Flat Clearance on Hornsey Road, N19 – An Old CRT TV and Mattress Carried Down With No Lift

MM Rubbish Clearance carried out a small flat clearance on Hornsey Road, Upper Holloway N19. A mattress, a wooden headboard, an old CRT television and a box of household items came down from a flat in a converted Victorian property. Two of the four items could not go out in a general load.

How Do I Get a Mattress and Old TV Down From a Flat With No Lift?

• Location: Hornsey Road, Upper Holloway, N19
• Local authority: London Borough of Islington
• Service: Flat clearance
• Property type: Flat in a converted Victorian property, above a shuttered shopfront
• Items removed: A mattress, a wooden headboard, a CRT television and a box of general household items
• Volume: Estimated 2–3 cubic yards, judged from the job photographs
• Crew: Three operatives
• Turnaround: Single visit
• Access: Communal staircase, no lift; everything carried down and out to the pavement
• Parking: Controlled Parking Zone — visitor permit or pay-by-phone required

Can an Old CRT Television Go in With General Rubbish?

Small does not mean simple. Four items came out of this flat and two of them decided where the whole load went. A CRT television is classified as hazardous electrical waste — the leaded glass in the tube is why — so it cannot be tipped in with general rubbish and has to reach a facility permitted to take it. Mattresses are handled separately too: they compact badly and most transfer stations run them on their own line.

The rest was the carry. A converted Victorian flat means a communal staircase with a turn in it and no lift, and a mattress does not bend around a half-landing. Three operatives meant one steering from below while two took the weight on the turn — nothing dragged, nothing scraped past a neighbour's door. Upper Holloway is a Controlled Parking Zone, so the van was on a visitor permit rather than parked on chance. More at flat clearance in London.

Where Do an Old TV and Mattress From Upper Holloway Go?

The load was collected within the London Borough of Islington and taken to a licensed recycling and waste transfer station. So the load was split rather than tipped as one: the television to a facility permitted to handle electrical waste, the mattress onto its own line, the rest into the general stream. A Waste Transfer Note was issued. MM Rubbish Clearance is an Environment Agency Carrier Dealer – Upper Tier waste carrier, licence CBDU418527.

Can a Skip Take an Old TV and a Mattress?

Four items, one visit, and the pavement outside the flat left completely clear — the after photograph is the same doorway with nothing in front of it. Nothing sat on the street waiting for a council bulky collection slot, and the television and mattress went down routes a skip could not have taken them.

Related jobs: Another carry-down with no lift — see the roof terrace on Burghley Road, NW5. Another flat above a row of shops — see the flat-above-shops job on Mare Street, E8. Another heavy appliance carried down the stairs by hand – see the storage heater removal on Lavina Grove, N1. A mattress carried down narrow stairs in Marylebone – see the mattress removal on Great Cumberland Place, W1H. Another clearance up a flight of stairs – see the front room cleared on Median Road, E5. Another flat clearance in north London – see the bereavement clearance on Stonebridge Road, N15.

Need a Flat Clearance in Upper Holloway N19?

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