Why bricks and mortar are sold by weight
The brick wall being redone, the chimney being dismantled, the masonry veneer being stripped: it all ends up in a pile that looks harmless on the ground. It is not: bricks and mortar weigh about one ton per cubic yard — the same order as concrete and soil, far above a renovation dumpster that fills with wood and drywall. That is why masonry never goes into the renovation box, and why it is not sold by volume.
One size goes out: the 20 yard. The price covers 7 tons included, 12 tons maximum; each additional ton is prorated from the disposal centre's weigh ticket — real weight, never rounded. And the box fills three quarters at most (45 inches from the floor): the truck's legal load is reached well before the rim. Concrete, soil and asphalt follow the same logic: each gets its own dumpster, each its own weigh ticket. Whether you are rebuilding a wall, dismantling a chimney or stripping a veneer, it is the number of trips that adjusts — never the size.