Crew sized to the job
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 red route, market loading windows and permit-only terraced streets.
Wandsworth · SW17 · Fridge and freezer disposal
Professional Fridge and freezer disposal in Tooting, SW17
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Tooting fitters · Fixed written pricesFridge and freezer disposal for Tooting (SW17) households — 22,241 of them, 60% in flats. From £45 fixed, 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 Insured fitters, every fixing torqued, and the flat-pack packaging taken away.
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SW17
- Fridge and freezer disposal in Tooting SW17 from £45, fixed in writing
- Most booked here: alcove shelving and a TV bracket
- Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning.
- London Borough of Wandsworth permits, ULEZ itemised, never hidden
- Trustpilot 4.5· 3,100+ reviews
- Google 3.9· 1,426 reviews
- £5m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
- From, under-counter fridge or freezer
- £45From, under-counter fridge or freezer
- Tooting homes are flats
- 60%Tooting homes are flats
- Privately rented
- 40%Privately rented
- Households in Tooting
- 22,241Households in Tooting
Overview
Fridge and freezer disposal in Tooting SW17, explained
Booked mostly by renter-heavy households around Tooting Broadway, fridge and freezer disposal here covers supply-free fitting from £45. With 60% of Tooting's 22,241 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in SW17 shape the slot length we hold.
How it works
How fridge and freezer disposal works in Tooting
Five steps, the same on every SW17 job, so you know what happens before you commit. Tooting gives us victorian and Edwardian conversion flats with original lath-and-plaster partitions, which is what a 60% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Tooting actually produces is what we plan for here.
Step 1
Tell us the type and size
Under-counter, full-height or American-style — that alone sets the price, no visit needed to quote.
Step 2
Fixed price confirmed
The degassing fee is already inside the figure; nothing is added once the facility processes the unit.
Step 3
Book collection
Next-day is standard across every borough; same-day is often available for a single unit.
Step 4
Careful carry and load
Unit is kept upright wherever possible to avoid disturbing the compressor oil and refrigerant lines.
Step 5
Degas and certify
Taken to an approved WEEE facility where the refrigerant is recovered before scrapping, with the transfer note emailed to you.
Why choose us
Why Tooting customers book us
Four things decide whether a SW17 job goes well, and none of them are visible from a price list.
Booked around your day
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. Tooting Broadway (Northern) is the nearest station, so a SW17 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Tooting walls, not generic walls
We expect lath and plaster over timber studs; locally that also means with solid brick on the party and external walls — the reality on the streets around Tooting Market and Tooting Bec Lido in SW17, 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 in Tooting, which crumbles the key and drops the panel — which is why London Borough of Wandsworth kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded.
Insured and documented
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.
Fixed prices
Fridge and freezer disposal prices in Tooting
Fixed prices for SW17 and the rest of Wandsworth. 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.
| 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.
Scope
What's included in Tooting
The same scope across SW17, whether the job is a single item or a full room.
Included in the price
- Collection from the kitchen, garage or wherever the unit stands — no requirement to move it to the door — including fridge and freezer disposal
- Standard on Wandsworth bookings: refrigerant gas recovered by a certified technician at an approved WEEE facility before the unit is processed, arranged with London Borough of Wandsworth where the kerb needs it
- On SW17 jobs: compliance handled under the Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations and the F-Gas Regulations, with the paperwork kept on file, with 60% of homes here being flats, planned around the stair or the lift
- In Tooting: a WEEE transfer note showing the appliance was taken to a permitted treatment facility, the way it is done on Tooting jobs
Not included
- Disconnecting an integrated fridge or freezer that is plumbed or wired in — that is a trade job we can refer you for, which we refer on to the right trade in Tooting
- Commercial catering refrigeration and cold rooms, which are quoted separately due to larger refrigerant volumes, handled by London Borough of Wandsworth or a specialist contractor instead
- Units that have been dismantled or had the refrigerant circuit cut open, which need a specialist hazardous-waste route instead, outside the fixed price on Tooting bookings
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Coverage
Where we work around Tooting SW17
Fridge and freezer disposal across Wandsworth and the SW17 district, mapped below.
