Construction
Roofing shingle debris removal.
The tear-off pile the roofer left behind, or the shingles a storm put in your yard. We haul the debris — we are not roofers.
The short version
Roofing Shingle Removal at a glance.
- What it is
- Haul-away of roofing tear-off debris and storm-scattered shingles from the ground — the cleanup after a roofer, not roofing work itself.
- What’s included
- Asphalt three-tab and architectural tear-off debris
- Underlayment, felt, ridge cap, and flashing
- Storm-scattered shingles gathered from the yard
- Rotted decking removed alongside a tear-off
- Nail pickup and a pass over the work area
- How pricing works
- Weight and disposal carry most of the number, since asphalt is dense and volume is a poor guide to tonnage. Whether the debris is stacked or scattered across a yard matters too — the same weight takes far longer to gather after a storm.
Part of our Construction Debris Removal service
Let us be clear about what this is, because the search term is ambiguous and the wrong assumption wastes everybody's time: we haul roofing debris. We do not do roofing. We are not going up on your roof to tear it off, and we are not putting anything back.
What we do is the part after. A roofer tears off, and depending on the crew and the contract, the debris either goes with them or it does not. Plenty of the time it does not — it ends up on a tarp in the yard, in a heap beside the driveway, or in a pile the homeowner was told would be picked up and then was not. That pile is the call.
The second version is pure coastal Georgia. Wind takes shingles off, and they end up across the yard, in the hedge, and two properties down. After a real storm the pile is not a neat tear-off stack; it is scattered debris mixed with underlayment, flashing, ridge cap, and whatever else came down with it. That job is more gathering than loading, and it takes longer than the volume suggests.
Weight is what makes shingles their own category rather than just construction debris. Asphalt shingles are dense, and a tear-off from even a modest roof runs into real tonnage — a square of architectural shingles is a couple hundred pounds and a house has a lot of squares. Nails are the other constant. Tear-off debris is full of them, which is why we clean the area rather than just removing the heap, and why the material rides on its own.
What we haul
Specifically, what we take for roofing shingle removal.
- Asphalt three-tab and architectural shingle tear-off debris
- Underlayment, felt, and ice-and-water shield
- Ridge cap, drip edge, and flashing from the same tear-off
- Storm-scattered shingles collected from the yard and landscaping
- Small quantities of rolled roofing and roofing offcuts
- Rotted decking and sheathing removed alongside a tear-off
- Shingle debris left behind by a contractor after the crew moved on
How we work
How we actually handle it.
This is ground work. The debris is already down, and we load it from where it sits — a tarp, a pile, a heap against the fence, or spread across a yard after weather.
Weight sets the shape of the day. Asphalt is dense enough that we load to what the truck can legally and safely carry rather than to what fits, so a full tear-off is often more than one trip. We plan it that way instead of overloading.
Nails are the thing we take seriously. Tear-off debris sheds them constantly, and they end up in the grass, the driveway, and the flower bed. On shingle and demolition loads where nails and fasteners are in play, a magnet sweep is part of our final pass — we run it over the drive and the work area before we leave. A driveway full of roofing nails is a genuinely bad outcome for whoever parks there next.
Storm-scatter takes longer than an equivalent pile. Gathering shingles out of hedges and across a yard is slow, and honest scheduling means saying so up front rather than treating it like a load-and-go.
Shingles ride on their own rather than mixed into a household load — weight, and a different disposal route.
Pricing
How pricing works.
Shingle debris prices on the same four factors as everything else, but weight and disposal carry most of it. Asphalt is dense, disposal is charged accordingly, and volume alone is a poor guide to the number.
The other real variable is whether the material is piled or scattered. A tear-off stacked beside the driveway loads efficiently. The same tonnage spread across a yard after a storm is a longer job for the same weight, and we will say so rather than discovering it on the day.
Tell us the rough roof size or how many squares came off if you know it, and send a photo. We give you one number, confirmed before anything goes on the truck.
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The honest exceptions
What we won’t take — for this item.
A short, honest list of edge cases we either won’t take or want to discuss before we show up. When in doubt, call us — we’ll walk through it before scheduling.
- Roofing work of any kind — we do not tear off, repair, patch, or install; we haul the debris after the roofer
- Going up on the roof to remove material — everything we take is already on the ground
- Material that may contain asbestos, including some older roofing products, until it has been properly identified and handled
- Shingle debris contaminated with fuel, chemicals, or unidentified fluids
Questions
Frequently asked questions about roofing shingle removal.
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Common in
Where we haul roofing shingle removal most.
We haul roofing shingle removal regularly across the Golden Isles, especially in Brunswick, St. Simons Island, Darien, Jekyll Island, and Sea Island.
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Last reviewed: September 2, 2026