Greenwich · SE18 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Woolwich fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide fridge and freezer disposal in Woolwich SE18 for houses and flats around The Royal Arsenal and Woolwich Ferry. From £45, quoted in writing before the visit, with 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 Units are built in the room they live in, then wall-anchored where they need it.
Overview
Fridge and freezer disposal in Woolwich SE18 is a fixed-price visit for social-housing-led homes in Greenwich, most of them post-war. 13,241 households sit inside this SE18 patch, 63% of them flats, so we quote on access near The Royal Arsenal and Woolwich Ferry 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
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. Royal Arsenal estate permits, town-centre one-way loading and booked lifts in the towers.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. Woolwich (Elizabeth line, DLR) is the nearest station, so a SE18 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in Woolwich, often with surface conduit, measured on the walk in from Woolwich (Elizabeth line, DLR) rather than assumed from a map in SE18, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, as the Woolwich stock goes, the reality on the streets around The Royal Arsenal and Woolwich Ferry.
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 Woolwich
Woolwich SE18 is post-war and social-housing-led: 63% of homes here are flats and 37% are houses, across 13,241 households (ONS Census 2021).
With 25% private renting against 28% owner-occupied, most SE18 bookings land on a move-in day rather than a weekend.
Expect precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in Woolwich, often with surface conduit, measured on the walk in from Woolwich (Elizabeth line, DLR) rather than assumed from a map behind the plaster in SE18. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, as the Woolwich stock goes, the reality on the streets around The Royal Arsenal and Woolwich Ferry is the fault we are called back to undo.
The Arsenal's converted barracks, a market town centre and the ferry across the river. That character decides the practical detail of fridge and freezer disposal here far more than the borough boundary does. Woolwich is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: royal Arsenal estate permits, town-centre one-way loading and booked lifts in the towers. Woolwich (Elizabeth line, DLR) is the nearest station, and 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.
Area at a glance
Who lives in Woolwich 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 Woolwich Common and Woolwich Glyndon and Woolwich South and Woolwich West neighbourhood itself — not Greenwich-wide averages, and not estimates.
34,767
Residents
Woolwich Common and Woolwich Glyndon and Woolwich South and Woolwich West neighbourhood, Census 2021
13,241
Households
Median age 33.3
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
31.3%
Privately rented
25.3%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Woolwich Common, Woolwich Glyndon, Woolwich South, Woolwich West (E02000317, E02000321, E02000323, E02000327) — the published geography that covers Woolwich, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE18 district: 51.4845, 0.0723 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Woolwich on SE18 jobs, with 47% social-rented stock nearby, 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 around Woolwich (Elizabeth line, DLR) — and 47% social-rented stock nearby, with 31% one-person households here.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions in Woolwich, with a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Woolwich most weeks on Greenwich bookings, with this being Royal Borough of Greenwich territory.
In Woolwich, 5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level in this 63% flats neighbourhood, with 28% owner-occupation locally. Ask for it in writing before the SE18 visit and it is on the job sheet.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in for Woolwich (SE18) addresses. With 63% of Woolwich homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on the Woolwich rounds, with 37% of Woolwich homes being houses — and a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Disconnecting an integrated fridge or freezer that is plumbed or wired in — that is a trade job we can refer you for; Commercial catering refrigeration and cold rooms, which are quoted separately due to larger refrigerant volumes; Units that have been dismantled or had the refrigerant circuit cut open in this 63% flats neighbourhood — and 28% owner-occupation locally, with The Royal Arsenal and Woolwich Ferry a few streets away, which need a specialist hazardous-waste route instead. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Woolwich SE18 price you agree is the price you pay on Greenwich bookings, with 25% of SE18 homes being privately rented.
All three. With 25% of Woolwich privately rented and 28% owner-occupied, roughly half the SE18 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on Greenwich bookings — and 13,241 households on this patch, with a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood.
The Royal Arsenal and Woolwich Ferry is the marker we route to on SE18 jobs, with Greenwich parking rules in play — and this being Royal Borough of Greenwich territory, and royal Arsenal estate permits, town-centre one-way loading and booked lifts in the towers. A SE18 slot added to an existing Greenwich round usually lands the same week rather than the next on the streets near The Royal Arsenal and Woolwich Ferry, with 63% of homes here being flats.
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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. Woolwich SE18 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of greenwich.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
