Wrap up your renovation by leaving old doors, toilets and bathroom vanities at the curb for pickup. Get an exact item price, updates and completion photos. Mixed rubble and loose building materials are not accepted.
Already detached and outside. Ready for loading and haul-away.
The cleanup after the work
The project is done. Get your space back.
The new bathroom is ready, but the old vanity is still outside. A replaced door is taking up space you need. Put those leftover items on a pickup plan, with the price settled and updates through the final haul-away.
Price the item you actually have.
Choose a door, toilet or bathroom vanity and see the price online. Each listed item has its own price, so you can settle the cost before booking.
Put a day behind the plan.
Choose an available pickup date. Book by 2pm local time for same-day pickup, where available, once you can have the item ready outside.
Know when the last item is gone.
Get updates along the way, a text before arrival and pickup photos when it is done. You can follow the pickup without waiting beside the item.
We currently accept the doors, toilets and bathroom vanities listed here, already detached and ready outside. Choose each item separately. Mixed drywall, tile, concrete, lumber and demolition rubble are not accepted, including in bags.
Doors
Count each detached door panel separately. Have it removed from its hinges before pickup. A whole installed doorway or garage door is not the same item.
Toilets
Choose Toilet for an ordinary household toilet that has already been disconnected, drained and moved outside. Text a photo before booking if yours is broken or has loose sharp pieces.
Bathroom vanities
Choose the small, standard or large bathroom vanity that matches your sink cabinet. A makeup table has a separate choice. Plumbing disconnection and removal from the wall happen before pickup.
Construction debris removal prices in Portsmouth
First item / additional item
Door$99 / $25
Toilet$79 / $29
Small bathroom vanity$99 / $29
Bathroom vanity$99 / $29
Large bathroom vanity$129 / $59
The highest first-item price applies once. Every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Applicable sales tax is shown before payment.
Arrange uninstallation, disconnection and indoor carrying separately. Dropcurb handles loading and haul-away from an accessible outdoor pickup spot.
You can book before moving the fixture outside. Have the preparation finished by the readiness time in your confirmation. Contact us before booking about broken fixtures, unusual materials or restricted building access.
Your place. One easy pickup plan.
A house, a condo or an apartment. Choose an accessible outdoor spot that works for your property. You arrange the move outside; we take it from there.
Have the fixture safely detached and any plumbing or electrical connections handled by an appropriate professional. We do not remove installed fixtures or perform demolition.
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Keep the booked items separate
Have the fixtures empty and ready at ground level. Keep them apart from rubble, loose renovation materials, tools and anything you want to keep.
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Show the outdoor handoff
Use a permitted outdoor spot with a clear path. Add a location photo and notes on your order page so the right entrance and the right items are easy to identify.
You’re in the loop. Until it’s gone.
Confirmation when you book. A heads-up before arrival. Photos when it’s done.
Some construction material has a published route and some does not. Wood furniture, wood scraps, painted or treated wood and pallets are collected in the fourth week of the curbside bulky rotation, clean wood is priced by volume at the Recycling Center, and shingles or roofing are outside the city service entirely.
City cost & eligibility
From $15 per load of clean wood at the Portsmouth Recycling Center, where two cubic yards is $15 and four cubic yards is $25, with the curbside bulky pickup adding a $10 pickup fee. Portsmouth residents, paid by credit card with a processing fee or by check with no cash accepted; the city publishes no rate for shingles or roofing because Public Works does not handle that material.
When & how
Wood furniture, wood scraps, painted or treated wood and pallets come curbside in the fourth week of the rotating bulky schedule, booked through Public Works on 603-427-1530 after payment. Clean wood goes to the Recycling Center during its hours, Tuesday through Thursday from 7:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Get it ready
Sort the wood from everything else, because only clean wood carries the volume rate and treated or painted wood travels in the fourth curbside week instead. Take shingles and roofing to Aggregate Recycling Corp in Eliot, Maine on 207-439-5584, since the city states that Public Works is not set up to handle that material, and keep the load inside the weekly 300 gallon limit while it waits for a scheduled pickup.
The curbside bulky weeks are set by material rather than by address. The first week takes upholstered furniture and mixed materials, the second takes appliances and scrap metal including refrigerators and Freon units, the third takes tires, televisions, computers and electronics, and the fourth takes wood furniture, wood scraps, painted or treated wood and pallets. A booking is placed in the week that matches the item, and nothing goes to the curb before Public Works has scheduled it.
