How to FILL A SKIP! 

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I just watched a man take his trash out for fifteen minutes.......honestly, I don't know how I kept myself entertained before youtube.

The 11 dislikes are skip company's furious that you're out smarting them by not ordering more skips 👌🏻

My daughter was laughing at me sitting watching a "how to fill a skip" video, then came and watched it with me for 5 mins. 🤣

I use the same technique when filling up a salad bowl at the salad bar

I'm the cupboards/fridge stacker in my family and I appreciate a nice orderly bit or organisation - well done, Andy and a special bonus award for 'shovelling on plastic sheeting' you made that look too easy! I actually breathed a sigh of relief when those joists came back out - try finding a post like that [other than new] when you need one. Q. Want to watch a video of a man filling a skip? A. YES!

Always carted stuff to the tip in car. Cleared a cottage my parents rent out. This time ordered a 12 yard skip. It was brilliant fun filling it and so easy to get rid of piles of rubbish. Cost £400 but best money I spent. Doing more work for my parents and skips are my new “tool”. Dad (88) and I burnt wood etc which saved a load of space. Love your videos.

You have not had your moneys-worth unless the skip wagons front wheels come off the floor when they pick the skip up ; )

Some of the most thankless work a guy can do! Well done, Andy.

I've never seen anyone sort their rubbish so carefully and then layer it in scientifically like that, but you've been able to put ten pounds of potatoes into a five-pound bag! ;-). When I saw how much was to be disposed of, I figured you'd need two skips (dumpsters in the US), but it's almost all gone. Sometimes being OCD pays off! BTW, this was NOT a boring video.

You never fail to amaze me with your work ethic Andy.

Good on you, Andy. Glad you took those joists out. Thought that green door might be re-purposable too. My husband thinks I’m mad organising the rubbish, so I’m happy not to be the only one!

I'm pleased you fished that wood out! The process of lumber is nuts! Have a good week. x

when me and my wife refurbished our house i had a 12 yard skip for like light stuff i.e wood ,carpets ,old bathroom and kitchen for heavy rubble stuff and plaster i pilled it up on some boards and used a grab lorry to take it away great informative video

Great advice about stacking skips. I didn't realise there was a science about filling, but you've nailed it! Great music too btw.

I really like your logical approach here. I have a similar system when I'm bagging up groceries at self-service in the supermarket, organising different shaped and weighted items into different categories and packing accordingly. Nice & helpful video, good work!

Oh I love a good organized clear out. Well done. 👍👍

Thanks for your help, from a 30yr old woman in Ireland ❤

If only...I would be knocking on your door for some of that wood and the pallets. Looking at what you put in your skip has given me a good idea on the size I might need. Thanks!

Greetings from NY! Used to drive skid steers on top to compact it, and stack like tetris. Waste haulers wised up and charge by the pound now. Build up the sides or go overweight, expect a 'warning' and a bill from the O.G.'s.

The best skip filling video ever!

Ha! I get all my stuff ready before the skip arrives and can fill one in a couple of hours. I've had 13 skips (various sizes) over the last 2 1/2 yrs of renovation. Going to order 14 end of Aug after ripping the garden apart!!

great video and love you choices in music!

Great video Andy, your a great man to work !!!! well done

Really helpful , thanks . Great music too !

If you have any sort of cement board or big tiles you can put them on the edges of the skip and make it even bigger, that way you can bang even more in it

We stand doors up around the skip to make more room and we call them 'greedy boards'! And bung the driver a tenner and he won't say a word! 👌👌👌👌👌

Love that! You did well to get felt in, big no round my way

Wow great job mate. Cheers.

I do similar and it’s amazing how much you can get in one skip 👍

Off-topic i know but the kit work on the music is lovely. At the 5:20 mark, lovely little fill on the hi-hat 😇

Wow that was an impressive cleanup.

