Redwood Debris Box Service

San Mateo, CA5.8/10(25 reviews)

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About Redwood Debris Box Service

Redwood Debris Box Service gets talked about around jobsites for two very different reasons, and you can see it in the reviews. On one hand, you’ve got folks in construction saying these units are “by far the best I’ve ever used” — the kind of comment you only hear when a company actually keeps up on service. Two‑ply tissue, seat covers, “scented everything”… that’s not normal porta‑john living, right? Plus they call out the owner, Tyler, as a great guy, which usually means he answers his phone and fixes problems instead of dodging them.

But then you’ve got the other side of the real-world mess: placement, upkeep, and how their drivers act when nobody’s watching. One neighbor’s saying “poor placement” along the sidewalk and property lines, and that the smell of human excrement mixed with cherry just wafts around as the temperature climbs. That reads like a unit that’s either getting serviced late, getting hit too hard for the schedule, or got dropped in the wrong spot and left there. And if you’ve been on sites, you know a bad drop location turns into everybody’s problem fast. Why put it right where the whole block has to look at it and smell it from?

And the “Dangerous drivers” / freeway merge story? That’s the kind of thing that makes contractors and homeowners hesitate, because even if the office does things right, a crew that drives hot can undo the trust in a hurry. Yet I’ve also seen plenty of outfits where one aggressive driver creates half the bad reputation, even when the service side runs fine. So the question is: do they correct that stuff when it gets brought up, or do they shrug it off?

Overall, Redwood comes off like a young company that can deliver a surprisingly clean, well-stocked unit when they’re on their game — easy to deal with at the top — however they need tighter discipline on the unglamorous parts: where they set things, how often they clean, and how their trucks represent them on the road. If you’re hiring them, I’d spell out placement and service frequency up front, and I’d expect them to act on it.

Around here, the standout is simple: when they’re managed right, they run better-than-average units — they just can’t afford the no-fuss basics slipping, not with neighbors and drivers watching.

Business hours

Monday
7 AM–5 PM
Tuesday
7 AM–5 PM
Wednesday
7 AM–5 PM
Thursday
7 AM–5 PM
Friday
7 AM–5 PM
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed