If your roof has been showing its age, or if last spring's hail left it looking worse for wear, summer is prime time to get the project done. Long daylight hours, dry weather windows, and roofing crews running at full speed make June through August the busiest stretch of the year for re-roofs across the Tri-State. But before the first shingle gets pried up, there's one piece of the project most homeowners don't think about until the tear-off pile starts growing in the front yard: where is all that old roofing material going to go? At Jordan Disposal, we've helped Joplin homeowners and contractors keep roofing projects on schedule for over 100 years, and a properly sized roll-off in the driveway is the simplest answer.
Old asphalt shingles are deceptively dense. A single bundle weighs around 60 to 80 pounds, and a typical 2,000-square-foot roof can produce 4 to 5 tons of tear-off material once you factor in the underlayment, nails, and any rotted decking that needs replacing. That weight matters when you're choosing a dumpster. Roofing debris fills a container by weight long before it fills it by volume, which is why we always size roofing dumpsters with tonnage in mind rather than just yardage.
For most single-layer asphalt tear-offs on a standard Joplin home, our 20-yard roll-off dumpster is the sweet spot. It handles the weight of the shingles, sits at a height that's easy to toss debris into from a ladder or roof slide, and won't crowd your driveway. If your home is larger, has multiple layers of shingles being removed, or is getting a full structural redo with decking replacement, our 30-yard gives you the extra capacity to finish in one container. Smaller jobs like a detached garage re-roof can usually get by with our 10-yard.
Where the dumpster sits makes a real difference once tear-off starts. Most homeowners want the container as close to the work area as possible so debris can slide straight off the roof or down a chute into the box, cutting down on cleanup time and stray nails in the yard. We recommend laying down plywood under the wheels if you've got freshly sealed asphalt or stamped concrete you're worried about. Our drivers know how to spot tight clearances and overhead obstructions, but it never hurts to walk the placement area before delivery day.
Because we own and operate the Galena Construction & Demolition Landfill, roofing debris from your project goes straight to our own facility instead of bouncing through middleman transfer stations. That keeps our pricing reasonable on heavy loads and means we can usually swap a full container for an empty one fast when a bigger job runs long. If your contractor underestimated the volume, we can be back out the same day on most calls.
The smoothest roofing projects schedule the dumpster to arrive the day before tear-off begins, not the morning of. That way your crew isn't standing around waiting on a driver, and you've got a buffer in case weather pushes the timeline. Talk to your roofing contractor about the start date, then request a quote online or give us a call at (888) 624-4469. We'll get a dumpster headed your way and one less thing on your project list.
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