Whether you are checking out all that clutter that you’ve been hoarding in the loft, knocking out your old kitchen in preparation for your new one or are gutting your whole house and starting again, your best option to clear it away smartly is to hire a skip.A skip is a perfect option for waste disposal if the waste is more than you’ll be able to take to the local tip in one go, or if the local tip is a considerable distance away. Skip Hire companies will deliver your skip, and take it away, so all the heavy lifting is done for you.
Unless you are a building contractor yourself, the chances are you won’t be entirely clued up on the different sizes skips come in.If this is the case, then you do run the risk of getting it seriously wrong. For example, you don’t want to end up with a skip shorter than the length of the furniture you’re expecting it to hold.
Equally, if you are just getting rid of a few boxes of clutter, you probably don’t need to hire a skip the size of a bungalow. A perfect example of someone misjudging the size of their junk and the size of their ship can be seen here in this piece from the Mirror which shows how a man in Newport, Wales attempted to fit an old caravan in a very small skip with hilarious consequences.
Considering your waste
The first thing to do even before you begins any work is to make a rough estimation of the amount of waste you’ll be looking to dispose of. Without a rough idea, you could end up being lumbered with a pile of extra waste kicking around in your garden for the foreseeable future. It is also worth considering your waste disposal as part of your budget, as both of these things might make a difference when it comes to deciding the size of your skip.
A skip that suits you
Once you know the purpose of your house work and roughly how much rubbish it might generate, you can weigh up your skip size options. However, no matter how well you plan, you probably aren’t a skip expert, so while it’s good to have an inkling it might be worth getting a little help.
Thankfully help is at hand, with things like this size guide from Reds Skip Hire. This handy page shows a range of different sized skips with a short description of what previous users had chosen that particular skip for.If the particular job you have in mind isn’t featured, it is a simple case of finding something similar.
As this shows, it also helps if a skip provider offers a range of different sizes instead of just a couple because you can play it safe by opting for a yard or two bigger instead of simply deciding between a massive skip and a tiny one.If you are currently considering hiring a skip, then hopefully this post can help you find the right one for the right situation. While it might seem like an alien task at first, as long as you weigh up your waste and check out the variety of options, everything should run smoothly.