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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Crewe 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 Crewe
Crewe is a town in Cheshire, sitting around 35 miles south of Manchester, with a population of around 75,000. It exists because of the railway. In 1837 the Grand Junction Railway needed a junction point in open countryside, and chose a site near the hamlet of Church Coppenhall; the station took its name from nearby Crewe Hall. The company then built its locomotive works here from 1843, and laid out an entire town around it — housing, schools, churches, a gas works and public baths, all provided by the railway company for its workforce.
Crewe Works became one of the greatest locomotive factories in the world, building more than 7,000 engines over its life, including many of the most famous British locomotives. At its peak it employed over 20,000 people, and the town grew from a few hundred inhabitants to tens of thousands within a generation. Crewe station remains one of the most important railway junctions in Britain, with lines radiating in six directions and services to London, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff and North Wales — it has long been a byword for changing trains.
The town's other great name is Rolls-Royce. The company built a shadow factory at Crewe in 1938 to produce Merlin aero engines for the Spitfire and Lancaster, and after the war the site turned to motor cars. Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars were built at Crewe for decades, and Bentley Motors still has its global headquarters and manufacturing here, employing several thousand people and remaining central to the town's identity. Crewe Hall, a Jacobean mansion rebuilt by Edward Blore after a fire, stands on the edge of town as a hotel.
Crewe sits close to the M6 at junctions 16 and 17, with the A500, A530 and A534 serving the town. Manchester Airport is around 40 minutes away. The town was designated as the hub station for HS2's northern legs before those plans were curtailed. Neighbouring communities include Nantwich, Sandbach, Alsager, Wistaston, Shavington and Haslington.
Housing in Crewe reflects its railway origins, with extensive Victorian terraces built by the railway company across the town centre, Coppenhall and West End — laid out in a distinctive grid with street names drawn from railway directors — alongside interwar and post-war council estates, and substantial modern development on the edges at Leighton, Wistaston Green and Basford. Property is among the more affordable in Cheshire, and the town has been the focus of sustained regeneration around the station, the Royal Arcade site and the town centre.