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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Cardigan 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 Cardigan
Cardigan — Aberteifi in Welsh — is a market town in Ceredigion, sitting on the River Teifi around three miles from where it meets Cardigan Bay, with a population of around 4,000. It grew around a Norman castle first raised in 1093 and rebuilt in stone by the Lord Rhys, Rhys ap Gruffydd, in 1171. It was at Cardigan Castle in 1176 that Rhys held the gathering of poets and musicians widely regarded as the first Eisteddfod — the direct ancestor of the National Eisteddfod of Wales, which remains the largest festival of its kind in Europe.
The castle stood derelict for generations before a major restoration scheme reopened it to the public in 2015, with gardens, exhibitions and accommodation, and it now anchors the town's visitor economy. Beside it, the Grade II* listed Cardigan Bridge has carried the road across the Teifi since the medieval period. The Guildhall and covered market of 1860, still trading, is one of the finest Victorian market halls in west Wales, and the town centre retains a strong Georgian and Victorian character along High Street and Pendre.
Cardigan was once a major port — in the early nineteenth century it registered more ships than Cardiff or Swansea, trading with Ireland, Bristol and the Americas and carrying substantial emigration to Canada and the United States. Silting of the Teifi and the arrival of the railways ended that trade. The Teifi remains one of the finest sewin and salmon rivers in Wales, and coracles — the ancient one-man fishing craft — are still used on it, one of the last places in Britain where the tradition survives.
The town sits on the A487 coast road and the A484, with Aberystwyth around 40 miles north and Carmarthen 30 miles east. There is no railway; Carmarthen and Fishguard are the nearest stations. The Ceredigion Coast Path and the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park boundary are close by, with Poppit Sands, Mwnt and the Teifi Marshes nature reserve nearby. Cardigan is one of the strongest Welsh-speaking towns in the country. Neighbouring communities include St Dogmaels, Llechryd, Cilgerran, Aberporth and Newcastle Emlyn.
Housing in Cardigan is largely traditional, with Georgian and Victorian stone and rendered townhouses along the main streets — much of the centre a conservation area with a substantial number of listed buildings — alongside older cottages, interwar and post-war housing, and modern development on the edges of town. The surrounding countryside holds farmhouses, cottages and converted steadings. The coast and the town's tourism appeal support a significant holiday-let and second-home sector, which alongside comparatively low local wages has made housing affordability a persistent issue across Ceredigion.