Are you guilty of setting items aside to ‘deal with’ later and allowing clutter to build up around your home over time?
We all lead busy lives and are constantly adding to our properties and possessions, but with limited space, it gets to a point when you need to organise everything and get rid of what you no longer use.
If you missed the opportunity for a spring clean, the longer, drier days of summer are the perfect time to get tidying!
It may seem a bit daunting, especially if it’s been a long time since your last big clear-out, but GSH Skips can help to make this task much simpler. Covering the North West with Widnes, St Helens, and Liverpool skip hire, we supply a wide range of domestic skips that can be used to dispose of:
- ✔ Broken furniture (bed frames, tables, chairs, wardrobes, etc.)
- ✔ Old equipment (non-electrical)
- ✔ Garden waste
- ✔ Bricks and rubble
- ✔ Pieces of wood
- ✔ Scrap metal
- ✔ Tiles and ceramic
- ✔ Carpets and underlay
- ✔ Kitchen or bathroom fittings
- ✔ Cardboard and plastic packaging
- ✔ Damaged books, CDs, DVDs, or toys
- ✔ Clothing (that isn’t in good enough condition to be donated)
…and much more! No matter how much you need to get rid of, hiring a skip for household waste could be the answer.
Keep reading to learn how you can get the most out of domestic skip hire this summer…
Why is summer the best time to hire a skip?
With longer, brighter days and warmer temperatures ahead, there’s no better time than the summer months to de-clutter your home, sort the garden out, or complete unfinished DIY projects.
Nobody wants to spend time queueing at the tip in a stifling hot car – so why not hire a skip from GSH instead?
Offering skip hire in Liverpool year-round, we also cover St Helens, Widnes, Runcorn, and other surrounding areas in Merseyside. As an experienced skip hire team, we know that summer is a prime time to get jobs done.
When you choose to work on home improvements when the weather is sunny, you can benefit from:
☀ Motivation with skip hire for house clearances
Summer not only means longer days but also long weekends, with bank holidays giving you more time to complete jobs and summer holiday sales at many stores helping to keep your project costs down.
Summer sunshine also helps to motivate people, making you more inclined to want to spend time on improving your home or garden while it’s warm enough to do the odd jobs that require working outside.
For example, the warmer weather is ideal for sorting garden decking, trimming trees, fixing garden fences, or clearing garden sheds. It’s also great for indoor clearances when you need to leave the waste outdoors.
Our domestic skips for house clearances provide a convenient, safe place to store the waste that your project generates without damage or delays, keeping things as tidy as possible until we collect your skip.
☀ Less effort with convenient skip rubbish removal
Domestic projects can take many hands and a lot of time and effort, so it’s not surprising that people keep putting them off until the warmer months. Even when it’s sunny, though, you won’t want to spend hours loading up your car and making multiple journeys to the nearest recycling centre to dispose of it.
Using skip hire for household rubbish is a much more efficient way to get rid of larger volumes of domestic waste. We bring the skip to you, placing it on your drive or on the road in front of your property, ready to be filled.
You won’t have to worry about eating into precious time with transporting waste. Once your skip is full, all you need to do is call us, and we will come to collect the skip full of waste as soon as we can.
There are many tipping facilities dotted about Merseyside, but at GSH, we transport all skips to our very own recycling facility, where we recycle over 90% of the contents to support sustainable waste disposal.
☀ Saving money with low-cost skip hire
Hiring a mini skip for garden waste or household waste doesn’t have to be pricey. In fact, using affordable skips often works out as an extremely cost-effective method of waste disposal.
Firstly, hiring a skip in the summer – when you have more time and daylight hours to carry out DIY work – means you can complete your project sooner, hiring a skip for a shorter period of time and instantly cutting your costs.
Secondly, our domestic skip hire services save you money on petrol that would otherwise be spent on countless trips to and from the nearest tip. This also protects your car from damage and the need for a full valet afterwards.
In addition, when we take your waste away to our sorting and recycling facility, you can be confident that it will be disposed of responsibly, making sure you avoid expensive fines for disposing of your waste incorrectly.
