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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Carmarthen 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 Carmarthen
Carmarthen — Caerfyrddin in Welsh — is a market town in Carmarthenshire, sitting on the River Tywi around eight miles inland from Carmarthen Bay, with a population of around 15,000. It claims to be the oldest town in Wales, founded as the Roman fort and civitas capital of Moridunum around AD 75, and the remains of its Roman amphitheatre — one of only seven known in Britain — survive on the edge of the town centre. Carmarthen has been the administrative centre of its county since medieval times and remains the county town.
The town is bound up with the legend of Merlin. The Welsh name Caerfyrddin was long read as Merlin's fort, and tradition held that a great oak in the town — Merlin's Oak — carried a prophecy that if it fell, Carmarthen would fall with it. The remains of the tree were removed in 1978 and a fragment is preserved in the town museum; the town, so far, has survived. Merlin's Hill just outside is said to be where the wizard lies imprisoned.
Carmarthen Castle, founded around 1109, was one of the most important royal strongholds in west Wales, sacked repeatedly and finally slighted after the Civil War; its gatehouse and towers survive above the river. The town centre has a Georgian and Victorian character around Nott Square, King Street and Guildhall Square, with the covered market — one of the best in Wales — trading several days a week. The National Botanic Garden of Wales, with Norman Foster's great glasshouse, the largest single-span glasshouse in the world, lies a few miles east at Llanarthne.
Carmarthen sits at the junction of the A40 and A48 with the M4 ending nearby at Pont Abraham, and Carmarthen station offers services to Swansea, Cardiff, London Paddington and west to Pembrokeshire. The town is a strongly Welsh-speaking area and a centre for Welsh-medium education, with the University of Wales Trinity Saint David campus here. Neighbouring communities include Llanelli, Llandeilo, St Clears, Kidwelly, Newcastle Emlyn and the Tywi valley villages.
Housing in Carmarthen ranges from Georgian and Victorian townhouses around the historic core — much of it listed and within conservation areas — to Victorian terraces on the slopes above the river, interwar and post-war estates at Johnstown and Penllwyn, and substantial modern development on the town's northern and eastern edges. Property is affordable by UK standards, and the town serves as the service, retail and employment centre for a very large rural catchment across west Wales, which sustains steady demand and continued housebuilding.