Construction Debris Haul-Off
Handis construction debris haul-off picks up the pile that lands in the side yard at the end of a remodel — drywall scrap, dimensional lumber offcuts, plywood, tile and broken concrete, vinyl siding, demolished cabinets, the post-remodel staging the contractor left for someone else to deal with — from $400 for a single truckload on a clean-pile pickup up to $1,500 for a multi-truck multi-day demo cleanup. Every load sorted at the truck. Metal goes to scrap (copper plumbing offcuts, HVAC duct sections, conduit, hardware). Gypsum drywall goes to its own stream where the station handles it separately. Wood-waste goes to wood-waste recycling at the Puget Sound stations that accept it (Bow Lake, North Recycling and Transfer). The rest goes to construction-and-demolition landfill. Tipping fees pass through at the station rate with the dated scale ticket on the invoice. No paint, no solvents, no asbestos-suspect siding from a pre-1980s home — those are hazardous-waste streams and we name them on arrival.
Service
What Does Construction Debris Haul-Off Include?
Construction debris haul-off is the post-remodel and small-demo pickup service — the pile that lands in the side yard when the contractor calls the job done and the homeowner is staring at three weeks of drywall scrap and a stack of cabinet carcasses. Handis runs single-truckload pickups, half-day two-truckload pickups, and full-day multi-truck demo cleanups, all sorted at the truck for the appropriate Puget Sound transfer-station streams. From $400 for a single clean-pile pickup up to $1,500 for a multi-truck multi-day demo cleanup.
What we haul
Drywall scrap and gypsum offcuts, dimensional lumber (2x4, 2x6, plywood, OSB), tile and grout chunks, broken concrete in chunk-sized pieces, vinyl and aluminum siding tear-off, fiber-cement siding tear-off, demolished kitchen cabinets, demolished bathroom vanities, removed countertops (laminate, butcher block, broken stone), wood-frame doors, hollow-core interior doors, baseboards and trim, old subfloor, old underlayment, and the staging pile a remodel leaves behind. Metal items in the load (copper plumbing offcuts, HVAC duct sections, electrical conduit, junction boxes, hardware) go to the scrap stream and offset some of the disposal cost.
What we cannot haul
Hazardous waste is outside the Washington L&I handyman scope and we do not load it on the truck under any circumstance. That includes any paint (oil-based regardless of state, latex if liquid and not solidified for normal trash), solvents, stains, varnishes, adhesives in liquid form, automotive fluids, mercury thermostats and fluorescent tubes from pre-LED light fixtures, lithium batteries in damaged condition, vermiculite attic insulation, asbestos-suspect siding and insulation from pre-1980s homes (transite siding, certain floor tiles, popcorn ceiling spray, some pipe wrap), and lead-painted debris from pre-1978 homes that needs RRP-certified handling. We name these on arrival, separate them on the floor, and tell you which King County Hazardous Waste facility takes which stream.
Sort at the truck, not at the scale
Every load goes onto the truck pre-sorted into streams — drywall and gypsum one zone, dimensional lumber bundled another zone, metal in a dedicated bin, tile and concrete in a contractor bag rated for the weight, the rest landfill-bound. The Puget Sound transfer stations (King County Bow Lake, Houghton, Factoria, Shoreline; Snohomish County North Recycling and Transfer; Pierce County stations) charge by stream and by weight, and a mixed truck pays the highest rate on the worst stream. Pre-sorted loads pay the right rate on each stream and the manifest is ready when we pull up to the scale.
How Construction Debris Haul-Off Works
Five sequential steps from the on-site walk through the scale-ticketed disposal — the actual sequence we follow on every Handis construction debris haul-off.
On-Site Walk and Hazardous-Waste Screen
We walk the pile with you first, identify any hazardous-waste items (paint cans, solvents, fluorescent tubes, suspect siding from a pre-1980s home, lead-painted debris from a pre-1978 home), and separate them on the floor with a note on which King County Hazardous Waste facility takes each stream. Those items do not go on our truck.
Sort at the Truck Into Disposal Streams
The clean load goes onto the truck pre-sorted — drywall and gypsum one zone, dimensional lumber bundled another zone, metal items (copper, HVAC duct, conduit, hardware) into a dedicated scrap bin, broken tile and concrete in rated contractor bags, the rest landfill-bound. Each stream pays the right rate at the scale.
Load with Two-Person Crew
A two-person crew runs the load with one staging at the truck and one moving from the pile. Most clean single-truckload pickups load in 45 to 90 minutes; multi-truck demo cleanups run longer with a return trip from the station between loads.
Deliver to a Licensed Puget Sound Transfer Station
The closest licensed station to the job address — King County Bow Lake, Houghton, Factoria, Shoreline Recycling and Transfer, Algona; Snohomish County North Recycling and Transfer; Pierce County stations. Each stream goes to the right scale, tipping fees pass through at the station rate, and the scale ticket comes back with the truck.
