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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Burnley 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 Burnley
Burnley is a town in Lancashire, sitting where the Calder and Brun rivers meet at the foot of Pendle Hill country, with a population of around 78,000. It was a small market town until the Industrial Revolution, when abundant coal, soft water and the arrival of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal turned it into one of the great cotton weaving centres of the world. By 1900 Burnley had more looms than any other town on earth — over 100,000 of them — and was producing more cotton cloth than anywhere else, exporting to India and across the Empire.
The town's industrial heritage is unusually well preserved. The Weavers' Triangle, a group of mills, warehouses, foundries and workers' housing gathered around the canal near the town centre, is one of the most complete surviving Victorian industrial landscapes in Britain. The Straight Mile, a stretch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal carried on a massive embankment 60 feet above the town, is regarded as one of the seven wonders of the British waterways and gives an extraordinary view across the rooftops.
Burnley's other landmarks include Towneley Hall, a medieval and later house set in a large park, home of the Towneley family for over 500 years and now the town's museum and art gallery; Gawthorpe Hall, an Elizabethan house nearby with a nationally important textile collection assembled by Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth; and Turf Moor, home of Burnley Football Club, founder members of the Football League and one of only a handful of clubs to have won all four professional divisions.
The town sits on the M65 with links to the M6, and Burnley Manchester Road station provides direct services to Manchester in under an hour via the Todmorden Curve, alongside Burnley Central on the East Lancashire line. Pendle Hill, the South Pennines and the Forest of Bowland are all close by, and the Pennine Way passes to the east. Neighbouring communities include Padiham, Nelson, Brierfield, Colne, Hapton and Worsthorne.
Housing in Burnley is dominated by the stone terraces built for the mill workforce, running in dense rows across Daneshouse, Burnley Wood, Trinity and Rosegrove, alongside substantial mill owners' villas around Towneley and Cliviger, interwar semis, and post-war estates at Stoops and Hargher Clough. Property is among the most affordable in England — Burnley has repeatedly recorded some of the lowest average house prices in the country — and the town has run extensive housing renewal programmes, clearing and refurbishing surplus terraced stock while its ageing stone housing supports a very active renovation and rental market.