Cheapest skip hire 2017?

The old thread goes back 10 years so has anybody recommendations for good prices on skip hire in summer 2017?
As noted in the old thread there seems to be a suspiciously similar pricing across most skip firms...


Specifically, I'm in Dublin looking for a midi-size skip for garden waste (grass, leaves, trees, compost). Does any company give a discount for skips for green waste like the above?
I'll also need a standard size skip for old building material (floorboards, plasterboard etc). Where would be cheapest for that?

iamtony

[Deleted User] wrote: »

The old thread goes back 10 years so has anybody recommendations for good prices on skip hire in summer 2017?
As noted in the old thread there seems to be a suspiciously similar pricing across most skip firms...


Specifically, I'm in Dublin looking for a midi-size skip for garden waste (grass, leaves, trees, compost). Does any company give a discount for skips for green waste like the above?
I'll also need a standard size skip for old building material (floorboards, plasterboard etc). Where would be cheapest for that?

For purely garden waste I'd use mulch.ie you go to them and pay €15 for a ton bag and then it's free to bring it back yourself or they will collect for €30 and for that price it doesn't matter if you've one or 10 bags.
For skips I find m50 skip hire cheaper than most, prices on website.

iamtony

iamtony wrote: »

For purely garden waste I'd use mulch.ie you go to them and pay €15 for a ton bag and then it's free to bring it back yourself or they will collect for €30 and for that price it doesn't matter if you've one or 10 bags.
For skips I find m50 skip hire cheaper than most, prices on website.

Fantastic. Never heard of them so will check them out now.

pm1977x

You get a fiver off A1 Skips if you are a Panda waste client - not much but better than nothing.

anthonyos

iv dealt with m50 skips twice and both time I had a bad experience I now use and have a commercial account with thorntons they charge wht they say they will and drop and collect on time

Payton

I'll 2nd M50 skips. Fast and efficient with no complaints.

Monaco1989

Anyone have any experience with A1skips? We have a standard one here now and we ended up having a lot more to clear out than we thought, so the height of the stuff we're throwing out is about 6--10 inches over the top.

Is this likely to cause any issues with the pick-up?

iamtony

Monaco1989 wrote: »

Anyone have any experience with A1skips? We have a standard one here now and we ended up having a lot more to clear out than we thought, so the height of the stuff we're throwing out is about 6--10 inches over the top.

Is this likely to cause any issues with the pick-up?

6 to 10 inches, pffft, I've loaded skips 6 to 10 feet and never an issue.
Seriously that's fine. Once it's packed well the drivers don't mind.

Monaco1989

iamtony wrote: »

6 to 10 inches, pffft, I've loaded skips 6 to 10 feet and never an issue.
Seriously that's fine. Once it's packed well the drivers don't mind.

Ah grand, first skip and all that so wasn't sure ha

pm1977x

Monaco1989 wrote: »

Ah grand, first skip and all that so wasn't sure ha

They throw a net over the top anyway, it's common to have doors/large pieces of wood along the sides sticking up a metre or more and they don't blink.

Sleepy

We recently found that, with a bit of calling around, many of the "man with a van" services work out cheaper than skip hire for clearing the same volumes you'd put in a skip bag or one of the smaller skips. Plus: they do the lifting for you!

iamtony

Sleepy wrote: »

We recently found that, with a bit of calling around, many of the "man with a van" services work out cheaper than skip hire for clearing the same volumes you'd put in a skip bag or one of the smaller skips. Plus: they do the lifting for you!

While this is true they are getting selective with the type of materials they take as they get charged by weight at the other end. Last time I rang and I had lots of concrete and they wouldn't accept the job. Same goes for soil or anything really heavy.

CeilingFly

Sleepy wrote: »

We recently found that, with a bit of calling around, many of the "man with a van" services work out cheaper than skip hire for clearing the same volumes you'd put in a skip bag or one of the smaller skips. Plus: they do the lifting for you!

and then it ends up on the side of the road and you run the risk of being fined.

If you are using any waste service look for their permit

I just checked renting a van myself and driving to the skip. It was €67 to rent a large van for 24 hours - and the person in Ballyogan dump said it would cost €100 to bring a Transit van ("not the large transits") in. That's at least €180 (including petrol) to do it this way.