Gave my customer clear instructions to order an 8 yard skip and the company she ordered from sent a 6 yard to my customer over the weekend, keep your eye out for this clever skam with some companies charged her full 8 yard skip price.... "Naughty naughty".. Always check your skip measurements folks.. 👍

I can't believe I watched 2 skip-filling videos this week-end... Yesterday it was Diesel Creek (ok, there it was called a dumpster). 😁😁😁

Great job on packing that thing!! It drives me crazy to see people just throw stuff into it without planning on getting the most bang for their buck or pound : )) A little planning as you demo can save you a ton of money!! I suppose every country has their guidelines about what can and cannot go together in a skip.

We got a skip a few years ago - had it I'd say about half full and called it a night... following morning we took a look and it was still pretty much full to the same level as it was the night before.... ... ... ... ... but it wasn't the same stuff! 😁

Just filled 12yard skip today 😂 always do the sides first 👍great vid as always

Dig a hole in the garden, Chuck all the wood in, cover it with the dirt and set it on fire. It’ll slow burn for a while with very little smoke and the ground will be super fertile afterwards.

Here (Belgium) the price of the skip varies depending on what you put into it. Brickwork is the cheapest; also adding plaster like stuff or wood will make it more expensive; companies with a website usually list what is allowed in which tier. Asbestos is usually not allowed (when it is it’s probably very pricey). Skips are usually brick shaped here with double doors.

Good pointers all. Covering the surface is probably #1 that people overlook... Sorting the rubble in piles as you go saves a ton of time down the pike. To squeeze more into the skip, I'd toss in small rubble (alternating layers) over the loose garden stuff, get another half ton in there. A wheelbarrow + ramp (if you can get the right skip) really makes your life infinitely easier. Also, you can never have too many buckets. Lastly, you can rent 1m3 skip bags, not too dire and a good thing to have handy, so you can keep your lot tidy while you work.

Great work thanks for sharing this with us take care

So satisfying.

Awesome vlog and job well done Andy, your a skip drivers dream customer. I'd of kept hold of the joists too.

Nice fusion!

I'm the one who takes things back out of skips, not puts things into them. Worth trying the 'Free to collector' for the wood and hardcore and you'd still have 1/2 of the skip yet to fill! Also worth checking if the Local Authority offer a 'Garden waste' collection too as this would sort all of your brambles etc. Here we have a service which is £30 per year and they collect a green wheelie bin every two weeks, so if you can be patient in disposing of things then a month or two of this will clear a good section of ground. I found I could fit two 1 tonne bags into our green wheelie bin, so they swallow a lot of volume with the help of a sledgehammer to squash things a little. :)

Brilliant video. Reminds me when I was a kid and worked with the world’s meanest builder. He would squeeze ever inch out of a skip!

A clean workplace is a happy workplace

Many years ago, my dad knocked down all the chimney breasts and the joining wall to make a through lounge and he got a skip down the back alley at the end of our house. He threw all the bricks in then he would climb in and literally sack them up like building a wall (with the cement obviously) LOL But the real laugh was when the skip lorry come to pick it up he just couldn’t lift so they had to get a bigger lorry as it was pulling wheelies.

Just leave it uncovered for a weekend and the neighbours will fill it for you!

Another great video Andy. Another day where I go to bed less stupid 🌞

What a tidy worker!!

I’d have kept all the wood out of the skip. As long as they don’t have woodworm you can reuse for other jobs, studding out, building a treehouse, etc. And what doesn’t get used can go in a wood burner. Our wood burner is only secondary heating in the lounge so not used every day but we’ve never had to buy any wood for it, always offcuts from projects, pallets, window frames, etc that we can burn. Does take up a lot of room with 1-ton bags cover in tarpaulin down the end of the garden though

Remarkably therapeutic. I mean, far more therapeutic than doing it myself, that's for damn sure! :)

Very helpful. Thanks. Was it general purpose compost at the end before the ‘Riverdance’ bit?

Never known anyone fill a skip level. Build the side up lol

Don't skip this video because you think it'll just be a load of rubbish. It's actually quite informative.

