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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Crawley 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 Crawley
Crawley is a town in West Sussex, sitting around 28 miles south of London, with a population of around 120,000. It was a small market town on the London to Brighton road, with a charter granted in 1202 and a High Street lined with coaching inns serving traffic to the coast. That remained its character for six centuries, until 1947, when Crawley was designated as one of the first generation of post-war new towns to house Londoners displaced by bombing and slum clearance.
The new town was built around the old High Street rather than replacing it, absorbing the neighbouring villages of Ifield and Three Bridges and laying out a series of self-contained neighbourhoods — Northgate, West Green, Langley Green, Pound Hill, Tilgate, Furnace Green and others — each with its own shops, school and pub, separated by green space and linked to a new central shopping area. Queens Square, with its 1950s bandstand relocated from Gatwick, forms the heart of that plan.
Crawley's fortunes were transformed by its neighbour. Gatwick Airport, developed on the town's northern edge from 1958 and now the second busiest airport in the United Kingdom, is by far the largest employer in the area and shapes the local economy entirely — aviation, logistics, hotels and associated services dominate. The town also has substantial pharmaceutical, engineering and financial services employment, and Manor Royal, laid out as part of the new town plan, is one of the largest business parks in the south-east.
The town is exceptionally well connected, with Crawley, Three Bridges and Ifield stations giving services to London Victoria and London Bridge in around 35 minutes and south to Brighton, and Gatwick Airport station on the Brighton Main Line offering Thameslink and Gatwick Express services. The M23 runs alongside with junctions 10 and 11, linking to the M25. Tilgate Park and the High Weald National Landscape lie immediately south. Neighbouring communities include Horsham, East Grinstead, Horley, Copthorne and Handcross.
Housing in Crawley is dominated by the new town era, with large volumes of 1950s to 1970s housing across the neighbourhoods, alongside older property along the High Street and in Ifield and Worth, and substantial modern development at Maidenbower, Broadfield and the large Forge Wood scheme north-east of the town. Crawley is one of the most ethnically diverse towns in the south-east, with a large population drawn by airport employment, and its ageing new town stock combined with severe pressure on housing supply has made regeneration and new supply persistent local priorities.