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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Canterbury 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 Canterbury
Canterbury is a cathedral city in Kent, sitting on the Great Stour around 55 miles south-east of London, with a population of around 55,000. It has been settled since prehistory and was the Roman town of Durovernum Cantiacorum, but its significance was fixed in 597 when Augustine arrived from Rome to convert the English and established his see here. Canterbury has been the mother church of English Christianity ever since, and the Archbishop of Canterbury remains the senior bishop of the Church of England and spiritual head of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
Canterbury Cathedral, together with St Augustine's Abbey and St Martin's Church — the oldest church in continuous use in the English-speaking world — forms a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The cathedral's history turned on a single night in 1170, when four knights murdered Archbishop Thomas Becket in the north transept following Henry II's outburst against him. Becket's shrine made Canterbury one of the great pilgrimage destinations of Europe, a journey immortalised by Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales around 1387 — a work that did as much as any to establish English as a literary language.
The city retains substantial medieval fabric, including long stretches of the Roman and medieval city walls, the Westgate — the largest surviving city gate in England — the Norman castle keep, and the Eastbridge Hospital, a pilgrims' hostel founded in the twelfth century. The Marlowe Theatre commemorates Christopher Marlowe, born in the city in 1564. Canterbury has three universities including the University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church, giving it a very large student population relative to its size.
The city is well connected, with Canterbury West offering High Speed services to London St Pancras in under an hour and Canterbury East serving Victoria, and the A2 running to Dover and the M2 towards London. Neighbouring communities include Whitstable, Herne Bay, Sturry, Bridge, Chartham and Wincheap, with the Kent Downs and the coast close by.
Housing in Canterbury ranges from medieval and timber-framed buildings and Georgian townhouses within the walls — the historic core has an exceptional concentration of listed buildings and is covered by conservation area and World Heritage protections — to Victorian terraces in Wincheap and Northgate, interwar and post-war estates at Hales Place and Thanington, and modern development on the edges. The student population supports a very large HMO and purpose-built student accommodation sector, and property values sit well above the Kent average, driven by the heritage setting and the High Speed link to London.