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Tooting SW17 at a glance
Published figures for the neighbourhood that covers Tooting — the numbers that actually change a fridge and freezer disposal quote.
Census 2021 puts Tooting at 22,241 households with a median age of 32. The mainly Victorian stock is renter-heavy, which is why 40% houses and 60% flats need different handling in SW17.
Private renting sits at 40% and owner-occupation at 43%; the first group books fridge and freezer disposal at short notice, the second plans it.
Tooting substrates run to lath and plaster over timber studs; locally that also means with solid brick on the party and external walls — the reality on the streets around Tooting Market and Tooting Bec Lido. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in Tooting, which crumbles the key and drops the panel — which is why London Borough of Wandsworth kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded is the mistake that costs a SW17 customer twice.
Anyone who knows Tooting knows the pattern near Tooting Market and Tooting Bec Lido: two covered markets, St George's Hospital and one of London's best food streets. We plan the SW17 visit around it. Tooting 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: broadway red route, market loading windows and permit-only terraced streets. Tooting Broadway (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
Tooting SW17 by the numbers
Who lives in Tooting 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 Tooting Bec Common and Tooting Bec East and Tooting Bec West and Tooting East and Tooting North and Tooting West and Upper Tooting neighbourhood itself — not Wandsworth-wide averages, and not estimates.
53,871
Residents
Tooting Bec Common and Tooting Bec East and Tooting Bec West and Tooting East and Tooting North and Tooting West and Upper Tooting neighbourhood, Census 2021
22,241
Households
Median age 32
Flats vs houses
Flats 60.1%Houses 39.8%
Residents by sex
Male46.9%
Female53.1%
Single-person households
28.3%
Privately rented
40.1%
- Median age
- 32
- Owner-occupied
- 43.4%
- Social rented
- 16.4%
- Postcode districts
- SW17
- Nearest station
- Tooting Broadway
- Parking
- CPZ + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Tooting Bec Common, Tooting Bec East, Tooting Bec West, Tooting East, Tooting North, Tooting West, Upper Tooting (E02000948, E02000951, E02000952, E02000954, E02000955, E02000956, E02000957) — the published geography that covers Tooting, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SW17 district: 51.4310, -0.1653 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Common questions
Fridge and freezer disposal in Tooting SW17 — your questions.
How much does fridge and freezer disposal cost in Tooting SW17?
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Tooting for Tooting (SW17) addresses, with this being London Borough of Wandsworth territory, 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 Tooting rounds — and 40% of Tooting homes being houses, with 60% of homes here being flats.
Do you assemble IKEA and other flat-pack furniture in Tooting SW17?
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on the streets near Tooting Market and Tooting Bec Lido, with a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Tooting most weeks on Wandsworth bookings, with 22,241 households on this patch.
How long does flat-pack assembly take in Tooting?
For SW17 bookings, 5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on Wandsworth bookings, with Wandsworth parking rules in play. Around Tooting Broadway (Northern) we allow for the parking and the walk-in before the slot is confirmed.
Will a built wardrobe fit through a Tooting doorway?
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on the Tooting rounds. With 60% of Tooting homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm for Tooting (SW17) addresses — and 60% of homes here being flats, with a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Are your fitters insured for work in SW17?
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 SW17 jobs, with a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood — and 60% of homes here being flats, and we handle that step at an approved facility rather than leaving it to the tip. That paperwork is what most Wandsworth letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat on the Tooting rounds, with this being London Borough of Wandsworth territory.
What is not included in fridge and freezer disposal in Tooting?
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 on the Tooting rounds, with 28% one-person households here — and a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood, which need a specialist hazardous-waste route instead. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Tooting SW17 price you agree is the price you pay on SW17 jobs, with Wandsworth parking rules in play.
Who books fridge and freezer disposal in Tooting SW17 — tenants, landlords or owners?
All three. With 40% of Tooting privately rented and 43% owner-occupied, roughly half the SW17 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door across SW17 — and this being a short walk from Tooting Broadway (Northern), with 60% of homes here being flats.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Tooting SW17 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of wandsworth.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.