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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Bridgnorth and within a 30 mile.
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 Bridgnorth
Bridgnorth is a market town in Shropshire, sitting on the River Severn around 20 miles south-east of Shrewsbury, with a population of around 12,000. It is unusual in being built on two levels: High Town sits on a sandstone cliff above the river, and Low Town lies on the bank below, the two connected by a series of steep stepped lanes known locally as the Cartway and Stoneway Steps. The town grew around a Norman castle founded by Robert de Bellême in 1101, and received its charter in 1157.
The two halves are linked by the Bridgnorth Cliff Railway, opened in 1892 and the oldest and steepest inland electric funicular in England, climbing 111 feet up the sandstone face. At the top stand the remains of Bridgnorth Castle, whose great keep leans at an angle of around 15 degrees — some three times the tilt of the Tower of Pisa — after Parliamentarian forces attempted to blow it up in 1646 following a three-week siege. The castle grounds are now public gardens with fine views over the Severn valley.
High Town retains an exceptional streetscape, with the timber-framed Town Hall of 1652 standing on stone arches in the middle of the High Street, the seventeenth-century Bishop Percy's House, and St Mary Magdalene Church, designed by Thomas Telford. Caves cut into the sandstone cliff were inhabited into the twentieth century. Bridgnorth is the northern terminus of the Severn Valley Railway, one of the finest preserved standard-gauge lines in Britain, running 16 miles down the valley to Kidderminster through Highley and Arley.
The town sits on the A458 and A442, with Telford around 20 minutes north, Wolverhampton half an hour east and Shrewsbury half an hour north-west. There is no mainline station — Telford Central and Kidderminster are the nearest. The Shropshire Hills lie to the west, with Ironbridge Gorge, the Wyre Forest and the Clee Hills all within easy reach. Neighbouring communities include Much Wenlock, Broseley, Highley, Claverley, Worfield and Alveley.
Housing in Bridgnorth ranges from Georgian and timber-framed property in High Town — much of it listed, with the whole historic core a conservation area — to Victorian terraces and villas, riverside cottages in Low Town, interwar and post-war estates, and modern development on the Tasley and Innage Lane edges. The steep sandstone geology brings its own considerations for building work, and the town's popularity with retirees, Black Country commuters and visitors keeps the property market and the renovation of period stock consistently active.