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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Clydebank 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 Clydebank
Clydebank is a town in West Dunbartonshire, sitting on the north bank of the Clyde around six miles west of Glasgow city centre, with a population of around 26,000. It is a genuinely modern town, created almost from nothing: in 1871 the shipbuilders J & G Thomson moved their yard downriver to a greenfield site here, and the town that grew around it took its name from the yard. Within forty years Clydebank had become one of the great industrial centres of the world.
The shipyard, taken over by John Brown & Company in 1899, built some of the most famous vessels ever launched. The Lusitania, the Queen Mary, the Queen Elizabeth, HMS Hood and the QE2 all took to the water from the Clydebank slipways, and the launches drew crowds in their hundreds of thousands. Alongside the yard, the Singer sewing machine factory opened in 1884 and became the largest such plant in the world, employing over 16,000 people at its peak, with a clock tower whose faces were among the biggest in the world. The two employers between them defined the town.
That concentration made Clydebank a target. Over two nights in March 1941 the Clydebank Blitz devastated the town — of around 12,000 houses, only a handful were left undamaged, hundreds were killed and almost the entire population was made homeless. It was proportionally among the most destructive raids on any British town. The Clydebank Blitz memorial and the town's museum record it, and the experience shaped the post-war rebuilding of the town entirely.
Clydebank is well connected, with three stations — Clydebank, Singer and Dalmuir — on the North Clyde and Argyle lines giving frequent services into Glasgow in around 15 minutes, and the A814 and Great Western Road linking to the city and the Erskine Bridge. The Forth and Clyde Canal runs through the town, and the Clyde waterfront regeneration has reshaped the former yard site, where the John Brown Titan Crane stands preserved as a Category A listed monument and visitor attraction.
Housing in Clydebank reflects its unusual history, with surviving Victorian and Edwardian tenements around the older streets, extensive post-war rebuilding after the Blitz including large council estates at Faifley, Drumry and Whitecrook, high-rise blocks from the 1960s, and substantial modern development on the reclaimed waterfront at Queens Quay. Property is among the more affordable in the Glasgow area, and the town's rail links have made it a steady commuter base while regeneration continues along the river.