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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Brent and the surrounding area.
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 Brent
Brent is a borough in north-west London, stretching from Kilburn and Willesden in the south to Kingsbury and Wembley in the north, with a population of around 340,000. It was formed in 1965 from the merger of the boroughs of Wembley and Willesden, and takes its name from the River Brent, which runs through it. The borough is among the most ethnically diverse places in the United Kingdom — no single group forms a majority, and well over a hundred languages are spoken — a character shaped by successive waves of Irish, Caribbean, Indian, Gujarati and East African Asian settlement through the twentieth century.
Brent's best-known landmark is Wembley Stadium, the national football stadium, whose 133-metre arch has replaced the twin towers of the 1923 original as a defining feature of the London skyline. It sits alongside Wembley Arena, built as the Empire Pool for the 1934 Empire Games, both surviving elements of the British Empire Exhibition of 1924-25 which was staged across the Wembley site. The area around them has been transformed by the Wembley Park regeneration, one of the largest build-to-rent developments in Europe, adding thousands of homes, the London Designer Outlet and a new public realm.
The borough holds other significant sites. Neasden Temple — the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir — was the first traditional Hindu stone temple in Europe, hand-carved in India and assembled here in 1995. Kilburn has long been a centre of the Irish community in London, with the Kiln Theatre a well-regarded local institution. The Grange Museum, Roundwood Park and the Welsh Harp Reservoir at Brent Reservoir — an important site for wintering wildfowl — provide the borough's heritage and green assets.
Brent is well connected, with the Jubilee, Metropolitan, Bakerloo, Piccadilly and Northern lines all serving parts of the borough, the Overground running through Kilburn and Wembley Central, and the North Circular and A5 Edgware Road crossing it. Wembley Stadium station provides Chiltern services to Marylebone.
Housing in Brent spans the full range, from Victorian terraces in Willesden, Kilburn and Harlesden — a great many long since converted into flats — to the interwar Metro-land semis that fill Kingsbury, Preston and Wembley Park, post-war estates including South Kilburn and Church End, and very substantial new high-rise development around Wembley and Alperton. The borough has among the highest levels of private renting and overcrowding in London, and housing pressure has made regeneration — at South Kilburn, Church End and Wembley in particular — one of the defining issues in local policy.