Residential Dumpster Rental
Driveway-safe roll-off dumpsters for full-basement clear-outs, garage purges and remodels across Kingsport.
Learn moreBristol, Tennessee · Sullivan County
Bristol is the north-east corner of Sullivan County, the Tennessee half of a city split down the middle of State Street by the state line. It has a proper downtown, a serious music history recognized at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum, Steele Creek Park on the south side and the Speedway a few miles out. The housing runs from turn-of-the-century town houses near the center to post-war neighborhoods to newer building out toward Exit 7 and the lake roads. Because the state line runs through it, it is worth being clear which side of State Street your address is on before anyone starts talking about local rules.

Near the center the streets are narrow, the houses are close together and the driveways are short, often single-width and running to a detached garage at the back. Plenty of those interiors are plaster over lath with heavy trim. Placement downtown frequently means the curb, and that is a City of Bristol Tennessee question. The post-war neighborhoods have more room, level lots and concrete drives. Out toward the lake and the Weaver Pike side the land climbs and the drives get long, steep and gravel, with cut banks of red clay and hardwood overhead. Steele Creek and the surrounding ridges give the south side of town a lot of rise and fall, and drives there tend to be pitched rather than flat.
Downtown produces older-house renovation and small commercial fit-outs: plaster, lath, old trim, shopfront strip-outs, and layers of flooring. The residential neighborhoods keep us busy with re-roofs, kitchen and bath refits, garage and basement clearances and deck rebuilds. Rental turnover is a steady source of full-unit clearances. On the outskirts we get land clearing, outbuilding demolition and storm debris off the wooded ridges. Race weekends generate their own work, with property owners cleaning up before and after, and short-let houses needing a full clear-out between seasons. Flooring and drywall removal after a burst pipe is a winter regular in the older housing, where the plumbing is as old as the walls around it.

North-east on I-81 from Kingsport, or the slower run out US-11W, either way about twenty-five minutes to the Tennessee side of State Street. Main routes in: Interstate 81, US-11W, Volunteer Parkway (US-11E/US-19).
Services
Every container service we run is available in Bristol at the same flat rate as Kingsport itself — about twenty-five minutes north-east on I-81 makes no difference to the price.
Driveway-safe roll-off dumpsters for full-basement clear-outs, garage purges and remodels across Kingsport.
Learn moreContainers and scheduled swap-outs for Kingsport shops, restaurants, offices, light industry and property managers.
Learn moreJobsite roll-offs sized by phase, with the heavy-debris split planned before the first load goes in.
Learn moreTear-off containers sized by squares and layers, set tight to the eave for a fast strip before the snow.
Learn more10, 15, 20, 30 and 40 yard roll-off containers delivered across Sullivan County and upper East Tennessee.
Learn moreCall before noon and most Kingsport orders go out the same day — including live jobsite swap-outs.
Learn moreA container on your drive for as long as you need — clear the basement, attic and garage on your own schedule.
Learn moreDiscreet, unhurried container service for families clearing a home in Kingsport and the surrounding towns.
Learn moreHeavy-duty roll-offs for full gut-outs, garage and outbuilding teardowns and structure demolition.
Learn moreDedicated low-fill containers for concrete, brick, block, dirt and asphalt — priced to keep you legal on weight.
Learn moreClean green loads for tree work and storm cleanup — Tennessee bans yard waste from landfill, so they stay clean.
Learn moreSizes
Match the weight allowance to the material and the rest is straightforward.
| Size | Dimensions | Capacity | Weight included | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Yard Dumpster | 12 ft long × 8 ft wide × 3.5 ft high | about 3 pickup truck loads | 1–2 tons | Small bathroom remodels, single-room cleanouts, concrete and heavy debris, roofing up to about 15 squares. |
| 15 Yard Dumpster | 16 ft long × 8 ft wide × 4 ft high | about 4–5 pickup truck loads | 2–3 tons | Basement and attic cleanouts, kitchen remodels, medium roof tear-offs, small deck removals. |
| 20 Yard Dumpster | 22 ft long × 7.5 ft wide × 4.5 ft high | about 6 pickup truck loads | 3–4 tons | Whole-home decluttering, flooring and siding jobs, large tear-offs, drywall and mud phases. |
| 30 Yard Dumpster | 22 ft long × 8 ft wide × 6 ft high | about 9 pickup truck loads | 4–5 tons | Full-house renovations, new construction, estate clearances, commercial fit-outs and demolition. |
| 40 Yard Dumpster | 22 ft long × 8 ft wide × 8 ft high | about 12 pickup truck loads | 5–6 tons | Large commercial fit-outs, industrial clear-outs, major renovations and high-volume light debris. |
Talk to a real person
Call (423) 830-4153 and we will size it, price it and give you a delivery time on the same call. Bristol is about twenty-five minutes north-east on I-81, so same-day is usually on the table.
Mon–Sat 7:00am – 6:00pm · Sun by appointment
Answers
Whichever side of the line your property actually sits on, and on State Street that can be a matter of a few feet. Bristol Tennessee and Bristol Virginia are separate municipalities with separate requirements for anything on a public street. Check your parcel before you plan on curb placement. If the can is going on your own driveway, none of it applies and we can just deliver.
We can, but expect it to take longer and book earlier. Traffic on I-81 and the Volunteer Parkway builds hard around meetings and our truck sits in it like everybody else. If your work is not tied to those dates, schedule around them. If you are cleaning up specifically after a race weekend, tell us and we will get you in the queue before the rush of similar calls.
Smaller than instinct tells you. Plaster and lath is dense enough that a big can will reach its weight allowance while still looking half empty, and you pay for the overweight rather than the volume. We usually run two smaller loads on a full interior strip. Tell us the number of rooms coming back to the studs and we will size it against the tonnage.
A few of the older downtown alleys and some very steep gravel drives on the ridge roads are genuinely too tight or too soft. We need roughly eleven feet of width, sixty feet of straight run and twenty-two feet of height. If your access is marginal, send a photo before booking. It is far better to work that out on the phone than with a truck sitting in your street.
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