A terraced yard holds an astonishing amount for the size of it. Two decades of storage stacked against the wall, a shed that gave up years ago, and a set of flags lifting where the ground has moved. The hard part is almost never the clearing. Booking back yard clearance skip hire in Seaforth works or does not work entirely on one question, which is how the waste gets from the yard to the skip.
The entry is the whole job
Most of the housing around here has a rear entry running behind the yards, and whether it is usable decides how the day goes. A clear entry wide enough to get a barrow down means the waste comes straight out of the back gate. An entry that has been gated off at both ends, or that has become the place where everyone on the row leaves the things they are not sure about, means the waste has to come through the house instead.
Coming through the house is doable and we see it constantly, but it changes the planning. Dust sheets down the hall, everything broken into carryable pieces before it moves, and considerably more time than anyone allowed for. If that is the route, it is worth having somebody spend twenty minutes checking the entry first, because sometimes the obstruction is one abandoned sofa that two people can shift and the whole day gets easier.
What comes out of a yard
The predictable material is the shed and its contents, old fencing and gate timber, broken garden furniture, bikes that stopped working, and flower tubs that have cracked with the frost. Under that there is usually the heavy layer, which is flags, the bedding sand or concrete they sat on, and any brick from a wall that has been taken down or has fallen down.
The flags are what people miss when they estimate. A yard of concrete flags is dense material and it will take a skip to its weight limit long before it looks full, so it wants loading flat across the base rather than tipped in at one end. If a yard is being fully relaid, tell us that at the booking stage and we will plan the size around the flags rather than around everything else.
Back yard clearance skip hire in Seaforth and whether a skip suits
It is worth being honest about this, because a skip is not always the better option. Where the entry is impassable, there is no frontage, and the total is two or three items, a collection is often the more sensible route. Where there is a genuine clearance to do, and especially where there is any masonry involved, a skip wins on cost every time. Our comparison of rubbish removal or skip hire sets out where each one makes sense.
For most yard clearances here our 4 tonne midi skip is the right size. It handles the flags and the shed together, and it has a footprint that fits a single parking space on the street, which matters a great deal on these roads. Our skip sizes and dimensions page gives the measurements if you want to check it against the space in front of the house before booking.
Where the skip stands and the permit that goes with it
Very few properties on these streets have off road parking, so the skip usually goes on the highway. That means a permit from Sefton Council, arranged before delivery rather than on the day, and we make that application for customers as a matter of routine. Our guide on skip permits explained covers what the council asks for.
The practical courtesy that saves a lot of grief is telling the neighbours. A skip takes a space on a road where spaces are already fought over, and a note through two doors either side the day before makes the whole week easier. We also light and mark skips on the highway as required, and we would rather place it where it does not sit across somebody’s only access.
Keeping other people’s waste out of your skip
On a street with an entry, a skip standing overnight will attract material that did not come from your yard. It is a real problem here and it is worth planning for. Fill it fast, keep it sheeted or boarded over at night, and book a short hire with a prompt collection rather than leaving it standing for a fortnight because the price was similar.
The reason it matters is that anything in the skip is on the transfer note as yours. If somebody puts a fridge or a can of oil in overnight, it becomes a problem for the load and for you rather than for them.
What we recover from a yard clearance
Flags, brick and clean hardcore recover well, and so does the timber and the metal from an old shed frame or a set of railings. Everything comes back to our own recycling centre and gets separated rather than going straight for disposal, which is how our environmental and recycling operation is set up. Keeping the masonry roughly separate from the soft waste in the skip makes that easier and costs nothing but a little thought while loading.
We work these streets and the ones around them constantly, so the same service and the same permit route applies whether the job is here, through Waterloo skip hire addresses, or up the road where Litherland skip hire customers have exactly the same entry and frontage questions.
If a yard needs clearing this summer and you are not sure whether the entry will work, ring our team on 0151 909 6399 or send the details through our contact page. Describe the access and what is coming out, and we will tell you what will fit and where the skip can realistically go.