That's how I do it...except I would have put the rubble under the timber, and with timber as expensive as it is, recycle and re use is my motto. Back in the early nineties, my mate used to do maintenance work. He got a job demolishing a block built shed on the roof of the YWCA building at Kings Cross in London. I helped out as safety man, to keep people away from the rubbish chute and empty the waste into the skip( the chute was in a courtyard, and the skip over the road in a layby). On that first day, i found myself constantly shooing away the locals, who all thought they could get rid of unwanted furniture and fridges etc in the 'free skip'. We half filled it on day one, and when we arrived next morning, some so and so had filled it to overflowing with rubbish. A new one was ordered and we carried on. After tea break I went up onto the roof to have a look, and found myself on a narrow ledge with a single pole for a guard rail and a 100 foot drop to the pavement below. As I stood there paralysed ( I really don't like heights), a large van pulled up by the skip, the doors opened and three scruffy blokes began throwing the entire contents of the van into the skip. I yelled at them, and they all raised their hands in the traditional two finger salute. Needless to say they were long gone by the time we reached the ground!

In my area, your "squishy stuff" (garden waste) can be left at our local council recycling centre for free. The council makes compost out of it. They will accept tree branches up to 3 inches in diameter. (London, Ontario, Canada)

I've completed all of the skip-worthy renovations in my house, yet here I am at 00:30 watching someone fill a skip. My tip to add to this for if you've got rubble and loose soil or sand - layer a small amount of soil on the bottom, then alternate rubble and soil. The soil should fill in between the rubble and make better use of the space. The concept comes from the 'rock, pebbles, and sand' story. The first skip I filled using this method had the bottom fall out when it was lifted. It could have been an old skip, but who knows?

A very neat and methodical tidy up. Where did you get the big plastic sheet from ? I loved the lawn jig at the end

I've seen a few well filled skips in my time but none as well filled as this one. It almost seems sad that it had to be emptied.

Where in the skip would you put me would i be put in with the squishy stuff

Is there a term for putting the flats on the sides. I feel like there is a word for that?

All that timber... especially the 2x4s... if you advertised it on freecycle someone would have had it. Looked like there was some good use left in them.. even for planters

Nice job, best to sort the rubbish as you go like you did as it saves having to move it all again and makes the skip filling nice and quick. Sometimes it isn't worth the hassle if you just want to crack on with your job but you would be amazed what people will have off you if you put it on the likes of Facebook. Those pallets and doors would be snapped up in minutes round here, along with any of the other wood, people love it for their fires. The garden waste, I would, if you have the space in your garden, pile it high ready for a bonfire. People often don't like to have bonfires these days as it annoys the neighbours but if that is the case pile it up ready for bonfire night time and you can easily get away with having them then, or just do them at the end of the day when people hopefully no longer have their washing out etc. Also sometimes people will snap rubble up if you have it accessible, or if you have a friendly farmer they often welcome it for their gateways. Though sometimes the time v money relationship means it is just easier to get it all gone in one go quickly. On your recent video 'Diagnosing Damp Issues' at around 12 mins in you have some music. I looked in the description to see what it was and it isn't listed. Any chance you could let me know please? Thanks!

I've never filled a skip level... I think most companies allow you to go slightly over the level line. I would have put the doors at the front and back of the skip rather than the sides. It would have given you extra space and stoped anything falling out of the skip.

I am glad it’s not just me that still uses the word squishy

In Ireland this is known as the science(/art) of "skipology"

We got a grab lorry to take away most of our hardcore (giggedy) from knocking down our garage, was far cheaper than a skip for bulk waste like that - 32 tonnes.

Not watched the video yet Andy, my first thought is ‘while muttering under my breath why can I not get this closer to the crap I want to put in it!’

Haha! Can't believe I enjoyed watching a video of a funny Irish fellow filling a skip today!

Most builders I know use the old "greedy boards" technique. Don't know how they get away with it but they always seems to get collected.

