A two-car garage in Ocean Isle Beach that lost its second parking spot fifteen years ago. A workshop on a Boiling Spring Lakes property where every tool has another tool stacked on top of it. A converted carport on a Wallace property that became overflow storage during a renovation and never came back. A garage cleanout dumpster from Priority Waste Inc. drops a roll-off in the driveway, gives you room to move things, and disappears when you call.
Same model as every PWI rental: we drop it, you sort and load on your own schedule, we come back when you call. No daily clock, no pressure to finish in one weekend.
Call now to schedule a drop — and finally get your garage back.
The number-one thing first-time renters get wrong on a garage cleanout is the bin size. People plan based on what they can see when they walk in. Then they actually start pulling things, the back of the garage opens up, and a 12-yard that sounded right at booking fills halfway through Saturday.
Coastal Brunswick County garages run heavy. Storm-prep supplies that never got reorganized between seasons. Outdoor furniture cycled through two or three patios. Lawn equipment that died and didn't get hauled. Gardening tools and chemicals accumulated across multiple homeowners. The volume catches people off guard nearly every time.
Most garage cleanouts split into three piles, and how you handle each one affects how much bin you need. Category one is general debris and bulky items: broken furniture, deteriorated boxes, old textiles, worn-out outdoor gear, plastic bins that finally cracked. This is what fills the roll-off and accounts for the majority of a typical cleanout. When scope expands beyond the garage, PWI's broader junk removal service in Southport covers the full container range with the same drop-and-pickup model.
Category two is items that don't go in the bin: paint, motor oil, gasoline, propane tanks, lawn chemicals, refrigerants, batteries, tires, and fluid-bearing equipment like dead mowers or generators. Brunswick County runs household hazardous waste collection events; tires go to most auto-parts stores; refrigerants need an EPA-certified technician. Plan that handling before the roll-off arrives so it doesn't slow the sort down.
Category three is what you actually want to keep, sell, or donate — tools that still work, equipment worth listing, items in donate-able condition. The garage cleanout is the moment to make those calls. Once an item goes in the bin, it's gone.
Single-car garage, mostly bagged household items and boxes: a 12-yard handles it with breathing room.
Single- or two-car garage with mixed furniture, old equipment, and yard gear: step to a 15-yard. Bulky items take more cubic feet than the visual inventory suggests.
Two-car garage with a workshop component or a connected outbuilding: a 20-yard is the right call. Heavy outdoor metal and multi-decade accumulation usually fill it without overflow.
Whole-property cleanout where the garage is just the start — attic, basement, shed, yard equipment: go to a 30-yard. The cost difference is smaller than a mid-project swap.
Still not sure? Call (910) 899-6133 and we'll size it on the phone.
Coastal Brunswick and New Hanover County garages share characteristics that affect cleanout planning. Salt air corrodes metal stored long-term — fasteners, hand tools, bicycles, exercise equipment. Humidity warps cardboard boxes and disintegrates textiles. Storm-prep cycles drive ongoing inventory of plywood, tarps, batteries, and bottled water that often doesn't get fully sorted between seasons.
PWI delivers garage cleanout dumpsters across the full Southport hub service area — Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender, Onslow, Bladen, Columbus, Duplin, Sampson, and Cumberland counties. Coastal communities, inland farm properties, and the larger towns between all dispatch from the same yard. Our Southport hub anchors the routes.
Repeat customers tell us: the bin showed up when promised, pickup happened when called.
Every PWI roll-off has swing-open rear doors, so you walk items in rather than lifting bulky boxes and old furniture over the sidewall. That alone speeds a cleanout by hours.
Pricing depends on bin size and rental period. Call with the project scope and we'll quote it. The number we give you is what shows up on the invoice.
A weekend cleanout, a two-week sort, or a month while life interrupts — the bin stays until you call. No daily meter through the standard rental period.
A pattern we see often: a homeowner books a 12 or 15-yard for the garage, gets two days in, opens the door to the storage shed out back, and realizes the cleanout has three more locations. The garage was the most visible problem, but the attic, the basement, the shed, and the yard-equipment graveyard had been building up alongside it.
Scope expansion mid-rental is normal. When the scope shifts, we either swap the existing bin for a larger one or drop a second container alongside. Call us as soon as the new scope is clear — adjusting the rental beats scrambling for an emergency swap on a Saturday.
For homeowners who already know the cleanout extends past the garage — an estate, a downsize before a move, prep work before listing — start at the 20- or 30-yard. The cost difference between sizes is smaller than the cost and time of swapping mid-project.
Coastal and inland NC garages share the accumulation problem even when climate and house types vary. PWI runs garage cleanout dumpsters from the Southport hub across the full service area — coast and inland dispatch from the same yard.
Coastal deliveries cover Oak Island, Ocean Isle Beach, Sunset Beach, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, Caswell Beach, and Holden Beach, plus Pender County properties through Hampstead and Burgaw. Inland and rural cleanouts run through Leland, Shallotte, Wilmington, Bolivia, Whiteville, Elizabethtown, Clinton, and Warsaw, out to smaller communities in Cumberland, Sampson, and Duplin counties.
When PWI commits to a delivery window, we hit it. Call for pickup and we move.
Most first-time renters ask the same handful of questions about garage cleanout rentals. Quick answers below.
Most single-garage cleanouts fit a 12 or 15-yard. A double-garage cleanout, or a garage plus a small shed, usually wants a 20-yard. Whole-property cleanouts that started with the garage and expanded jump to a 30-yard. We size on the call after asking about the garage and what’s coming out.
Paint, motor oil, gasoline, propane tanks, lawn and pool chemicals, refrigerants, tires, batteries, asbestos materials, and fluid-bearing equipment like mowers, generators, or leaf blowers with gas in them. Brunswick County runs household hazardous waste collection events for chemicals; tires go to most auto-parts stores; appliances with refrigerants need an EPA-certified technician. Ask on the booking call if a specific item is borderline.
Most coastal Brunswick County driveways accommodate a 12, 15, or 20-yard without blocking the garage door. The 30-yard is longer and can be tight on shorter driveways. Tell us the driveway length on the booking call — positioning parallel to the garage rather than perpendicular often gives more access room.
Most homeowners schedule garage cleanouts in spring or fall — sorting in July humidity is rougher than October. That said, we deliver year-round and there’s no preferred season from our end. If a property has to clear for a sale, a move, or an estate timeline, we’ll deliver on whatever schedule the project needs.
As long as the project takes. The bin stays put until you call for pickup, with no daily meter through the standard rental period. Cleanouts that run two weekends, or stretch across a month, are routine. Call when you’re done and we pull fast — often same-day for morning calls.