On further examination, Fingal charges €128 for a "small van" while SDCC's dump in Ballymount charges €84 for a "large van". DCC's Ringsend dump charges €70 per "van". I just rang up Ringsend and the man said they won't accept a size bigger than a Transit van. Furthermore, if I'm bringing more than one van load I should notify the people in Ringsend in advance.

According to this website there is a legal, environmentally more responsible alternative to the local authority dumps: bring it to regulated commercial dumps.

The solution would have been to take the items to a commercial dump in Dublin, e.g. Oxigen dump in Ballymount in Dublin, where apparently they would charge between 35 and 90 Euro* for commercial waste, depending on the vehicle. The charge for a van is €35.

I think this might be the cheapest way I can legally dispose of all this household waste.

I'd be very interested in where the man with a van is legitimately disposing of rubbish at a price less than these.

PS: Note the huge difference between DLR's €100 charge and DCC's €70 charge for the same Transit van size. How does DLR justify a price differential of 43%?

CeilingFly

CeilingFly wrote: »

and then it ends up on the side of the road and you run the risk of being fined.

If you are using any waste service look for their permit

100% agree. Every few days I have people seeing the work going on and calling around offering to take rubbish away no questions asked. Similarly people offer this "small fee rubbish removal" service on various free websites that I have stuff on. I know somebody who is currently being brought to court for giving their rubbish to such people. The council asked them for details of the people and they refused as they said they didn't want to be targeted by giving such information. The council, to its credit, has now prosecuted the householders. Hopefully it's not just a token gesture.

Wheety

iamtony wrote: »

While this is true they are getting selective with the type of materials they take as they get charged by weight at the other end. Last time I rang and I had lots of concrete and they wouldn't accept the job. Same goes for soil or anything really heavy.

Did you get a skip for this waste? I'll be digging up the back garden soon and breaking up a concrete path. Do normal skips take this weight?

iamtony

Wheety wrote: »

Did you get a skip for this waste? I'll be digging up the back garden soon and breaking up a concrete path. Do normal skips take this weight?

Yeah that's exactly what I had done. Lots of concrete from a path I dug up and a bit of other stuff. And yes it can take that kind of waste easily.

iamtony

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100% agree. Every few days I have people seeing the work going on and calling around offering to take rubbish away no questions asked. Similarly people offer this "small fee rubbish removal" service on various free websites that I have stuff on. I know somebody who is currently being brought to court for giving their rubbish to such people. The council asked them for details of the people and they refused as they said they didn't want to be targeted by giving such information. The council, to its credit, has now prosecuted the householders. Hopefully it's not just a token gesture.

Those services are obviously dodgy but if you Google cheaper than a skip you will see emerald waste and the likes and the permit number and its all above board.
And to answer how they make money if it's so much per van. I think they might collect loads from a few people before they actually dump it and it's a case of you win on some jobs and loose on others like any business.

iamtony

iamtony wrote: »

Those services are obviously dodgy but if you Google cheaper than a skip you will see emerald waste and the likes and the permit number and its all above board.
And to answer how they make money if it's so much per van. I think they might collect loads from a few people before they actually dump it and it's a case of you win on some jobs and loose on others like any business.

Never heard of Emerald Waste, or that sector of the market. Thanks again.

iamtony

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Never heard of Emerald Waste, or that sector of the market. Thanks again.

Yes I've used these guys before. They were cheaper than a skip! Only problem I had is they would not give me a price on the phone and had to come out and take a look(sent photo by text also) and at that stage it's not easy to turn someone away but they are pretty fair with the price.

Jellybaby1

May I ask if it is possible to check a company's Waste Permit Number anywhere? I see these numbers on websites and wonder if they are legit or made up. I only ask because I get leaflets through the door for collecting clothing etc., and they have charity numbers on them which I really don't believe as I never heard of the groups doing it. Made me wonder about the waste permit numbers.

Sleepy

Any clothing collection at your door is a scam.

Payton

You can check registered charities here.
http://www.charitiesregulatoryauthority.ie/en/cra/pages/CharitySearch

Jellybaby1

Thank you for that. Anyone know about checking the Waste Permit Number?

Payton

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Thank you for that. Anyone know about checking the Waste Permit Number?

https://www.nwcpo.ie/permitsearch.aspx

Jellybaby1

Brilliant, thanks for that.

dermiestv

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Never heard of Emerald Waste, or that sector of the market. Thanks again.

Same.

