Find Skip Hire Near You

A 6 yard skip costs £180 to £280 in most of the UK, hired for one to two weeks with delivery, collection and disposal included. Smaller skips start around £90 and prices run highest in London and the South East. Always compare two or three local quotes, the spread between firms in the same town is regularly £60.

A 6 yard skip suits most household jobs, holding 50 to 60 bin bags. Go 4 yard for a bathroom refit, 8 yard for heavy waste like rubble, and 12 yard for a full house clearance. When in doubt, go one size up, a second skip costs far more than the next size would have.

Only if the skip sits on a public road, pavement or verge. On your own driveway no permit is needed. Councils charge roughly £15 to £70 and your skip company normally arranges it, adding the fee to your hire price.

Fridges, freezers, tyres, batteries, asbestos, paint, gas bottles and plasterboard cannot go in a standard skip, they have separate disposal routes. Leave them in anyway and most firms charge a surcharge per item, typically £15 to £40.

Most quoted prices cover one to two weeks. Longer is usually fine by arrangement, at a few pounds per day or a weekly fee, but on-road skips are limited by the permit period, which needs renewing when it runs out.

For loads above about 20 bin bags, usually yes. Man and van collection wins for small, light loads and properties with nowhere to put a skip, since you pay only for the volume taken.