recycling are all in it. Charlotte has one advantage flippers should know: Mecklenburg tipping is cheap (roughly $57 a ton at the county centers), so the flat price you get here isn't padded to cover a coastal-city dump bill.
| Load size | Flat price |
|---|---|
| 1/4 truck | $241 |
| 3/8 truck | $338 |
| 1/2 truck | $431 |
| 5/8 truck | $513 |
| 3/4 truck | $587 |
| 7/8 truck | $661 |
| Full truck | $732 |
| Loose debris (per cubic yard) | $120 |
$75 minimum on any pickup. Dense loads — tile, plaster, cast iron, concrete — are scoped from the photo since weight, not just volume, drives the dump fee. No NC sales tax on the service — the flat price is the whole price.
Does the City of Charlotte pick up construction debris?
No — and this is the reason this page exists. City of Charlotte Solid Waste runs a free curbside bulky pickup for household items, but its rules specifically exclude construction and demolition debris: no drywall, no flooring, no cabinetry, no tubs, toilets or fixtures, no remodel material at all. On top of that the program is appointment-only with up to about five business days to wait, everything has to be at the curb by 6:00 AM, and single heavy items are capped at 75 lb — a cast-iron tub or a loaded contractor bag blows past that on its own. So a renovation simply has no municipal path. You can haul it yourself to a Mecklenburg County disposal & recycling center (Foxhole on Lancaster Hwy in the south, Hickory Grove on Pence Rd in the east, Compost Central off Valleydale, or North Meck in Huntersville), but that means a truck, the loading, and repeated trips across a whole flip.
That gap is our job. We carry the debris out of the house, load it straight to the truck so nothing stages at the curb — which matters on the narrow streets of Wesley Heights and Wilmore and inside HOA subdivisions — and take it to the right facility, splitting the metal and appliances off to recycling. You get a flat photo-quoted price and a clean site, same-day when a slot's open. Book the city program you can use at 311 (704-336-7600) or servicerequest.charlottenc.gov; for the remodel debris it won't take, send us a photo.
Charlotte's renovation belt — where the debris is
The remodel work here clusters in a few very specific places, and we run all of them. The West End — Wesley Heights, Biddleville and the blocks around Johnson C. Smith University — is gentrifying fast, and historic bungalows are being flipped and gut-renovated street by street. Wilmore, tucked just off South End, is riding the same wave: 1920s bungalows on a tight Dunavant/Mint Street grid getting full remodels as the Rail Trail boom spills south. In South End and Dilworth the job flips to interior tear-outs in mid-rise condos and Craftsman four-squares. And out in Steele Creek, Ballantyne and the master-planned suburbs it's new-build overflow and kitchen/bath remodels in HOA neighborhoods where curb-staging isn't allowed.
Because Charlotte homes sit on crawlspaces and slabs — not basements — a lot of the debris is coming out of tight crawlspace access, detached garages, and up from a torn-out first floor, not down a basement stair. We're set up for that: we carry it out of the room, not from a pile you had to stage yourself.
Where the debris actually goes
Renovation debris isn't one material, so it doesn't go to one place. Clean metal — copper, steel studs, ductwork, cast-iron tubs, radiators — is pulled off and sent to a scrap recycler instead of the landfill. Appliances come off the same way, with refrigerant recovered from any fridge, freezer or AC unit before disposal. TVs, monitors and computer gear from an office fit-out are routed to a certified e-recycler, since NC banned electronics from landfills back in 2011. What's left — drywall, mixed wood, tile, insulation — goes to the proper Mecklenburg County facility. Diverting the heavy metal and recyclables isn't just green; because the county charges by the ton, it's part of how the flat price stays where we quoted it.
When Charlotte calls us for debris haul-off
- Flips & investor rehabs — a West End or Wilmore bungalow gutted for resale, debris cleared load by load so the schedule holds.
- Kitchen & bath remodels — old cabinets, countertops, tubs and tile out in one trip so the next trade can start.
- Whole-condo interior tear-outs — a South End or Uptown unit stripped to the studs, carried out the freight elevator (COI on file).
- New-build cleanup — offcuts, packaging and material overflow off a Steele Creek or Ballantyne closing.
- Storm & water-damage tear-out — wet drywall, flooring and soaked cabinetry hauled after a Piedmont thunderstorm or a plumbing failure.
- End-of-project punch-out — the last odds and ends after the contractors leave, so the house shows clean.
Why Charlotte contractors and flippers use JunkRabbit
- Flat price from a photo — the debris line on your project budget is a known number before the truck rolls; no hourly meter, no NC sales tax.
- Takes what the city can't — C&D is barred from municipal pickup; we're built for exactly this material.
- Carried out, curb kept clean — nothing staged on a tight street or in an HOA subdivision; the site is left broom-clean.
- Metal & appliances recycled — diverted, documented, and kept out of the flat price's dump-fee math.
- Load-by-load or one-and-done — a single tear-out or a whole gut, same insured crew, same flat pricing.
What Charlotte renovators say
"Flipping a bungalow in Wesley Heights and the demo pile was drywall, old flooring, and a cast-iron tub the city flat-out won't take. They quoted a half-truck from a photo, hauled it in one trip, and left the yard clean. I booked them again for the kitchen tear-out."
"Gutted our Wilmore kitchen — cabinets, countertops, subfloor, the works. On a street that narrow you can't leave a debris pile at the curb, and they got that. Loaded straight from the house, flat price, no tax tacked on. Exactly what I needed."
"South End condo tear-out, stripped to the studs. They had the building COI ready, worked the freight elevator, and pulled the metal and old appliances for recycling. One flat number for the load — no surprises."
Renovation debris questions, answered
Does the City of Charlotte pick up construction debris?
No — City bulky pickup won't take C&D: no drywall, flooring, cabinets, tubs, toilets or fixtures, and nothing over 75 lb. That's the gap we fill. Book the household bulky program at 311 (704-336-7600); send the remodel debris to us.
How much does construction debris removal cost in Charlotte?
Flat truck-fill by volume: 1/4 $241, 3/8 $338, 1/2 $431, 5/8 $513, 3/4 $587, 7/8 $661, full $732; loose debris $120 per cubic yard. $75 minimum. Loading, disposal and metal recycling included, no NC sales tax.
Can you haul a whole gut renovation, not just one pile?
Yes — single tear-out or a full flip cleared load by load, each photo-quoted flat so your debris budget stays predictable.
Do you recycle the metal and appliances?
Always — copper, steel, ductwork, cast iron, radiators and pulled appliances go to scrap recycling; e-waste to a certified recycler (NC bans it from landfills).
Is it same-day, and will the curb stay clean?
Usually same- or next-day. We carry it out and load straight to the truck — nothing staged at the curb, which keeps the West End streets and HOA subdivisions clear. Site left broom-clean.
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