How To Make The Most Of Skip Hire This Summer
For many, the sunshine brings inspiration and motivation – whether it be to give their gardens a well overdue tidy-up or to finally get round to the bathroom refit they’ve been postponing for ages.
No matter the project you’ll be working on, hiring a skip with GSH is sure to help you out this summer – but if you hire a mini skip, how can you make the most of your skip hire period?
Here are some of our top tips for efficient waste disposal with house skip hire:
1) Plan your project timeline
Don’t rush into skip hire without knowing exactly what you need. If necessary, we can provide skips at short notice, but it’s best to allow plenty of time to plan out your project in advance.
While there’s nothing wrong with a last-minute shed or garage clearance if you find your weekend free, things are sure to go more smoothly if you make sure you have everything you need for the amount of time you’ll need it.
Remember to bear in mind the scale of your project and try to estimate how long you’ll need the skip for.
This is especially true for larger room rip-outs or full-house clearances. Get your tools, rubbish bags, and cleaning equipment prepared, check which skip you need, and book it – then you’ll be ready to get started right after delivery.
2) Order the right skip size
Hiring the right container size is the most important thing to consider when it comes to booking a skip in any season.
You must choose a size that’s suitable for your needs, which means you’ll need to have a rough idea of how much waste your summer clear-out project will generate, either in cubic yards or bin bags.
At Grundy’s Skip Hire, we have a large stock of skips available, including:
- ⁃ 4-cubic yard midi skips
These skips are ideal for smaller DIY home projects, like living room and bedroom makeovers, or even a simple cupboard clear–out. They can hold up to 40 bin bags full of rubbish.
- ⁃ 8-cubic yard maxi skips
If you’re tackling a slightly larger job, like a full bathroom refit, kitchen refurbishment, or garden landscaping, this size will be more suitable, as it can hold approximately 80 bin bags of waste.
3) Consider where you’ll put the skip
You need to know where you’re going to leave your container so that our loading vehicles can manoeuvre safely with no obstructions, and so you can request a skip hire permit if necessary.
If you’re wondering, ‘Do I need a permit for a skip outside my house?’ then the answer is probably ‘yes’.
If you don’t have space in your driveway or garden, you’ll need to leave the skip on the pavement or road outside your house. As this is public land, you’ll need to obtain a skip hire permit from your local council.
The point of a permit or ‘skip licence’ is to ensure the container is placed safely on public highways without causing safety hazards, and isn’t left there for an excessive length of time.
Here at GSH, we can organise permits and acquire all the necessary documents for you for a small additional cost. Including the permit price in our total skip hire fee makes the process much easier for you.
4) Load your waste effectively
When hiring a skip, many people pay no mind to the way they load it, and tend to just throw things in as they go.
While this might work for some, others may find they’re left with little or no room in their skip quite quickly – but there are several ways you can try to prevent this from happening:
- ⁃ Flatten any cardboard or paper and put this in the skip first
- ⁃ Create layers and only stack items on top once the layer is complete
- ⁃ Put any old tiles, bricks, or small (non-electrical) appliances in next
- ⁃ Follow this with bulkier items like furniture (be sure to break it into smaller pieces)
- ⁃ Dispose of any other loose items or debris (like soil or sand) on the top
As long as it’s not hazardous, you’ll be able to dispose of most kinds of domestic waste in your skip. It’s important to know what can and can’t go in a skip, so read our guide first, or contact us if you have any questions.
Book a House Clearance Skip Today
Now that you know how to get the most out of summer skip hire, what are you waiting for?
From skip hire in Widnes to skip hire in St Helens and the surrounding areas of Merseyside, Greater Manchester, and Cheshire, you can be confident you’re getting the best, most reliable waste disposal solution with GSH Skips.
Whether you’re looking for ‘one day skip hire’ or ‘the cheapest small skip hire near me’, we’re sure that GSH Skips can meet your needs. To enquire about booking one of our skips this summer, get in touch!
Book online, call our team on 0151 424 4079 for the fastest response, or email info@gshwaste.co.uk and we’ll be back in touch as soon as possible to help you hire the right skip for your summer clear–out!