Skip Hire 8 cubic Yard - Whats the going rate?

[Alt Beer]

I am looking to hire an 8 cubic Yard skip to take the remains of a concrete garden path (concrete, stones, pieces of brick)

Does anyone know of an economically priced skip hire service covering the Purley / Croydon area (Surrey)

Got a few quotes already ranging from

£241 +VAT = £283 £222 including VAT £215 if I can load the skip while the driver waits £175 + VAT = £205 + £30 if a local authority license is required.

I've never hired a skip before, do these prices seem about right or can anyone recommend a better deal?

Thanks

[The Natural Philosopher]

cripes they've gone up. Was in the low one hundreds last time I looked..

Lots of people would LOVE to take your nice hardcore for free..

[Phil L]

If it's just hardcore and soil (no wood, plastic etc) look in your local directory for 'grab services', they work out at about half the price of a skip, all you have to do is get the stuff within grabbing distance, and you don't have to load a skip. Just tell the bloke you've got about 8 yards need picking up and he'll give you a price

[Alt Beer]

garden path (concrete, stones, pieces of brick)

Purley / Croydon area (Surrey)

anyone recommend a better deal?

It would be nice to find them... Are you serious? I just rang three local builders - no interest. I'll try a few more.

Thanks

[somebody]

In message , Alt Beer writes

If it's just aggregates (concrete, brick etc) ring round your local aggregate yards - some will allow you to tip this for free. Hire a Transit tipper/pickup for half a day (£50) and voila.

Hth Someone

[NT]

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crete garden path (concrete, stones, pieces of brick)

the Purley / Croydon area (Surrey)

n anyone recommend a better deal?

ocal builders - no interest. =A0I'll try a few more.

Freecycle. No sense paying.

NT

[marpate1]

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oncrete garden path (concrete, stones, pieces of brick)

g the Purley / Croydon area (Surrey)

can anyone recommend a better deal?

local builders - no interest. =A0I'll try a few more.

+1 I regularly see these kind of posts on freecycle, shortly followed by the taken post!

[mark]

I've got an 8 yard skip at the moment. ( Miles Skiphire, Norwich) It will cost £140. I'm just taking a break from loading it. I'm in Norfolk but don't understand why your quote is double, landfill tax must be the same.

mark

[Dave Starling]

Agree with other comments. The skip will be priced to you as the contents going in landfill. I reality when it arrives at the skip yard it will be spread out and the contents sorted through. If its all brick etc they'll run it through a crusher and sell it for hardcore at something like =A345+vat per ton. So its a win win for the skip company at the prices they quoted you. If you tell them its all brick they may give you something off the skip price but I doubt they'll be as generous as you may think.

You can check your local tip (sorry, recycling centre). Most that I have been to have a strict 2 bag quantity per week of rubble, although as they get money for selling it on you have to wonder why they impose a limit. They certainly don't have a limit for metals, especially items that have copper/brass in them.

Dave.

[Alt Beer]

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concrete garden path (concrete, stones, pieces of brick)

the Purley / Croydon area (Surrey)

anyone recommend a better deal?

builders - no interest. I'll try a few more.

Thanks NT and marpate1 ... Sounds good - I'll give it a go.

[Tim Watts]

On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:55:25 +0100, "mark" wibbled:

This time last year, the prices in East Sussex were:

Yd Pounds (inc VAT)

General mixed crap

4 161 6 195 8 253

Hardcore

4 130 6 160

Someone else round here did hardcore at 120 quid for 6 yds.

I like the grab-lorry idea - apart from a small load of plasterboard and glass wool (could use car if desperate - or buy a cheap 4' trailer) most of my expected waste in the next 2 years will be concrete.

In fact at those stupid prices I'm very tempted to collect it in a huge pile on the dive and hire a crusher for a 100 quid, mostly because I will need a similar volume of fine hardcore (huge lumps are no good) - so I will be somewhat better off in the long run...

[Andrew Mawson]

a concrete garden path (concrete, stones, pieces of brick)

covering the Purley / Croydon area (Surrey)

or can anyone recommend a better deal?

three local builders - no interest. I'll try a few more.

If you bring it to me in East Sussex I'll even give you a cup of tea!

AWEM

[sm_jamieson]

te garden path (concrete, stones, pieces of brick)

Purley / Croydon area (Surrey)

nyone recommend a better deal?

Best price in Coventry is 110 quid from budget skips. Of course you've got the ludicrous London bump-up. Simon.

[Andrew Mawson]

concrete garden path (concrete, stones, pieces of brick)

covering the Purley / Croydon area (Surrey)

can anyone recommend a better deal?

Best price in Coventry is 110 quid from budget skips. Of course you've got the ludicrous London bump-up. Simon.

It's not just London with inflated prices. I keep an 8 yard skip in the farm yard for all the plastic sacks and tat that accumulates. Latest one was £210 here in remote East Sussex. They keep ringing up asking for them back but we tend to keep them at least 4 sometimes 6 months.

AWEM

[Matty F]

garden path (concrete, stones, pieces of brick)

If you do use a skip you'd better ask the supplier before you fill an

8 cubic yard skip with concrete. The truck may not be able to pick it up.

[Andy Burns]

It's fun watching them struggle, especially if they don't drop the support legs for the first attempt, but they always seem to lift it in the end ...

[Rick Hughes]

Just had 2 of them .... £115 plus VAT for hardcore

price goes up if it contains plastic or contaminated materials.

£241 seems very high.

[Robin]

Is that Oop North? In Hackney there's a £35 per skip fee to the council if it goes on the road and I've recently been quoted £225 (including the licence) for 8 cu yds of soil with the skip left for one week.