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Rubbish chute buying guide

Updated: 23 October 2026

You are about to order a chute because a first-floor window or a short scaffold drop is full of bricks, plaster and timber. A rubbish chute buying guide starts with the page in front of you. Titles, model codes and bullets on the same amazon.co.uk listing often state different lengths. The six listings are on the [rubble slide comparison](/hub/diy-supplies/rubble-slide). This page is the checklist: one agreed length, waste the listing names, and the fixing in the parcel. Peter F. read the saved files on 22 October 2026 and did not hang a chute. A qualifying purchase can earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

You are about to order a chute because a first-floor window or a short scaffold drop is full of bricks, plaster and timber. A rubbish chute buying guide starts with the page in front of you.

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ANSERWA ANSERWA flexible debris chute, 5 m

Best overall

ANSERWA ANSERWA flexible debris chute, 5 m
7.0/10about £103.00
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Generic Generic construction waste chute, 1.5 × 5 m

Rank 2

Generic Generic construction waste chute, 1.5 × 5 m
3.0/10about £153.99
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Generic Generic canvas chute, title 2 × 10 m

Rank 3

Generic Generic canvas chute, title 2 × 10 m
2.2/10about £147.73
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On this page
  1. 1.What you are buying
  2. 2.Opening and length
  3. 3.Fixings that have to be in the deal
  4. 4.What to leave in the search results

What you are buying

A rubble chute, rubbish chute or builders' chute is a guided drop into a skip. Construction trash chute is a search label, not a British Standard, and none of the six kept listings prints an independent safe working load. A closed tube holds the waste in. An open canvas sheet can shed bricks at the sides. Keep a listing that names bricks, wood, plaster or tiles, and leave boxes, camping and a blanket. Only the ANSERWA listing at about £103.00 states 5 m in the title, the model and the size line, and names bricks, wood, plaster and insulation. The material is still unnamed.

Opening and length

Scaffolding Direct lists a 20 inch plastic section at £55.38 including VAT and 8.5 kg, and the hopper is sold separately. Buy the length the listing states once. The green canvas listing at about £147.73 puts 2 × 10 m in the title and 15×8 m in the model code. The canvas debris listing at about £192.99 says 6.5 × 49.2 ft in the bullets and 26 m in the model string. Converting 49.2 feet is about 15 m, which is still not 26 m. The orange canvas listing at about £153.99 says 1.5 × 5 m in the title and that the length is adjustable. Plan on neither number until the seller confirms one.
ANSERWA ANSERWA flexible debris chute, 5 m

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ANSERWA ANSERWA flexible debris chute, 5 m
7.0/10about £103.00
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Fixings that have to be in the deal

Length without a fixing is a tube you cannot hang. A plastic run needs chains or wire on the sections, a hopper at the top, and a frame the support can carry. A flexible tube should name a funnel and straps, and the strap has to meet a solid anchor. ANSERWA's bullets include a filling funnel, tension straps and woven bags, and they say one person can set that chute up in a few minutes. That sentence is the seller's claim. It is not a method for plastic sections, and it does not make a uPVC window corner into an anchor. The material is still not named. Whether you want plastic or a flexible tube is a separate argument.

What to leave in the search results

Leave a listing whose bullets are only colour words. The IYUESQ title at about £216.99 says a green construction trash chute of 1.5 × 5 m and also mentions warehouse freight. The bullets are the words black and green. Material, load and fixings are absent. Leave a listing that also describes a picnic blanket. The other IYUESQ page is about £246.99 and the title says 1.5 × 6 m. One bullet describes a waterproof outdoor blanket, and the length is also said to be customisable alongside widths of 1.5 m and 2 m. The best rubble chute page names the rows.

Common questions

What diameter do I need for ordinary rubble?
For bricks, plaster and timber on a typical UK job, trade catalogues start with a 20 inch plastic section, about 500 mm at the top and 400 mm at the bottom. That is Scaffolding Direct's and ULS Lifting's published section, not a size printed on the six amazon.co.uk rows. Bulkier waste is why 22 inch and 30 inch sections exist. A 1.5 m canvas sheet is a different opening.
How many metres cover one storey?
Stortslurf's own line is one 3 m textile section per storey, with about 2.70 m effective after the overlap. That is the maker's instruction for that product, which is not one of the six listings here. A plastic section is about 1,000 mm of working drop, so a storey is several sections plus a hopper, not one red tube. Do not treat either figure as a rule for a listing whose title and model disagree.
Does the funnel come with the chute?
Only if the listing says so. In this set, the ANSERWA 5 m page includes a filling funnel, tension straps and woven bags. The canvas rows name grommets or eyelets, or they name nothing. A plastic section from a scaffold merchant usually includes chains and sells the hopper separately. Assume a missing part is missing until the bullet lists it.
Why do two listings both say 1.5 m wide and then offer 2 m?
Because the bullets are offering a range, not describing one parcel. The orange canvas title says 1.5 × 5 m and the bullets also say 1.5 m and 2 m, with an adjustable length. The same pattern appears on other canvas pages. You cannot pick 1.5 m from the title and ignore 2 m in the bullets. Ask for one width and one length, or leave the listing.
Is a 50-100 kg bullet a safe working load?
No. On the green and orange canvas pages that range is the seller's printed line. There is no test-house mark and no review line behind it. It does not rate the window, the strap or the scaffold. Chain-test figures from plastic-chute makers, including a 1,000 kg test, belong to those chains. They do not move onto a canvas sheet.
When is a plastic section the wrong parcel?
When the job is one short domestic drop, you can strap a light tube that names the waste to a solid anchor, and you do not need a hopper and a frame. A plastic metre at about £55 including VAT is still only a section. It is the wrong first parcel if you wanted a folded tube for a weekend and you have nowhere to hang a steel frame. It is the right parcel when the drop is repetitive and the scaffold was designed to carry it.

Related pages

How to fit a rubble chute

Rubble chute from a window

Rubble slide

Best rubble chute when one length is actually agreed

Plastic or flexible rubble chute: scaffold or house

Sources

Public UK sources and the amazon.co.uk listings compared on this page. Shelf prices are the raw-file figures in the research digest, not a live re-check. Updated 23 October 2026.

  1. Work at Height Regulations 2005, regulation 10 (retrieved 23 October 2026)
  2. HSE CIS81, chute to the skip (retrieved 23 October 2026)
  3. HSE HSG33, health and safety in roof work (retrieved 23 October 2026)
  4. GOV.UK, apply for a skip permit (retrieved 23 October 2026)
  5. GOV.UK, dispose of household waste (retrieved 23 October 2026)
  6. SafeSite rubbish chute installation guide (retrieved 23 October 2026)
  7. Scaffolding Direct, 20 inch rubbish chute section (retrieved 23 October 2026)
  8. Stortslurf UK, flexible rubble chute 50 cm (retrieved 23 October 2026)