When you’re planning big household jobs, it’s always worth giving some thought to whether or not you need a domestic skip – the kind you might see in a driveway or at the roadside any time renovation work is carried out.
Even a small mini skip gives you the kind of capacity that your domestic wheelie bin can only dream of, and is a must if you want to avoid dragging your household waste to the council tip or sorting through it yourself for any recyclable materials.
Hire a skip for house DIY jobs and you know that what you throw away will be properly collected and disposed of, including recycling as much of your waste as possible – and in many cases, that means 100% of the skip’s contents are recycled in one way or another.
These are just a few examples of specific household jobs that might well need skips, on top of the usual suspects like fitting a new kitchen or bathroom.
Clear the Loft
The loft or attic space is the obvious place to put old possessions and random objects out of the way, but there’s a tendency to just let it build up and up over the years – the same is true of basements, garages and spare bedrooms.
Hire a skip and clear out anything you don’t actually need or want anymore, and you can keep control of your property and make sure that the next time you need storage space, or want to use that garage or guest room, it’s in a manageable state.
Update the Nursery
If your baby has outgrown the decor of their nursery, give it an update to keep their developing mind inspired – you might not need to replace the fixtures and fittings, but a skip gives you the capacity in case you do.
Babies can cause all kinds of spills and stains, so it’s often best to rip out the carpets and start from scratch to give your growing toddler a completely new room.
At the other end of the journey, you might also want to redecorate if your kids have moved out to go to university or set up a home of their own, to transform their unoccupied room into a study or guest bedroom.
Lay New Carpets
We already mentioned carpets above, but they deserve their own place on this shortlist, as it’s amazing how much a new carpet can brighten a room – take a peek under your furniture and you might be surprised by how much the colours of your carpets have faded over the years.
Even rolled up, a carpet is a big, bulky object, and if you’ve got old underlay to replace too, or you’re doing more than one room at once, hiring a household skip can be a much more convenient way of disposing of several rolls in one go.
Garden Landscaping
Even a small garden can produce a lot of waste when you start clearing flowerbeds or levelling the ground, so be ready – a wheelie bin alone probably won’t be enough.
Again, hire a domestic skip and you have plenty of capacity – there are bigger household skips or even industrial skips if it’s a big job, and if you fill one you can always have it collected and replaced.