What is the best skip for domestic purposes

We answer one of our most common questions which is finding the right skip size for domestic jobs around the home.

When you come to hire a skip, whether it’s your tenth this year or the first one you’ve ever hired, you’ll no doubt ask yourself “what is the best skip for my project?”. 

And for homeowners looking to dispose of domestic waste, it’s an important question to address, because not only will it impact the work you’re looking to do, but it will also have a bearing on how much you pay — no one wants to pay more than they have to! 

We’re going to help you find out what the best skip is for a domestic purpose, as well as more information on the types of work they’re useful for and how to order them with our friendly team.

When should you hire a skip?

We send out our skips to homes across Salisbury, Ringwood, and Bournemouth each and every day, providing homeowners with an efficient and responsible way to deal with waste. But what type of projects might skips be useful for, exactly? Here are a few typical examples of when customers need our skip hire service:

For house clearances

Whether it’s just the garage or attic that needs a good clear out to make some room, or you’re selling the property and need to strip everything right down to the carpets, a skip means it can all go in one handy container.

For gardening and landscaping

Some people like to potter all year in the garden, but when it comes to spring and the end of summer, the clippings, trimmings and general waste might get too much. That’s when a skip becomes the ideal one-shot solution to getting rid of everything from excess topsoil to weeds and branches.

For kitchen or bathroom renovations

Most commonly, our skips get used for kitchen or bathroom renovations, which means the disposal of tiles, cabinets and even fixtures and fittings. But any room in the home can be the subject to renovation, and that work usually involves a fair amount of waste to be gotten rid of safely and legally.

Skip hire is a great help for all these projects and more, since you don’t end up clogging up household bins or struggling at your local council recycling centre.

You can also use our handy skip size calculator tool:

Types of skips for home projects

Now you know the kind of projects you might use a skip for, let’s look at the different types available to help establish which is the best skip for domestic purposes.

Mini Skips

A mini skip is a four-yard skip that can be used for small domestic projects. Holding around 40 black bin bags of waste, they are a great way of avoiding filling up household bins without taking multiple trips to the local authority site for disposal. Choose a four-yard skip with a door for easier access when moving heavier items.

Midi Skips

Our midi skips are six and eight-yard skips, giving you the additional capacity to meet the demands of renovation projects or landscaping where you’ll produce more waste. The six-yard skips are available with a door or as enclosed skips. This allows you to get on with the work at hand without worrying about how to deal with the mounds of rubbish.

Builders Skips

In our builders’ skip range we have six, eight, ten and twelve-yard skips. These skips are a great solution for managing waste on your larger domestic project, usually involving lots of building materials. They are still of a size that allows for easy placement on driveways (or on the road with a permit that we arrange on your behalf).

So which is best? The answer is that it’s all down to you. All three of the above work for domestic purposes, so think carefully and estimate how much waste you’ll create to associate it with the correct size.

How to hire a skip for home projects

It has never been easier to get the right skip for your domestic project thanks to our competitively priced services at RF Recycling Group. 

Our online ordering system means you can quickly and simply choose a skip size that meets your needs. Once you select a size using the “order now” button, you’ll then be guided to different options depending on the waste type you want to dispose of, with options to select skips with doors on some sizes.

You’ll then be prompted to enter your postcode, followed by details of the delivery address and where you plan to keep the skip (on the road or off-road), before leading to the payment. Alternatively, you can order over the phone if you’d prefer to speak to us.

We’ll then deliver your skip and all you have to do is call us to arrange a collection when it’s full (you can keep your skip for anywhere between one day and two weeks). 

Order online today through our skip sizes or pick up the phone and speak to our team for more information on skip hire in Salisbury, Ringwood, and Bournemouth.