Merton · SW19 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Colliers Wood fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide fridge and freezer disposal in Colliers Wood SW19 for houses and flats around Merton Abbey Mills. 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
Booked mostly by renter-heavy households around Colliers Wood, fridge and freezer disposal here covers supply-free fitting from £45. With 67% of Colliers Wood's 4,286 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in SW19 shape the slot length we hold.
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. Colliers Wood (Northern) is the nearest station, so a SW19 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect with solid brick on the party and external walls — and lath and plaster over timber studs, a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here in SW19, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster; locally that also means which crumbles the key and drops the panel, which is what a 67% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Colliers Wood 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. High Street red route, riverside estate roads and new blocks with booked lifts.
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 Colliers Wood
Colliers Wood SW19 is mainly Victorian and renter-heavy: 67% of homes here are flats and 33% are houses, across 4,286 households (ONS Census 2021).
Because 44% of Colliers Wood is privately rented and 9% socially rented, a lot of SW19 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Colliers Wood substrates run to with solid brick on the party and external walls — and lath and plaster over timber studs, a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster; locally that also means which crumbles the key and drops the panel, which is what a 67% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Colliers Wood actually produces is the mistake that costs a SW19 customer twice.
Colliers Wood 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 — the Wandle trail, Merton Abbey Mills and big-box retail on the High Street — which is why a SW19 quote is not a Merton average.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: high Street red route, riverside estate roads and new blocks with booked lifts. Colliers Wood (Northern) 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 Colliers Wood 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 Colliers Wood neighbourhood itself — not Merton-wide averages, and not estimates.
9,853
Residents
Colliers Wood neighbourhood, Census 2021
4,286
Households
Median age 34
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
28.7%
Privately rented
43.9%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Colliers Wood (E02000693) — the published geography that covers Colliers Wood, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SW19 district: 51.4242, -0.2028 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Colliers Wood across SW19, with 4,286 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 this side of Merton — and 47% owner-occupation locally, with 29% one-person households here.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions for Colliers Wood (SW19) addresses, with 33% of Colliers Wood homes being houses. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Colliers Wood most weeks on the Colliers Wood rounds, with 9% social-rented stock nearby.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level across SW19, with this being a short walk from Colliers Wood (Northern).
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in around Colliers Wood (Northern). With 67% of Colliers Wood homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm in this 67% flats neighbourhood, with this being London Borough of Merton territory, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
High Street red route, riverside estate roads and new blocks with booked lifts around Colliers Wood (Northern). Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Merton it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards across SW19, with Merton Abbey Mills a few streets away.
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 for Colliers Wood (SW19) addresses — and 4,286 households on this patch, with 9% social-rented stock nearby, and we handle that step at an approved facility rather than leaving it to the tip. That paperwork is what most Merton letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat in Colliers Wood, with 47% owner-occupation locally.
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 SW19 — and 44% of SW19 homes being privately rented, with this being London Borough of Merton territory, which need a specialist hazardous-waste route instead. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Colliers Wood SW19 price you agree is the price you pay on the Colliers Wood rounds, with a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood.
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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. Colliers Wood SW19 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of merton.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
