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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Chelmsford 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 Chelmsford
Chelmsford is a city in Essex, sitting where the Rivers Chelmer and Can meet around 30 miles north-east of London, with a population of around 120,000. It is the county town of Essex and became a city in 2012 as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The Romans established the settlement of Caesaromagus here on the road between London and Colchester — the only Romano-British town to carry the imperial prefix — and the medieval town grew around a bridge built by the Bishop of London in 1100, which made Chelmsford the natural market centre for the county.
Chelmsford's most significant claim is as the birthplace of radio. Guglielmo Marconi opened the world's first purpose-built radio factory in Hall Street in 1899, and from the New Street works the first official public radio broadcast in Britain was transmitted in 1920, featuring the soprano Dame Nellie Melba. The Marconi company remained a major employer for a century, and the town's engineering tradition continued through Hoffmann bearings, Crompton electrical works and Britvic, whose soft drinks began here.
That industrial concentration made Chelmsford one of the most heavily bombed towns in Britain relative to its size during the Second World War, and it was also the target of V-1 and V-2 attacks. Chelmsford Cathedral, elevated from a parish church in 1914, sits in the centre with a fine perpendicular tower. Hylands House and its 574-acre park on the edge of the city host the Chelmsford City Racecourse nearby and, for many years, the V Festival. The Essex Record Office and Chelmsford Museum are in the city.
Chelmsford is very well connected, with Chelmsford station on the Great Eastern Main Line giving services to London Liverpool Street in around 35 minutes, and the A12 and A414 linking to the M25 and Stansted Airport. The Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation runs to Maldon. Neighbouring communities include Great Baddow, Springfield, Writtle, Broomfield, Danbury, Ingatestone and the growing settlement at Beaulieu Park, which is gaining its own station.
Housing in Chelmsford ranges from Georgian property around the High Street and New London Road to Victorian terraces in Moulsham and Springfield, extensive interwar and post-war estates at Melbourne and Chignal, and very substantial modern development at Beaulieu Park, Channels and Chelmer Village. The city has absorbed large numbers of buyers moving out from London, and continued growth under long-term housing allocations has made it one of the fastest-expanding places in the east of England.