London fridge and freezer disposal · West London
We work in Hillingdon every week — london's western gateway — heathrow itself, uxbridge's town centre and the metroland suburbs of ruislip and northwood. Fridge and freezer disposal is priced against that reality, not a national average.
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.
Working in Hillingdon
Hillingdon is built from interwar semis with driveways, 1930s ruislip estates, and airport-worker flats around hayes and west drayton, and the mix changes street by street — Cowley and Hillingdon Heath (UB8), Hayes (UB3) and Heathrow and Harmondsworth (TW6) each behave differently on the day.
Parking is the job before the job here: the easiest van access in london — wide roads and driveways, with restrictions only at uxbridge town centre and airport perimeter roads. Locally that means wide roads and driveways; canal bridges restrict the largest vehicles and new blocks need booked lifts and bays; older streets have driveways and canal bridges. Hillingdon sits outside the Congestion Charge zone, so only ULEZ applies to the van and the quote is that much simpler.
Under the Ozone-Depleting Substances and F-Gas Regulations, a fridge or freezer cannot legally be crushed or scrapped with the refrigerant still inside it. Hillingdon residents sometimes find this out only when London Borough of Hillingdon rejects a unit left at the kerb. We degas at an approved facility and the compliance sits with us, not you.
Brickfields and canal wharves, then Metropolitan Railway suburbia in the 1930s and Heathrow's expansion from 1946. That history is why Hillingdon property behaves the way it does today.
Scope
Method
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.
Coverage
Also in this borough
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.
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Hillingdon, and the ladder runs up to £30 each for the largest job on the table above. 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. The borough is outside the Congestion Charge zone, so there is no charge to pass on — only ULEZ, which our vans are compliant with.
We cover the whole borough: HA4, HA6, TW6, UB10, UB11, UB3, UB4, UB7, UB8 and UB9. On the ground that includes Cowley and Hillingdon Heath, Hayes, Heathrow and Harmondsworth, Hillingdon, Ickenham and Ruislip.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. West London is covered by crews already working in the borough, so travel time is not billed on top.
The easiest van access in London — wide roads and driveways, with restrictions only at Uxbridge town centre and airport perimeter roads. Where a permit or a bay suspension is needed we arrange it with London Borough of Hillingdon and show the cost in the quote before you agree it. Nothing is added afterwards.
Yes. Interwar semis with driveways, 1930s Ruislip estates, and airport-worker flats around Hayes and West Drayton is exactly the stock we work in daily. Where there is no lift, the crew size is set by the floor level at quote stage, so a third-floor walk-up is priced as a third-floor walk-up rather than re-quoted on the doorstep.
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. Certificates go out with the booking confirmation, which is what London Borough of Hillingdon tenancies and most local managing agents ask for.
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. Vehicles are ULEZ-compliant, which matters in every Hillingdon postcode, and the crew carries everything needed to complete the job in one visit.
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 and Units that have been dismantled or had the refrigerant circuit cut open, which need a specialist hazardous-waste route instead. If something on that list turns up in Hillingdon, we tell you at survey and point you at the right trade rather than taking the booking anyway.
Free quote · 1-hour reply
Send a few details and you get a written quote for your Hillingdon address, with permits and charges shown separately.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
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