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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Bishop Auckland and within a 30 mile radius.
It’s not just a case of how much waste you have! You also need to consider how much room you have on your site and will then need to think about the type of waste you will be disposing of. For example if the waste is heavy (e.g. soil/brick/rubble) then you will be restricted as to how large a skip you can have.
When only a single skip is expected, we strongly believe that it’s better to hire a skip that you may not quite fill, as opposed to ordering a skip which ends up being too small meaning a second skip is then required as a result. In other words it’s better to overestimate than underestimate!
When filling a skip it can only be loaded up to the level of the actual skip itself.
It is important that your site foreman and operatives are aware of this as it is actually against the law for drivers to carry over loaded skips on the highways. Likewise, using boards around the skip in an attempt to increase it’s capacity (known in the trade as ‘greedy boards’) is illegal.
If a driver arrives on site to find an overloaded skip they are likely to turn away and leave without the skip, thus potentially incurring additional transport charges.
Though we try to be as flexible with hire periods as possible, as a general rule the maximum hire period is 7 days.
Of course should your site be an ongoing one where numerous skips are required and exchanged on a regular basis then there is nothing to worry about. If however, you require a skip that is likely to be needed for more than 7 days without exchanges, we request you inform us at the time of ordering as a rental charge may be applicable.
Yes. Though any skip that needs to be sited on a public highway, pavement or council owned verge, first requires permission from the local authority responsible.
Though the charges involved and the length of time it takes an application to be processed varies from council to council, in the vast majority of cases we can arrange the required permit on your behalf. Depending on the local authority in question, application periods can be anything from ‘same day’ to 4 weeks, so when you know that a permit is likely to be required on an upcoming site it is vital that you give us as much notice as possible to avoid any unnecessary delays.
Please also note that as the hirer, the lighting and coning of the skip whilst it is placed on public land is your responsibility, though we are usually able to arrange for the hire of these items on your behalf too.
A standard skip or roll-on-off vehicle usually requires a minimum of 10ft (3.3m) width and approximately 13ft (4m) headroom to safely gain access to a site. If your site access falls a little below these requirements we are able to (in most areas) arrange for smaller skips (depending on waste type) to be delivered on smaller lorries.
If you are in any doubt about the access to your sites, we are here to help, so just ask!
There are certain types of waste that cannot be placed in general waste skips under any circumstances.
Examples of such waste types include (but are not limited to): asbestos, fridges, freezers, batteries, tyres, gas cannisters, paint tins, food waste, fluorescent tubes, liquids, TV sets, computer monitors, plasterboard, electrical items (WEEE), mattresses, tree stumps, tree roots, carpet, vinyl, astroturf, rubber matting & roof felt.
It is vital that you always inform us of exactly what your are intending to dispose of at the time of ordering!
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Skip hire in Bishop Auckland
Bishop Auckland is a market town in County Durham, sitting where the River Gaunless joins the Wear around 12 miles south-west of Durham, with a population of around 25,000. Its name and its history come from the Prince Bishops of Durham, who for centuries held near-royal powers in the County Palatine and made Auckland Castle their principal country residence. The bishops have held the site since the twelfth century, and it remained the official residence of the Bishop of Durham until 2012 — the longest continuously occupied bishop's palace in Europe.
Auckland Castle dominates the town, its deer park and Gothic chapel — converted from a medieval banqueting hall — among the finest in the north. The castle houses the celebrated series of thirteen paintings of Jacob and his Twelve Sons by Francisco de Zurbarán, bought by Bishop Trevor in 1756 and hung in the Long Dining Room ever since. The collection's threatened sale in 2010 prompted the financier Jonathan Ruffer to buy the paintings and then the castle itself, launching The Auckland Project, an ambitious cultural regeneration programme that has added the Mining Art Gallery, the Spanish Gallery, a viewing tower and the Faith Museum to the town.
Bishop Auckland is also home to Kynren, a large-scale outdoor live-action night show telling 2,000 years of English history through the eyes of a County Durham boy, staged on a purpose-built site with a cast of hundreds of local volunteers. The town's older identity was industrial: coal mining dominated the surrounding villages, and Shildon nearby was one of the birthplaces of the railway, home to Timothy Hackworth and the world's first railway town, now the site of Locomotion, part of the National Railway Museum.
The town sits on the A688 and A689 with the A1(M) a short distance east, and Bishop Auckland station is the terminus of the Bishop Line from Darlington, with the Weardale Railway running heritage services west into the dale. Neighbouring communities include Shildon, Spennymoor, Newton Aycliffe, Crook, West Auckland, Coundon and Willington, with Weardale and the North Pennines beyond.
Housing in Bishop Auckland ranges from Georgian and Victorian property around the Market Place and Newgate Street to colliery terraces across the surrounding villages, interwar and post-war council estates at Woodhouse Close and Cockton Hill, and modern development on the edges. Property is among the most affordable in England, and the town has faced significant post-industrial challenges since the pits closed, though the scale of investment through The Auckland Project has made it one of the most notable examples of culture-led regeneration in the country.