Pay before the gate or the pickup, and never in cash
Both bulky routes are paid up front. At the Recycling Center the attendant takes a credit card with a processing fee or a check, and the center does not accept cash, while an online payment before drop-off needs the receipt printed and shown at the gate. For a curbside pickup the item fee is paid through the portal with the $10 pickup fee added and the pickup location entered, and Public Works then schedules the date on 603-427-1530.
Use a permitted, accessible outdoor spot. Arrange the move out of your home, keep shared access clear and follow your confirmation’s readiness instructions. Check with your building about access or staging limits before booking.
City of Portsmouth Department of Public Works Solid Waste Division
Book a curbside bulky pickup
A Portsmouth household serviced by the city that has a couch, an appliance, a mattress, a screen, wood or another bulky item and would rather not haul it.
Cost & conditions
From $10 for the curbside bulky pickup fee of $10 on top of the disposal cost of each item, where a mattress, box spring, washer, dryer, dishwasher, upholstered furniture, wood furniture, gas grill or 20 pound propane tank adds $5, a tire adds $7, a cooking range or electronics item adds $10, a refrigerator or Freon unit adds $20 and clean wood adds $15 or $25 by volume. Portsmouth residents on the city collection route, paid through the payment portal before scheduling; a household served by a private trash hauler is not eligible for curbside pickup and has to use the Recycling Center instead.
Arrange it
Pay the item fee and the pickup fee through the payment portal, check the schedule pickup box and enter the pickup location, then call Public Works on 603-427-1530 to fix the date. The pickup falls in the rotation week for that material, and the item goes out between 7:00 p.m. the day before and 6:00 a.m. on the day.
Nothing goes to the curb without a booking, because unscheduled bulky waste is not collected. The item has to be inside the weekly 300 gallon property limit, kept separate from the regular trash, and matched to the right week of the rotation. Payment is by card or check rather than cash, and a household on a private hauler has no curbside option at all.
City of Portsmouth Department of Public Works Solid Waste Division
Drop bulky items at the Recycling Center
A Portsmouth household with a bulky item, including one served by a private hauler, that can be carried to the Peverly Hill Road site.
Cost & conditions
From $5 for the lowest published bulky waste fee at the Recycling Center, where a mattress, box spring, washer, dryer, dishwasher, upholstered furniture, wood furniture, gas grill or 20 pound propane tank is $5 each, a tire is $7, a cooking range or electronics item is $10, a refrigerator or Freon unit is $20, and clean wood is $15 for two cubic yards or $25 for four. Portsmouth residents, paid at the facility or online before drop-off, by credit card with a processing fee or by check with no cash accepted.
Arrange it
Take the item to the Recycling Center behind the Public Works facility at 680 Peverly Hill Road during open hours, Tuesday through Thursday from 7:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., with extended Tuesday hours to 6:15 p.m. from July 1 to October 9. Pay at the gate or online first and show the receipt at drop-off.
The fee depends on the item, since the list prices furniture and mattresses at the lowest step, ranges and electronics higher, and refrigerators or Freon units at the top because CFC removal is included. Cash is not accepted, and Public Works may discontinue service for violations of the solid waste ordinances.
Take shingles and roofing to Aggregate Recycling Corp
A household or contractor with shingles or roofing material that the city will not take.
Cost & conditions
The city states that Public Works is not set up to handle shingles or roofing and directs the material to Aggregate Recycling Corp in Eliot, Maine on 207-439-5584, and the city page publishes no price for the company, so the rate has to be confirmed directly.
Arrange it
Call the company on 207-439-5584 before loading, and confirm the accepted material, the hours and the price for a roofing load. Keep the material off the curb and out of the bulky pile in the meantime, because the city has no route for it.
This is a private facility outside New Hampshire, so the trip crosses a state line and the terms are set by the company rather than by the city. Clean wood is a different case and can go to the Recycling Center at the published volume rate instead.