Manifest, Scale Ticket, and Final Invoice
Job ends with a written disposal manifest — what stream each portion went to, which transfer station took it, the scale-ticket weight per stream, and any donation drops on the way (uncommon for construction debris but possible on cabinets in re-use-able condition). Final invoice attaches the scale ticket.
Construction Debris Pricing
Final pricing depends on truckload count, total weight, distance to the nearest licensed transfer station, and whether the job is a clean single-pickup or a multi-truck multi-day demo cleanup. Stair carry-out from a basement or upper floor adds to the labor portion. Request a free estimate for an accurate quote.
Send a photo of the pile and the property address — we will quote the truckloads and the disposal.
Why Handis for Construction Debris Haul-Off
Construction debris pickup is the part of a remodel nobody quotes for upfront because the contractor leaves the pile and someone else has to move it. The wrong move is a single mixed-stream truck — it pays the worst-stream rate on every pound at the scale, and the station turns it away the moment they see paint cans or asbestos-suspect siding mixed in. The right move is a sorted load with a hazardous-waste screen on the floor first, the metal pulled for scrap to offset the disposal, and a scale ticket attached to the invoice. We have run this play on enough Seattle remodels that the sort is faster than the load.
Pre-sort at the truck, not at the station scale
Every load sorted into streams as it goes onto the truck — drywall and gypsum together, dimensional lumber bundled, metal items separated into a scrap bin, broken tile and concrete in rated contractor bags, the rest landfill-bound. The Puget Sound transfer stations charge by stream and by weight; a mixed truck pays the highest rate on the worst stream and a clean sort pays the right rate on each. The manifest is ready when we pull up to the scale.
Metal scrap pulled and credited against the load
Copper plumbing offcuts, HVAC duct sections, electrical conduit, hardware, demolished sink fixtures, and any iron in the pile go to the scrap-metal stream. We pull and bin metal at the truck, deliver it to a scrap yard on the route, and credit the scrap value against the disposal portion of the invoice. On a kitchen remodel with full copper plumbing tear-out the credit is real money.
Hazardous-waste screen on the floor before we load
We walk the pile with you first and identify anything that needs to route to a King County Hazardous Waste facility instead of our truck — paint cans, solvents, fluorescent tubes, vermiculite insulation, suspect siding or floor tile from a pre-1980s home, lead-painted debris from a pre-1978 home. Those items get separated on the floor with a note on which facility takes each stream. We do not load them on our truck under any circumstance.
Licensed Puget Sound transfer stations only
King County Bow Lake, Houghton, Factoria, Shoreline Recycling and Transfer, Algona; Snohomish County North Recycling and Transfer; Pierce County stations depending on the job address. Tipping fees pass through at the station rate with the dated scale ticket attached to the invoice. No private dumping, no roadside disposal, no unlicensed haulers downstream of our truck.
Insured, background-checked, written manifest on every job
Every Handis crew member carries liability insurance and has cleared a background screening before the first job. Every job ends with a written disposal manifest — what stream each portion went to, which transfer station took it, the scale-ticket weight per stream, and any metal scrap credit applied. Nothing leaves your driveway without a paper trail.
Estimate
Tell us the source of the pile (kitchen remodel, bathroom remodel, deck demo, fence tear-out, finished basement build-out), the rough volume (single truckload, half-truck, two-truck demo), whether the pile is ground-level or up/down stairs, whether there are any cabinets or appliances mixed in, and whether you suspect any pre-1980s materials in the load. We send a clear estimate with the disposal streams broken out.
Customer Reviews
Recent construction debris haul-off reviews from verified Seattle-area customers.
Finished a master bath remodel in Ballard — old tub, vanity, tile, drywall scrap, a few feet of copper plumbing the plumber left. Handis came in with one truck, sorted the copper to scrap before they loaded the rest, took the cast-iron tub for scrap too, and the disposal portion came back lower than the contractor's quote because of the metal credit. Manifest with the scale ticket emailed by 5 PM.
Tore out an old deck off the back of a Mount Baker bungalow ourselves over a long weekend. Sat with the pile for three weeks because nobody would haul wood-with-old-fasteners. Handis took the whole pile in two truckloads, pulled the joist hangers and the deck screws into a scrap bin, and the lumber went to wood-waste recycling at Bow Lake.
Whole-kitchen demo cleanup — cabinets, counters, backsplash tile, old appliances, vinyl flooring. Two trucks, full day on site. The crew identified a piece of suspect floor tile under the old vinyl that might have been pre-1980s; they would not load it, separated it on the floor, and told us which Hazardous Waste facility takes it. Glad they caught that — we would have hauled it without thinking.
Fence and shed tear-out, plus three years of accumulated yard-and-construction junk along the side of the garage. Two days, multiple loads, sorted everything at the truck. The garage side is clear for the first time since we bought the house, and the manifest is in our records for the next sale.
Small remodel pile — half a truck. Tech ran the pickup himself, sorted the drywall and the lumber, pulled a few feet of copper for scrap. Forty-five minutes on site, clean driveway, fair invoice. Will call again for the next project.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about construction debris haul-off — pricing, what we sort, what routes to hazardous waste, and how transfer-station tipping works.