Used Emerald Waste today thanks to mentions here on this Board.
Good fast, efficient service and very reasonable price so thanks guys.

iamtony

iamtony wrote: »

For purely garden waste I'd use mulch.ie you go to them and pay €15 for a ton bag and then it's free to bring it back yourself or they will collect for €30 and for that price it doesn't matter if you've one or 10 bags.
For skips I find m50 skip hire cheaper than most, prices on website.

Just an update. I went with Mulch for all the garden waste as I liked the idea environmentally. But as it was my first time going with them I drove over to the far side of Dublin (Malahide Road, Coolock) to talk with them. They've a really nice set up and they encourage you to buy their compost from all the mulch. Anyway, I paid for two bags when I was over there, and they said when I'm ready for them to be collected ring back and they will collect the bags for a single collection fee (€30) regardless of the number of bags. (you'd be wiser to buy an extra bag for €15 and if you don't use it they credit your account)

So, by the time I was ready for collection about a month later I had four bags full (the other two bags were sand bags that were lying around, and Mulch accept them - although the driver said that he shouldn't really have because they were a fair bit bigger than the Mulch bags). Anyway, I still paid €15 for each of those two bags even though they were my own (it was just much handier to use my own than drive back to Malahide). So, for 4 bags it was €60 (€15 x 4), and a single collection charge of €30. There are quite strict on what you can/cannot put in so no soil or the like is allowed. Fair enough. Overall, I was happy to part with €90 for removing all my garden waste in an environmentally sound way.

I hope they thrive and that they'll open a branch in south County Dublin soon.

iamtony

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Just an update. I went with Mulch for all the garden waste as I liked the idea environmentally. But as it was my first time going with them I drove over to the far side of Dublin (Malahide Road, Coolock) to talk with them. They've a really nice set up and they encourage you to buy their compost from all the mulch. Anyway, I paid for two bags when I was over there, and they said when I'm ready for them to be collected ring back and they will collect the bags for a single collection fee (€30) regardless of the number of bags. (you'd be wiser to buy an extra bag for €15 and if you don't use it they credit your account)

So, by the time I was ready for collection about a month later I had four bags full (the other two bags were sand bags that were lying around, and Mulch accept them - although the driver said that he shouldn't really have because they were a fair bit bigger than the Mulch bags). Anyway, I still paid €15 for each of those two bags even though they were my own (it was just much handier to use my own than drive back to Malahide). So, for 4 bags it was €60 (€15 x 4), and a single collection charge of €30. There are quite strict on what you can/cannot put in so no soil or the like is allowed. Fair enough. Overall, I was happy to part with €90 for removing all my garden waste in an environmentally sound way.

I hope they thrive and that they'll open a branch in south County Dublin soon.

Glad it worked out. P. S there soil and fire logs are also excellent.

Billychippy

DON'T USE M50 SKIP HIRE,
I made the mistake of getting this company 2 weeks ago, frist off they came at 07:50, not the afternoon time we agreed. I filled the skip that weekend and rang for it to be collected. A week later a lady in their office rang me and said the driver was outside ready to collect but he can not take it away until I pay an extra 40 euros. Apparently i overloaded the skip. I told this lady that I filled this skip myself and it was only over the level load by 10 inches.she then said if the skip is anything like 6 inches over the level load I would have to pay the extra charge. Iv been ordering skips the last 25yrs and have never even heard of a company doing this. Stay Well Away. Rip off mergents.

iamtony

Billychippy wrote: »

DON'T USE M50 SKIP HIRE,
I made the mistake of getting this company 2 weeks ago, frist off they came at 07:50, not the afternoon time we agreed. I filled the skip that weekend and rang for it to be collected. A week later a lady in their office rang me and said the driver was outside ready to collect but he can not take it away until I pay an extra 40 euros. Apparently i overloaded the skip. I told this lady that I filled this skip myself and it was only over the level load by 10 inches.she then said if the skip is anything like 6 inches over the level load I would have to pay the extra charge. Iv been ordering skips the last 25yrs and have never even heard of a company doing this. Stay Well Away. Rip off mergents.

that happened to me the last time I used them, they are off my list also. The driver is the one who said it and it was a nice neat load. He then had the cheek to ask did I need a receipt. If I had of said no it would of went straight in his pocket I'd say. I'd guess this is the bulk of their profit as nobody keeps a level load.
It's funny because he said it was unsafe to take the skip but safety goes out the window once you pay the charge.