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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Cowes and across the whole of the Isle of Wight.
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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Cowes is a town on the Isle of Wight, sitting at the mouth of the River Medina on the island's northern coast, with a population of around 10,000 including East Cowes across the river. It grew as a port and shipbuilding centre, taking its name from two sandbanks known as the Cow and the Calf, and Henry VIII built forts on both banks in the 1530s — West Cowes Castle survives as the clubhouse of the Royal Yacht Squadron.
Cowes is the international home of yacht racing. Cowes Week, first held in 1826, is the oldest and largest sailing regatta of its kind in the world, running for eight days each August with hundreds of races and thousands of competitors. The Royal Yacht Squadron, founded in 1815, is among the most exclusive yacht clubs anywhere, and its castle battery still fires the starting cannons. The Solent's double tides and sheltered water made the town the natural centre of British yachting, and the Admiral's Cup and the Fastnet Race have both started here.
The town also has a serious industrial history. J. Samuel White built ships at Cowes for over two centuries, producing destroyers and lifeboats, and Saunders-Roe at East Cowes pioneered flying boats and hovercraft — the first practical hovercraft, the SR.N1, was built here and crossed the Channel in 1959. GKN Aerospace continues that engineering tradition on the site. Osborne House at East Cowes was Queen Victoria's seaside palace, built with Prince Albert to their own design, and she died there in 1901; it is now open to the public.
Cowes is reached by the Red Funnel car ferry and Red Jet fast catamaran from Southampton, with the passenger crossing taking around 25 minutes. A chain ferry, the floating bridge, connects West and East Cowes across the Medina. The island's main roads radiate south to Newport, Ryde and the rest of the Isle of Wight. Neighbouring communities include Gurnard, Northwood, Whippingham, Wootton and Newport.
Housing in Cowes ranges from Georgian and Victorian property in the narrow High Street and around the seafront — much of the old town is a conservation area with a substantial number of listed buildings — to Victorian and Edwardian villas on the slopes with Solent views, interwar and post-war housing, and modern waterside apartment development on former industrial land at Medina and East Cowes. The town has a substantial second-home and holiday-let presence tied to the sailing calendar, and property with a water view commands a marked premium over the island average.