How to Dispose of Plasterboard in London
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In the UK, 7 out of 10 homeowners use their garage as additional storage space for items they simply don't have room for inside their homes. According to a recent survey, one-quarter of homeowners who own a car are unable to park it in their garage due to excess clutter, waste, and gardening and DIY tools that are stored there. This isn't surprising considering how little storage space there is in modern homes and how much available space there is in the garage.
One in ten homeowners indicated they would probably never get around to clearing out their garage because it was too much work, according to the same survey. By removing all the clutter, bulky waste, and unwanted furniture for you at competitive prices, we can help you reclaim your garage as a functional space for your car and other essential tools and equipment.
The waste we remove includes accumulated items, old or unwanted furniture, electrical appliances, carpets, rugs, general waste, various waste types, machinery, bicycles, and other garage items. We promise an environmentally compliant service. We don't collect paint, motor oil, gas cylinders, car batteries or chemicals – these need a licensed specialist hazardous waste carrier. Give your garage a second life by letting us help. Other common garage waste includes:
There are 5 simple steps to taking care of your waste.
Call us or use the quote form on this page to get in touch.
Send us a description of what you wish to have removed with a photograph, and we'll send you a no-obligation quote.
You will be given the option to choose a convenient day in advance for your waste collection.
We'll send a professional team to handle the waste collection. They will use their van to transport all of the items you indicate to the appropriate disposal facility.
Our team will sort and process all collected items. Everything will be transported to the appropriate facilities for recycling, reuse, or responsible disposal.
When you book our garage clearance service, we will arrive punctually with the appropriate waste vehicle, load everything, and depart. Everything we collect will be assessed. Items that can either be recycled or reused immediately will be separated. At an authorised waste disposal facility, anything that can be recycled but cannot be reused will be processed through the proper recycling stream.
Only what cannot be recycled or reused is legally and safely disposed of at a landfill site, as a last resort, so as little as possible ends up there.
After clearing out your garage, you'll have a blank canvas where anything is possible. It's a good idea to use the opportunity of a thorough clear-out to try something new with the garage, as it is an underutilised space in many homes. Why not use the area as a place to enjoy some space and tranquillity, as a home gym, or both? You might even invest in converting it into an extension. This could serve as a guest area.
No matter what you intend to do with your garage, our removal specialists will be there to assist you with the clean-out.
A garage clearance is priced by how much comes out and what it is made of, not by the size of the garage. The same single garage can be a quarter-load of cardboard and old boxes or a full van of engine parts, paving slabs and a broken-up workbench.
What pushes the price up: a long carry from the garage to where the van can stand, and anything we have to dismantle first. Hazardous items (paint, solvents, gas bottles, asbestos-cement sheets from an old roof) we don't take at all – they need a licensed specialist hazardous waste carrier. What brings it down: sending photos so the quote is exact, and stacking anything clearly reusable separately.
See our rubbish removal prices for the load sizes, or send photos for a fixed quote.
Asbestos-cement roof sheets – common on pre-1980s London garages; we don't remove them, a licensed asbestos contractor must.
Paint, oil and gas cylinders – hazardous; we don't collect them, so set them aside for a licensed specialist carrier.
Paving and rubble – charged by weight.
Carry distance – a rear garage down an alley costs more than one on the drive.
No callbacks, no surprises. Snap a photo of your rubbish, send your postcode, get a fixed price back.
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Read guideTell us what needs to go and get a fixed price before we arrive. We do all the lifting, load the lorry and sweep up after.
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