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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Camden 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 Camden
Camden is a borough in inner north London, running from Holborn and Bloomsbury in the south up through Camden Town and Hampstead to Highgate, with a population of around 210,000. It was formed in 1965 from the merger of Hampstead, St Pancras and Holborn, and takes its name from Camden Town, itself named after Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, who began developing his land here in 1791. The borough contains an extraordinary concentration of institutions, and its daytime population is far larger than its residential one.
Camden Market is the best-known destination, growing from a small craft market at Camden Lock in 1974 into one of the most visited attractions in London, spread across the Stables, the Lock and Inverness Street. The area became synonymous with British youth culture and music — the Roundhouse, the Electric Ballroom, Dingwalls and the Dublin Castle between them hosted Pink Floyd, The Clash, Blur, Madness and Amy Winehouse, whose statue stands in the Stables Market and whose association with Camden remains central to its identity.
The borough's cultural and academic weight is immense. Bloomsbury holds the British Museum, the British Library, University College London, SOAS, Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Wellcome Collection, along with the garden squares that gave the Bloomsbury Group its name. King's Cross and St Pancras were transformed by one of Europe's largest regeneration schemes, bringing Google, Central Saint Martins and Coal Drops Yard to former railway lands. Hampstead and Highgate in the north retain village character around Hampstead Heath, with Keats House, Kenwood and Highgate Cemetery — burial place of Karl Marx and George Eliot.
Camden is exceptionally well connected, with St Pancras International serving Eurostar and the north, King's Cross serving the East Coast Main Line, Euston serving the West Coast, and the Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria, Central, Metropolitan and Elizabeth lines all running through the borough. The Regent's Canal crosses it east to west.
Housing in Camden spans the widest range in London, from Georgian terraces in Bloomsbury and Fitzrovia and the great houses of Hampstead and Highgate — among the most expensive residential property in the world — to Victorian terraces in Kentish Town and Gospel Oak, celebrated post-war social housing including the Alexandra Road Estate and the Brunswick Centre, and high-density new development at King's Cross. Camden has one of the highest concentrations of social housing in the country alongside some of its most valuable private property, a contrast that defines much of its politics and planning.