Havering · RM5 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Collier Row fitters · Fixed written pricesBooking fridge and freezer disposal near Collier Row Lane parade? Wide suburban roads, driveways and easy kerbside loading, and that is planned into the slot rather than discovered on the day. Prices start at £45 and are fixed before we travel. Units are built in the room they live in, then wall-anchored where they need it.
Overview
Fridge and freezer disposal in Collier Row RM5 is a fixed-price visit for owner-occupier-led homes in Havering, most of them post-war. 3,167 households sit inside this RM5 patch, 12% of them flats, so we quote on access near Collier Row Lane parade 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
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. Romford (Elizabeth line) is the nearest station, so a RM5 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and solid London stock brick, which is why London Borough of Havering kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded in RM5, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is Collier Row gives us fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, which is what a 12% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Collier Row actually produces.
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. Wide suburban roads, driveways and easy kerbside loading.
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 Collier Row
3,167 households sit inside the RM5 neighbourhood covering Collier Row. The build is post-war, the tenure profile owner-occupier-led, and 12% of those homes are flats.
The owner-occupier-led mix here (74% owned, 14% privately rented) means a RM5 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Collier Row substrates run to some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and solid London stock brick, which is why London Borough of Havering kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because Collier Row gives us fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, which is what a 12% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Collier Row actually produces is the mistake that costs a RM5 customer twice.
Collier Row is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it. What shapes the job more is the neighbourhood itself — a large residential suburb north of Romford with its own shopping parade — which is why a RM5 quote is not a Havering average.
On access, wide suburban roads, driveways and easy kerbside loading — 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 Romford (Elizabeth line).
Area at a glance
Who lives in Collier Row 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 Collier Row & Park Farm neighbourhood itself — not Havering-wide averages, and not estimates.
8,650
Residents
Collier Row & Park Farm neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,167
Households
Median age 38.9
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
23%
Privately rented
14.1%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Collier Row & Park Farm (E02000468) — the published geography that covers Collier Row, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the RM5 district: 51.6013, 0.1648 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Collier Row in this 12% flats neighbourhood, with a median age of 39 in this neighbourhood, 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 Havering bookings — and 23% one-person households here, with 3,167 households on this patch.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on Havering bookings, with 74% owner-occupation locally. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Collier Row most weeks in this 12% flats neighbourhood, with this being a short walk from Romford (Elizabeth line).
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on the Collier Row rounds, with Havering parking rules in play.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on this side of Havering. With 12% of Collier Row homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm across RM5 — and 12% social-rented stock nearby, with Havering parking rules in play, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
In Collier Row, wide suburban roads, driveways and easy kerbside loading. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Havering it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards on Havering bookings — and 74% owner-occupation locally, with 12% social-rented stock nearby. That covers fridge and freezer disposal on Collier Row jobs too.
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 on the streets near Collier Row Lane parade, with 12% of homes here being flats — and 14% of RM5 homes being privately rented, and we handle that step at an approved facility rather than leaving it to the tip. That paperwork is what most Havering letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat for Collier Row (RM5) addresses, with Havering parking rules in play.
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 across RM5, with a median age of 39 in this neighbourhood — and this being London Borough of Havering territory, which need a specialist hazardous-waste route instead. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Collier Row RM5 price you agree is the price you pay on the Collier Row rounds, with 3,167 households on this patch.
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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. Collier Row RM5 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of havering.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
