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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Caerphilly 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 Caerphilly
Caerphilly — Caerffili in Welsh — is a town in south Wales, sitting in the Rhymney valley around seven miles north of Cardiff, with a population of around 41,000 and a county borough of some 175,000. The Romans built a fort here around AD 75, but the town's defining structure came twelve centuries later: Caerphilly Castle, begun in 1268 by Gilbert de Clare to hold the area against Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, is the largest castle in Wales and the second largest in Britain after Windsor.
The castle's concentric defences and extensive water-filled lakes were revolutionary for their time and influenced Edward I's later Welsh fortresses. Its most famous feature is the south-east tower, which leans at an angle greater than the Tower of Pisa, having been undermined during the Civil War or by subsidence. The castle was restored by the Marquesses of Bute in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and is now one of the most visited historic sites in Wales, with a dragon sculpture that has become a popular fixture in the grounds.
Caerphilly gives its name to the crumbly white cheese originally made by farmers' wives in the surrounding hills and sold at the town's market — traditionally the miners' lunch, being salty enough to replace what was sweated out underground. The Big Cheese festival each summer celebrates that heritage. The town also has the Caerphilly Mountain above it, a well-known viewpoint and a landmark for anyone travelling between Cardiff and the valleys, and Tommy Cooper, born in the town in 1921, is commemorated by a statue outside the Council offices.
Caerphilly is well connected, with Caerphilly station on the Rhymney line giving services to Cardiff Central in around 20 minutes, and the A468, A469 and A470 linking to the M4 and the valleys. The Caerphilly tunnel carries the railway under the mountain. The wider county borough includes Bargoed, Blackwood, Risca, Ystrad Mynach, Newbridge and the upper Rhymney and Sirhowy valley communities. Coal dominated those valleys until the pits closed in the later twentieth century.
Housing in Caerphilly ranges from Victorian terraces around the town centre and in the valley communities to interwar and post-war estates at Lansbury Park, St Martins and Hendredenny, and substantial modern development on the town's northern and western edges. Property is considerably more affordable than in Cardiff, which has made Caerphilly one of the most popular commuter towns in south Wales, and continued housebuilding reflects that demand, alongside long-running regeneration work in the older valley settlements to the north.