Dumpster Rental in Camden, SC

Roll-off containers for Camden homes and jobsites

Camden is our longest regular run to the north-east — about fifty minutes out I-20 — and it is worth every mile because the work here is unlike anywhere else we serve. This is one of South Carolina’s oldest inland towns, with genuine Revolutionary War history, a downtown of real age along Broad Street, and a historic district full of houses that were built when heart pine was the only framing anybody used. Kershaw County is the seat of government here, which is its own permitting and solid waste jurisdiction, separate from Richland and Lexington, and the City of Camden adds municipal requirements on top. Confirm before you start; requirements change and historic districts often have their own review.

The old stock is the reason we come. Antebellum and Victorian houses, early twentieth century frame and brick, all on piers over vented crawlspaces, and inside them plaster and lath at two to three times the weight of drywall, heart pine flooring, old-growth framing, cast iron plumbing and layers of material added by every generation since. A renovation here is a weight problem long before it is a volume problem. It is also a hazardous material problem: anything pre-1980 should be assumed to carry asbestos in floor tile and mastic, pipe and duct wrap, plaster skim coats, siding and roofing felt until it is tested, and pre-1978 houses carry lead paint under the EPA RRP rule. We cannot take asbestos-containing material in any container.

Around the town is equestrian country — the Springdale Race Course, the training barns, the fencing and the paddocks — which produces its own work: barn renovations, stall tear-outs, fencing replacement and property cleanouts on acreage. Add the newer subdivisions along US-1 toward Lugoff, and Camden gives us historic renovation, rural acreage and ordinary suburban remodel work in the same week.

What we know about working in Camden

Camden asks for more planning than most places we serve, in two directions. First, the historic side. Downtown streets and driveways in the historic district are narrow, the trees are old and low over the pavement, and a roll-off hoist arm needs real vertical clearance to raise and set a box. Street placement is a City of Camden matter and worth checking before you count on it. Exterior work and demolition on a historic property may need review, and demolition generally triggers a state-level asbestos inspection and notification through SC DES on top of anything local. Those rules have moved around recently, so confirm rather than assume. Second, weight. Plaster and lath, heart pine, cast iron and old brick are dense, and a large container filled with them is over weight long before it looks full. We routinely put a 15 or 20 yard on a historic renovation and swap it next day rather than set a 30 that cannot be hauled. On the equestrian and acreage side, the usual rural checklist applies: mark the septic tank, drain field and well head, tell us about long or soft drives, and keep the brush and limb wood as a clean load because South Carolina keeps yard trash out of landfill disposal. Fencing, treated posts and stall timber are construction debris and go in the box; manure and bedding are not a roll-off load. Call SC 811 before any digging.

• CountyKershaw County
• Distance from our yard38 miles north-east of our Broad River Road yard
• Main routesI-20 east to the US-521 and US-601 exits at Camden
• Typical deliverySame or next day

Getting a truck to you

I-20 east from the yard to the Camden exits, about fifty minutes, or US-1 north-east through Elgin and Lugoff if the address sits on that side. Because it is a long run we schedule Camden jobs in advance and try to get everything right the first trip. Tell us whether the property is in the historic district, whether the street has low limbs or a narrow approach, whether the load is plaster, heart pine and cast iron, and whether there is septic and a well on an acreage property.

Routes we run: I-20 east to the US-521 and US-601 exits at Camden, US-1 north-east through Elgin and Lugoff, Broad Street through the historic district, the roads out toward Springdale and the equestrian country.

Landmarks and neighborhoods we work around

Permits, streets and placement in Camden

On a private driveway in Camden you generally do not need a municipal permit. Placement in the public street or right-of-way is a different matter and normally requires approval — from the city or county where the road is locally maintained, or from SCDOT where it is a state route. Every municipality in Kershaw County runs its own form and its own lead time, and older streets here often have narrow shoulders and deep drainage ditches, so plan the permit before you plan the delivery. It is a ten-minute call that saves a week.

Our permit and placement guide walks through the whole process, and SC DES publishes the Covered Device Recycling Act rules and the other statewide disposal restrictions that apply to every load we haul out of Camden. County recycling and household hazardous waste dates are published by Richland County.

Sizes we deliver to Camden