Is your home’s exterior looking a little worse for wear? Spruce it up with some simple DIY and low cost improvement projects for the outdoors.

Yard Maintenance

The first way to improve the exterior is to tidy up your yard. Make sure that the lawn and flower bed areas are free of weeds and debris. If you like flowering beds, then consider planting flowers and shrubs that fit your maintenance level. Choose to plant different flowers in a pot at your front door and replace all the flower beds with fresh mulch or small rocks. Cut down all the grass regularly and remove the weeds by hand.

Replace Broken Window Panes

Windows are a highly visible part of everyone's home. If they are damaged and can be changed, it will improve the exterior look of the house. Toss your old window panes into your Port St. Lucie roll off dumpster.

Landscape Lighting

While it is only visible at night, landscape lighting can change the entire feel of your property. Add soffit lights that underside the roof, ceiling, beam, and arch to highlight the house's architecture, ground lights to accent trees or high bushes and porch lights to create a welcome glow near the front door. Remove all the old lights or defective bulbs so that they are disposed of in the dumpsters. This can be a budget-friendly DIY project if you shop around.

Sidewalk Cleanup

Regularly sweep all the dirt and debris off your walkways. To remove all the stains on concrete and stone, make use of a power washer. You can also add more visual interest to the walkway by using different rocks, stones, bricks, and raising the bedding areas that add a unique exterior appeal. To keep sidewalks and walkways free of weed growth, weed control spray to remove the extra weeds that grow between the crack lines. All the heavy debris like concrete and bricks are allowed to throw into the roll-off dumpsters.

Paint Touch Up

Paint directly impacts the first impression of your house. Choosing the right color can add value to your home and also boost the appearance of your exterior. You are painting all the fences and columns; the concrete foundation will help improve the appeal immediately if you have leftover paint that can be recycled or reused then allowed to throw in the dumpsters.

Paint Dated Siding

With a little YouTube training and the right spray equipment (or patience with a brush), anyone can update their own siding with a coat of paint. If you have leftover latex paint that cannot be reused or recycled, allow that paint to solidify by mixing it into a container of kitty litter. Once it becomes hard and dry then dispose of it into the dumpster.

Trim and Prune Shrubs

Remember to trim tree branches and prune shrubs to keep your landscape looking tidy. Toss the organic waste left over from the lawn and garden cleanup project into a small 10 yard dumpster. This waste includes leaves, grass, tree trunks while trimming it and pruning from shrubs and bushes.

FAQs

What size dumpster do I need for a landscaping makeover?

That will depend on how much yard debris you plan to dispose of. If you are removing several large trees, you may need a larger 20 or 30 yard dumpster and, even in this case, you should be sure to saw down the trunks and branches to ensure they will fit into the container. For smaller yard cleanup projects, a ten yard dumpster will likely suffice.

How far in advance should I order my dumpster?

The availability of your preferred dumpster size can vary greatly from week to week and season to season. Sometimes containers are available the same day and, at other times, they are reserved for weeks due to high demand. Our company always tries to have enough containers to meet demand so that a dumpster is available within a day, but the only way to know for sure is to call ahead. If you have an idea when you might need your dumpster, simply call and find out what the current lead time is.