Turning a front garden into off-road parking has become one of the more common home projects in Ormskirk, and it throws up more waste than most people expect. Between the turf, the topsoil, an old border wall and whatever slabs were down before, a small front garden can fill a surprising amount of skip. Getting the right skip for that mix of soil and hardcore is the key to keeping the job moving, so when you plan this kind of work with our Ormskirk skip hire team, we size it around the spoil rather than the floor area.
What the job actually digs up
A garden-to-gravel conversion is mostly a digging job, and the waste reflects that. There is the turf and the root layer, then a good depth of topsoil and subsoil to take out so the new surface sits at the right level, plus any old edging, broken slabs or the remains of a low wall. Soil and rubble are heavy, far heavier than the same volume of household waste, which is the single most important thing to plan around before you book a skip.
Sizing for soil and hardcore
Because spoil is so dense, this is a job where weight, not volume, decides the size. A skip filled to the brim with soil can pass its weight limit while still looking like there is room to spare, so we tend to steer these jobs toward a robust skip and a sensible fill level rather than a tall skip packed solid. Our 8 tonne builders skip hire is built for heavy waste of this kind, and if you are unsure how the spoil from your plot translates into a size, the comparison on our skip sizes page is a useful guide.
Getting good material back for the new surface
Once the old garden is out, you will want something clean to build the new surface on, and that is where it helps to deal with a firm that does both ends of the job. Alongside taking the spoil away, we can supply screened material for the build-up, and you can see what we offer on our top soil page. The soil and turf we take away is sorted at our own yard, with a large share recovered through our environmental and recycling operation rather than going to landfill.
Where the skip goes at the front
By definition this work happens at the front of the house, and if there is no longer a drive to stand the skip on while the old surface is coming out, it may need to sit on the road for the duration. That brings a Lancashire County Council licence into play, currently thirty six pounds per month with around two working days of notice, and we arrange it as part of the booking so the skip is legal from day one.
Plan your front garden project with us
Tell us the rough size of the garden and how deep you are taking it down, on 01704 779345 or through the contact page, and we will match the skip to the spoil and sort any permit so the new parking goes in without a waste headache.
