Ealing · W5 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Ealing fitters · Fixed written pricesFridge and freezer disposal in Ealing W5, Ealing, from £45. The Queen of the Suburbs — Walpole Park, the studios and a busy Broadway, which is why our W5 quotes account for broadway loading windows, permit bays on the villa streets and booked lifts in new blocks. You get a fixed price in writing, an insured fitter and a tidy finish.
Overview
Fridge and freezer disposal in Ealing W5 is a fixed-price visit for renter-heavy homes in Ealing, most of them mainly Victorian. 18,588 households sit inside this W5 patch, 63% of them flats, so we quote on access near Ealing Studios and Walpole Park rather than a London average.
How it works
Step 1
Under-counter, full-height or American-style — that alone sets the price, no visit needed to quote.
Step 2
The degassing fee is already inside the figure; nothing is added once the facility processes the unit.
Step 3
Next-day is standard across every borough; same-day is often available for a single unit.
Step 4
Unit is kept upright wherever possible to avoid disturbing the compressor oil and refrigerant lines.
Step 5
Taken to an approved WEEE facility where the refrigerant is recovered before scrapping, with the transfer note emailed to you.
Why choose us
We expect with metal stud partitions between rooms — and dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork — the reality on the streets around Ealing Studios and Walpole Park in W5, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is in W5, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — and with 32% one-person households in Ealing, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site.
Refrigerant-containing appliances are classed as WEEE and controlled under the Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations and the F-Gas Regulations — the gas must be recovered by a certified technician before the unit is crushed or scrapped, and we handle that step at an approved facility rather than leaving it to the tip.
One or two crew depending on access; American-style and full-height units on an upper floor with no lift are booked as a two-person job as standard. Broadway loading windows, permit bays on the villa streets and booked lifts in new blocks.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. Ealing Broadway (Elizabeth line, Central, District) is the nearest station, so a W5 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under-counter fridge or freezer | £45 | 20–30 min | Smaller units still need the same degassing process, so the price floor reflects the facility charge rather than the size. |
| Full-height fridge or fridge-freezer | £60 | 20–30 min | Priced per unit for collection plus the WEEE facility's per-item gate fee for degassing and recycling. |
| American-style or larger fridge-freezer | £85 | 30–45 min | Extra crew time for the size and weight through a doorway, plus a higher refrigerant charge on some larger units. |
| Chest or upright freezer | £55 | 20–30 min | Same F-gas recovery step as a fridge, priced per unit against the approved facility's rate. |
| Wine cooler or drinks fridge | £40 | 15–20 min | Smaller refrigerant charge than a full fridge, but still requires the same certified recovery step before scrapping. |
| Second unit on the same visit | £30 each | Added to visit | One collection, one degassing trip to the facility — each extra unit avoids a second call-out charge. |
Under-counter fridge or freezer
£45 · 20–30 min
Smaller units still need the same degassing process, so the price floor reflects the facility charge rather than the size.
Full-height fridge or fridge-freezer
£60 · 20–30 min
Priced per unit for collection plus the WEEE facility's per-item gate fee for degassing and recycling.
American-style or larger fridge-freezer
£85 · 30–45 min
Extra crew time for the size and weight through a doorway, plus a higher refrigerant charge on some larger units.
Chest or upright freezer
£55 · 20–30 min
Same F-gas recovery step as a fridge, priced per unit against the approved facility's rate.
Wine cooler or drinks fridge
£40 · 15–20 min
Smaller refrigerant charge than a full fridge, but still requires the same certified recovery step before scrapping.
Second unit on the same visit
£30 each · Added to visit
One collection, one degassing trip to the facility — each extra unit avoids a second call-out charge.
Domestic prices are the total you pay. Landlord and letting-agent invoices are quoted plus VAT at 20%. Every price includes the WEEE facility's degassing and recycling charge, which is fixed per unit regardless of how far it travels. Where a permit, bay suspension, ULEZ or the Congestion Charge applies it is itemised separately.
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Coverage
Also in this area
Single items, part-loads, garden waste and office strip-outs across the borough.
The wider rubbish disposal hub — every waste stream we collect, in one place.
Sofas, beds, wardrobes and mattresses collected per item, dismantling included.
Whole-property clears, probate and end-of-tenancy strip-outs, sorted room by room.
Drum, seal and filter cleaned to clear odours and standing water.
Working in Ealing
The W5 stock around Ealing Studios and Walpole Park is mainly Victorian. ONS records 63% flats, 37% houses and 18,588 households in Ealing.
41% of households rent privately and 45% own, which is why fridge and freezer disposal demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Expect with metal stud partitions between rooms — and dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork — the reality on the streets around Ealing Studios and Walpole Park behind the plaster in W5. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why in W5, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — and with 32% one-person households in Ealing, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site is the fault we are called back to undo.
Two streets can behave very differently in Ealing: the Queen of the Suburbs — Walpole Park, the studios and a busy Broadway. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Ealing is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, broadway loading windows, permit bays on the villa streets and booked lifts in new blocks — one reason one or two crew depending on access; American-style and full-height units on an upper floor with no lift are booked as a two-person job as standard. Fitters travelling in use Ealing Broadway (Elizabeth line, Central, District).
Area at a glance
Who lives in Ealing and what they live in decides how fridge and freezer disposal is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Ealing Broadway East and Ealing Broadway West and Ealing Common & Twyford Ave and South Ealing and West Ealing neighbourhood itself — not Ealing-wide averages, and not estimates.
44,021
Residents
Ealing Broadway East and Ealing Broadway West and Ealing Common & Twyford Ave and South Ealing and West Ealing neighbourhood, Census 2021
18,588
Households
Median age 37.2
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
31.6%
Privately rented
40.7%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Ealing Broadway East, Ealing Broadway West, Ealing Common & Twyford Ave, South Ealing, West Ealing (E02000256, E02000264, E02000265, E02000276, E02006968) — the published geography that covers Ealing, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the W5 district: 51.5134, -0.3022 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Ealing on W5 jobs, with 18,588 households on this patch, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Unit size and the refrigerant charge set the floor price; stairs, narrow galley kitchens and integrated housings that need levering out add crew time on top on the Ealing rounds — and 45% owner-occupation locally, with a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions in Ealing, with 41% of W5 homes being privately rented. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Ealing most weeks on this side of Ealing, with this being London Borough of Ealing territory.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level around Ealing Broadway (Elizabeth line, Central, District), with this being London Borough of Ealing territory.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on W5 jobs. With 63% of Ealing homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on the streets near Ealing Studios and Walpole Park — and Ealing Studios and Walpole Park a few streets away, with Ealing parking rules in play, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
All three. With 41% of Ealing privately rented and 45% owner-occupied, roughly half the W5 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on Ealing bookings — and 32% one-person households here, with 14% social-rented stock nearby.
Ealing Studios and Walpole Park is the marker we route to on the Ealing rounds, with 18,588 households on this patch — and a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood, and broadway loading windows, permit bays on the villa streets and booked lifts in new blocks. A W5 slot added to an existing Ealing round usually lands the same week rather than the next on W5 jobs, with 32% one-person households here.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, with 18,588 households on this patch, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning in Ealing. Ealing sits close to Ealing Broadway (Elizabeth line, Central, District) on Ealing bookings — and 45% owner-occupation locally, with a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood, so we can usually add a W5 job to an existing Ealing round at short notice.
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Free quote · 1-hour reply
Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Ealing W5 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of ealing.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
