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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Carlisle 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 Carlisle
Carlisle is a city in Cumbria, sitting on the River Eden around 10 miles south of the Scottish border, with a population of around 75,000. It is the largest settlement in Cumbria and has been a frontier city for most of its history — founded by the Romans as Luguvalium to serve Hadrian's Wall, then fought over relentlessly between England and Scotland for centuries. Carlisle Castle changed hands repeatedly, held Mary Queen of Scots as a prisoner, and was the last English castle to withstand a siege, during the Jacobite rising of 1745. The lawless Border Reivers gave the region its own violent culture well into the seventeenth century.
Carlisle Castle still dominates the city, a red sandstone fortress with nearly a thousand years of continuous military use. Nearby stands Carlisle Cathedral, one of the smallest in England after part of the nave was demolished during the Civil War, but home to a spectacular East Window with the largest surviving example of flowing tracery in the country. Other landmarks include the Citadel towers guarding the southern approach, the Tullie House Museum, and Hadrian's Wall running east from the city with Birdoswald Fort a short drive away. The Lake District lies to the south and the Solway Coast AONB to the west.
Carlisle is well connected for its position, with Carlisle station a major junction on the West Coast Main Line offering trains to London Euston in around three and a half hours, Glasgow in just over an hour, and the celebrated Settle–Carlisle line south through the Dales. The M6 terminates just north of the city before becoming the A74(M) into Scotland, making Carlisle a significant logistics location. Its neighbourhoods include Stanwix, Belah and Houghton to the north, Denton Holme, Currock and Upperby to the south, and Botcherby, Harraby, Morton and Carlisle's western suburbs at Newtown and Raffles.
Housing in Carlisle ranges from Georgian and early Victorian property around Abbey Street and the city centre to red sandstone Victorian terraces and villas in Stanwix, Denton Holme and Currock built during the railway and textile era, interwar semis in Belah and Harraby, and post-war estates at Raffles, Morton and Botcherby. Property is comparatively affordable, supporting an active renovation and buy-to-let market, and the older sandstone stock generates a steady flow of re-roofs, stonework repairs, rewires and full internal refurbishments. The city continues to expand with the ongoing St Cuthbert's Garden Village development to the south.
That mix of period renovation and new development keeps skip hire in Carlisle in steady demand, whether it's a sandstone terrace refurbishment in Denton Holme, a villa renovation in Stanwix, a garden clearance in Belah, a rental refit in Currock or a unit strip-out on one of the industrial estates at Kingstown or Rosehill. Skips are available in a range of sizes to suit everything from a small domestic clear-out to a large building project, and while most of the suburban and modern estates have driveways where a skip can go without a permit, the Victorian terraced streets closer to the centre rely on on-street parking, so a permit from Cumberland Council will be needed where the skip has to sit on the road. Booking a few days ahead helps secure the right size and allows time for any permit to be arranged.
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