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We need a skip

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Inrockuptible · 30/04/2007 13:04

Sorry to ask such boring questions but we need one, just for one afternoon, and I have been quoted £160. This seems so expensive, or am I just clueless.
Also, do we need a permit from the council or will the skip company organise this?

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SoupDragon · 30/04/2007 13:05

That sounds similar to what I was told (for a Big One) I'm afraid!

flipflopper · 30/04/2007 13:07

Yep, thats about right.
You don't need any permits, that's what you pay all that money for them to do it! They have to pay a charge for dumping it in the landfill.

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Inrockuptible · 30/04/2007 13:09

Oh dear! Would a man with a van be cheaper then? It's for two carpets we are ripping up and a broken chest of drawers, so not much really.

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ledodgy · 30/04/2007 13:11

Doesn't ypour localcouncil ahve a collection service for this type of thing? We have 'Bulky Bob' who you book by ringing up the council and they give you a date and take it off you free of charge.

flipflopper · 30/04/2007 13:12

God, I wouldnt hire a skip for that. Cant you get the carpets in the car? I would smash the drawers up and get them in the car too.
We are having to hire a skip in the near future but its for tonnes and tonnes of breeze blocks and rubble that we are ripping out of the garden

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Inrockuptible · 30/04/2007 13:18

DH is away with the car at the moment and I need to get rid of them asap as I am having a sanding machine delivered on Thursday.
I hadn't thought about the council collection, but it may be too late to book now.
I always cause myself far too much hassle for the simplest things by being so bloody disorganised, lol.

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SoupDragon · 30/04/2007 13:21

I wouldn't hire a skip for that either!! Can't they wait outside til your DH is back??

heifer · 30/04/2007 13:22

We have just paid £70 for one for 2 weeks (on our drive)..

haggisaggis · 30/04/2007 13:23

You could get a mini skip which would be cheaper - but try the council first.
(we have to pay the council for "special uplifts" - £35 for up to 3 items!)

charliecat · 30/04/2007 13:23

freecycle them freecycle.org people will want bits of the carpet for sheds and compost bins and allotments and the chest of drawers, someone will want them. www.freecycle.org.

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Inrockuptible · 30/04/2007 13:26

Thanks, I have tried freecycle but no one is interested. The carpets are that hideous office grade stuff and look about 30 years old. The drawers are beyond repair.
I've just found a few man with a van adverts so I'll call some of them.

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