Well not really. An experienced demolition company (like Deconstruction Demolition & Disposal, Inc) plans for debris disposal and knows that half a demolition job is getting rid of construction debris. But many a do-it-yourselfer has finished their first demolition job only to find themselves knee deep in tile and drywall.

So if a small scale demolition project is on your list of Summer improvements this year, take a few tips from the pros on how to clean up.

1. Seal Everything in Plastic Anything you don’t want covered in dust should be taped up and sealed in plastic. If you are demolishing a kitchen or bathroom or any interior space you’ll also want to take some plastic and fashion a plastic doorway between the room being demo’ed and the rest of the house.

Be careful if you cover your carpeting in plastic. You can easily slip on plastic if you’re not careful.

2. Protect Your Flooring If you are demolishing a kitchen or bathroom but still want to keep your flooring? Be sure to cover your floor in heavy drop clothes.

3. Rent a dumpster or call a hauling service You’re going to need a way to dispose of all the construction debris you generate. No, you won’t be able to fit construction debris into your weekly trash collection. So you have two options: rent a dumpster or hire a hauling service that hauls away construction debris.

Renting a dumpster is generally cheaper and you can take your time filling a dumpster. A hauling service is generally going to cost you more money but they’ll provide all the labor you’ll need.

4. If Your Doing Concrete Demolition, Skip the Wheel Barrow … Concrete in a wheel barrow is a recipe for back ache and disaster. If you are hauling a large amount of concrete or brick pavers rent a concrete hauler. What’s a concrete hauler? Think of a heavy, motorized wheelbarrow with tank treads.

5. Clean As You Go A good demolition contractor knows that a clean worksite is a safe worksite is a productive worksite. Deconstruction Demolition & Disposal Inc. instills cleanliness as a value in each and every person that works a demo job with us.

If you’re doing your own demolition project, clean as you go. This will make your life a lot easier and make your demolition project a lot safer.

When a junk removal company hauls away household or commercial junk they don’t take it to the landfill immediately. A good junk removal company sorts through all the household and commercial junk they collect, organize it, and then separate it.

Most junk removal companies recover some fairly useable items. Many are things like small appliances, or old toys, or even clothes that can be donated to charity. Many junk removal companies in Los Angeles support local charities and those charities’ thrift shops by donating useable items to those same thrift shops.

In cases where something isn’t in any condition to donate to charity junk removal companies can and still do recycle. Take a box spring mattress for instance. Junk removal companies can recycle the wood and metal springs. Sometimes they can even recycle the fabric.

On average junk removal services in Los Angeles recycle between 50% to 90% of the items they haul away. Junk removal companies are blazing the path towards a greener, more recyclable and reusable future.

When finding a local demolition company for your job make sure they have a reputable service level history. You can obtain this by reading reviews either online or getting referrals from friends and customers that have used them before.  A good place to start when looking for a company is by word of mouth. Real reviews travel fast through inner circles and you would usually hear about either the best or the worst company. Nobody gives reviews to mediocre companies. 
These are somethings you should keep in mind when looking for a demolition company to service you.

1. Donation

Donation to local charities and thrift shops was one of the main avenues we used to get rid of other people’s “junk”. Many charities and thrift shops have items they are actively seeking. So I kept in touch with a network of local thrift shops and when an item they needed sprang up in your junk truck off it went. You can do the same thing, and even get a nice tax write off for it.

2. Yard Sales

This is a time honored classic, but a time honored classic that works. When I worked at a junk removal service he used to have biannual yard sales where we sold items we had collected over the previous six months and sold them. In turn our company donated the profits to charity.

3. Creative Re-Use

My then girlfriend (now wife) was an Art Major with a quirky side. She showed me that many conventional household items we’d normal throw away could be reused for fun, funky house decorations when she took a blender and repurposed it as a vase. 

Recycling is more about what you put in the blue bin. It’s a way of thinking about how you interface with the products you buy, the products you throw away, and the world around you.