Anyone used a company to clear building rubble?

[ln1234]

We're doing some building work in the house at the moment and have a fair bit of rubble we need to get rid of. I was going to hire a skip but then came across some sites that will clear the rubbish for you for a set fee. The good thing about them is that you don't need to have a skip outside your house, but I don't know if it's more cost effective than hiring a skip.

Has anyone here actually used them or had any experience with them? the one i've seen advertised heavily is www.anyjunk.co.uk but welcome any other recommendations.

Alternatively, anything I should look out for when hiring a skip?

cheers

[mechsympathy]

I've used a local firm (Bristol Rubbish Clearance IIRC) and they were about the same price as a skip. What's more I only had to make tea all morning while my garden was cleared

I can't, however, guarantee they weren't all dole-scrounging fly-tippers but they seemed legit.

[CatherineJ]

mechsympathy said:

I've used a local firm (Bristol Rubbish Clearance IIRC) and they were about the same price as a skip. What's more I only had to make tea all morning while my garden was cleared

I can't, however, guarantee they weren't all dole-scrounging fly-tippers but they seemed legit.

He was probably that fly tipper that was dumping under the flyover next to Tesco at Eastville.

[robinhood21]

Can you not advertise the rubble as free hardcore?

[CatherineJ]

If he could then it could be disposed of via freecycle.

[Mojooo]

I tried calling some of these places, but i had a lot of soil mainly as wel las rubble and they basically said it was cheaper to hire a skip for the volume i wanted

i also hired a grab truck for similar money to a skip - advantage being you dont have to load it into the skip, worth considering if you have a lawn or drive you can put it all onto

[ln1234]

the rubbish comprises of bricks, plaster, wood, plasterboard and some old radiators - basically the contents of a house thats about to be refurbished!

Cheers for the suggestions - I think i'll try out one of the companies that loads up the truck themselves and charges you for the volume of rubbish. Probably a bit more expensive than a skip but sounds like much less hassle.

[GKP]

I read somewhere that plasterboard now has special regulations relating to its disposal. You'll need to mention the plasterboard to the skip company.

[Steve_W]

GKP said:

I read somewhere that plasterboard now has special regulations relating to its disposal. You'll need to mention the plasterboard to the skip company.

Yup, the builders we've had out to quote for our refurbishment & new extension said that plasterboard now has to be handled separately. Approximate figures for removing the rubble etc. that knocking down the old extension , digging footings, etc. were being based on £60 per ton (Reading area).

One of the groundworkers suggested the alternative was to make our split level garden up to all one level by raking off the topsoil & spreading the rubble out before burying it again. Considering they reckoned we're going to generate between 80 and 100 tons of rubble, I'm tempted to save nigh on £6000 in rubbish removal costs!