City drop-off for bulky waste, clean wood, recycling and free specialty items
Portsmouth Recycling Center
680 Peverly Hill Road, Portsmouth, NH 03801
Bulky waste on the published per item list, covering mattresses and box springs, appliances including refrigerators and Freon units, electronics, tires, upholstered and wood furniture, gas grills and propane tanks of 20 pounds or larger, cooking ranges and clean wood by volume. Several specialty items are free for residents: antifreeze, batteries, clothing, cooking oil and vegetable oil, eyeglasses, fluorescent light bulbs, food waste, oil and oil filters, and empty one pound propane tanks or cylinders. Paper, cardboard, cartons, cans, glass and plastic bottles are recycled here as well.
Cash is not accepted, so payment is by credit card with a minimum processing fee or by check, and an online payment has to be made before drop-off with the receipt shown at the gate. Recyclables are not bagged. Used propane tanks arrive either through a tank exchange or at this center. Public Works may discontinue service for violations of the city solid waste ordinances.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 7:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., with extended Tuesday hours to 6:15 p.m. from July 1 to October 9. Phone 603-427-1530.
From $5 for the lowest published bulky waste fee, where a mattress, box spring, washer, dryer, dishwasher, upholstered furniture, wood furniture, gas grill or 20 pound propane tank is $5 each, a tire is $7, a cooking range or electronics item is $10, a refrigerator or Freon unit is $20, and clean wood is $15 for two cubic yards or $25 for four. Portsmouth residents, paid at the facility or online before drop-off by credit card with a processing fee or by check, with no cash accepted; the specialty items listed as free are dropped at no charge.
Selected customer reviews. Counts checked September 2026.
Before you book
A few things worth knowing.
Construction debris removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in Portsmouth.
How much does construction debris removal cost in Portsmouth?+
Pricing is per accepted item. A detached door is $99 as a single item, an ordinary toilet is $79, and a small bathroom vanity is $99. Larger vanities have their own choices. Select the listed items to see the exact combined price. These prices do not cover mixed rubble or loose building materials. Loading, transportation and disposal are included; applicable sales tax appears before payment.
Can I get same-day toilet or vanity pickup in Portsmouth?+
Book by 2pm at your pickup address for same-day pickup, where available. Checkout shows the dates you can choose. Arrange disconnection, removal and the move outside first, then have the fixture ready by the time in your confirmation. We text you before arrival and provide pickup photos when it is done.
Will you disconnect a sink or take a door off its hinges?+
The fixture must already be detached, disconnected and accessible outside at ground level. Arrange plumbing, electrical work, removal from walls or hinges, and indoor carrying before pickup. Dropcurb handles loading and haul-away from your outdoor pickup spot.
Can I add bags of drywall, tile or other demolition waste?+
Mixed drywall, tile, concrete, lumber and demolition rubble are not accepted. This page offers pickup for the listed doors, toilets and bathroom vanities that are already removed. Do not book loose building materials as household trash bags or as an extra item. Arrange suitable disposal for those materials with your contractor or a debris specialist.
Can a door, toilet and vanity go in the same pickup?+
Yes. Add each listed fixture separately and choose the correct vanity size. Each detached door panel counts as one item. The combined price appears before you book. Keep the fixtures together outside, separate from anything staying, and add a location photo on your order page.
Where do shingles and roofing go in Portsmouth?+
Not to Public Works, because the city states that it is not set up to handle shingles or roofing. The page directs that material to Aggregate Recycling Corp in Eliot, Maine on 207-439-5584. Wood is different, since clean wood is priced by volume at the Recycling Center and wood furniture, wood scraps, painted or treated wood and pallets come curbside in the fourth week of the rotating bulky schedule.Official guidance
Who collects trash in Portsmouth?+
The Department of Public Works collects it through its Solid Waste Division, once a week on a neighbourhood schedule Monday through Friday, with recycling on the same round. The recycling center at 680 Peverly Hill Road handles bulky waste, clean wood and the free specialty drop-offs, and Public Works answers on 603-427-1530. Recycling is mandatory for both paper and fiber and containers.Official guidance
What does bulky waste cost in Portsmouth?+
It depends on the item and the route. The Recycling Center charges a per item fee from a published list, and a curbside pickup adds a $10 pickup fee on top of that disposal cost. Furniture and mattresses are at the lowest step, tires above them, cooking ranges and electronics higher again, and refrigerators or Freon units at the top because the price includes CFC removal. Clean wood is charged by volume, and payment is by card or check rather than cash.Official guidance
One less thing on your list
Put the cleanup on the calendar.
Choose your accepted renovation items and see your pickup price in Portsmouth. We will keep you updated through the final pickup photos.