I gotta say, I agree with almost everything you did in this except for that fact that that skip had plenty more life left in it. everything else on the driveway could have gone in that skip easy and still not broken the fill line.

You can't beat filling up a contractor's skip after hes gone home.🤣🤣🤣. "Lads, do me favour & make sure nobody fly tips!". " yeah, yeah pal, no bother. We'll fill your skip for you!"

I swear only you could make a video on filling dumpster/Skip and make it both interesting and informative. Always a side job as a garbage collector LOL

Where I live your not aloud to send garden "squishy stuff" to the landfill it has to go to a garden waste center to be turned into mulch or something. 🌳🌱🌿🍀🌲🌴😀

I had good training when I was younger. I would frequent the pizza hut or harvester and skillfully line my unlimited salad bowl with large lettuce leaves to first extend the size of the bowl and then fill with my favourite foods and then infill the gaps with smaller foods like sweet corn, peas and lastly the little bacon bits. Mmmmm

If you have a lot of the same waste, for example stone and concrete debris, or branches and garden waste, it's way cheaper to get a skip for that specific waste. Mixed waste skips are expensive. And get a tarp. A covered skip is too much trouble for the most morons who randomly dump stuff in other peoples skips.

I have totally gutted and refurbished 5 houses and not once have I got a skip All garden waste and timber burned on site , and plaster board, rubble etc all took to local council dump in car , just one trip at a time

One tip...don't try setting the contents of the skip on fire make room for extra stuff 😂 The metal sides tend to cave inwards.

so if i join as a member i can only watch the members on pc not on youtube on my smart tv

Used diy greedy boards all around and win a extra 50% volume ... I thought everyone did this 👍

having a forklift helps compress skips down ;)

I only ever take stuff from skips.

As a skip Driver the simple thing is to fill as you like. top marks to the way you filled it. just to add you could have filled the rest in if it was my skip. I allow it to peak higher in the middle of the skip so long as it can be fully sheeted. Anything sticking out or loose can fall on route to the yard so can be rejected if its overflowing from the sides. Builders are the worst as they always leave bricks and heavy debris on top, over and above the edge of the skip and they fall out if not when collecting or exchanging then on the road as you drive away. When the load is tipped it is then picked anyway for separating the wood, green, hardcore, plastics, metal, etc I think 95% is now recycled. Our company have restrictions like no oil paint tyres fridges etc and mattresses are charged as extra because of the time it would take to pick apart the material it is not effective and thus goes to landfill.

Haha unfortunately not everyone is like you fair play 👍

Bloody nice of the builders to leave you with a giant pile of crap to deal with. I make a point to put in the contract that all debris will be removed by me (the builder).

quite a complicated work :), any way helpful information.

I want to count how many times "squishy stuff" was said. 🤣

One of the worst temp jobs I had as a student was working recycling skips, so many bad bad people put asbestos right at the bottom so when the skips are picked up it's not noticed. Please anyone reading this, don't do this most skips are sorted by hand and ur putting lives in danger .

I cheated a bit when had to fill skips a few years ago. I filled it at about 1/3, then put flat materials upright on the sides and filled the skip way above the top

where'd you get that ultra cool hat ?

you should have given your old wood to Keith (Rag and Bone Brown) or the Badger Workshop LOL

The Fill Level marker on a skip is always a Good Will idea and not an actual reality in real life ...

Is that you drumming on the music that's with this video Andy ?

Being a ‘money conscious’ Yorkshireman, all that timber and squishy garden waste would of got burnt one night in the back garden.

mattress??

Andy if I was you I wood ;) all brush/wood/green crap/shed/doors you name it, big pile and burn in no time at all. All the mot crap add in a pile as good for foundations. Id honestly add wire fencing stuff at the front, stops all scum coming to your house. You will be surprised how much scum come in the night. Also if you don't need mot then you can get grab lads to pickup for £150, sometimes cheaper than a skip :)

When did the English 'Squash' become the Americanised 'Squish' in common usage in the UK?

I normally fill from the bottom up