Converting a garage into a usable room is one of the most popular ways homeowners in Ormskirk add space without extending, and it generates two quite different piles of waste at once. First there is everything that has been stored in the garage for years, then there is the building waste from the conversion itself. Planning skip hire in Ormskirk around both stages is what stops the job stalling halfway, so when you book this kind of project with our Ormskirk skip hire team, we think it through as the two-part job it really is.
The clear-out before the build
Almost every garage conversion starts with emptying a garage that has quietly become a dumping ground. Old tins of paint, a lawnmower that no longer runs, bikes, boxes and the bits that never made it to the tip all have to come out before any building work begins. Some of this can go in the skip and some cannot, so it pays to sort it early rather than discover a problem item once the skip is half loaded.
Then the building waste itself
Once the conversion is underway, the waste changes character completely. The old up-and-over door and its frame, blockwork where the opening is filled in, plaster and plasterboard, offcuts of timber and insulation, and the old concrete floor finish if it is being lifted. This is heavier, denser waste than the clear-out, and it is the part that decides the skip size, so it is worth telling us what the build involves rather than just the clear-out.
Sizing for mixed renovation waste
A conversion usually justifies a proper builders skip, because the mix of rubble, timber and board adds up quickly and a midi tends to be too small once the door and the blockwork go in. Our 8 tonne builders skip hire is the size most conversions settle on, and if you would rather run a smaller skip for the clear-out and a larger one for the build, we can stage two deliveries. The options are laid out on our skip sizes page.
What has to go elsewhere
Older garages occasionally hide things that cannot go in a skip, and asbestos is the one to be alert to in roof sheets, old soffits or some garage doors of a certain age. If you have any doubt, leave it in place and ask us before it is disturbed. Paint, gas bottles and electricals also need a separate route. Everything that does go in the skip is sorted at our yard, with a strong share recovered through our environmental and recycling operation rather than sent to landfill.
Plan both stages with one call
Tell us what is being cleared and what the conversion involves, on 01704 779345 or through the contact page, and we will plan the skip around both stages so the waste never holds the work up.
