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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Dover 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 Dover
Dover is a port town in Kent, sitting at the narrowest point of the English Channel around 21 miles from Calais, with a population of around 32,000. It has been the principal gateway between Britain and the Continent for two thousand years, and the White Cliffs that flank the harbour are among the most recognisable landmarks in the country — a chalk face rising up to 350 feet, visible from France on a clear day and long the first and last sight of England for travellers.
Dover Castle dominates the town from the heights above, one of the largest and most important fortresses in England, begun by Henry II in the 1180s and continuously garrisoned into the twentieth century. Within its grounds stands the Roman Pharos, a lighthouse built around AD 50 and the tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain. Beneath the castle runs a network of tunnels cut into the chalk during the Napoleonic Wars and vastly extended in the Second World War, from which Vice-Admiral Bertram Ramsay directed Operation Dynamo — the evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in 1940.
The Port of Dover is the busiest ferry port in Europe, handling millions of passengers and a very large share of the UK's roll-on roll-off freight each year, and the town's economy and traffic patterns are shaped by it entirely. Other landmarks include the Dover Bronze Age Boat, the oldest known seagoing vessel in the world at around 3,500 years old, displayed in Dover Museum; the Grand Shaft, a triple spiral staircase cut through the cliff in 1809; and the Western Heights fortifications. Dover is the premier of the Cinque Ports.
The town sits at the end of the A2 and A20 with the M20 running to London, and Dover Priory station offers High Speed services to St Pancras in around an hour alongside routes to Canterbury and Ashford. The White Cliffs, the South Foreland Lighthouse and Samphire Hoe — created from Channel Tunnel spoil — are all on the doorstep. Neighbouring communities include Deal, Folkestone, St Margaret's at Cliffe, River, Whitfield and Aycliffe.
Housing in Dover ranges from Georgian and Regency property around the seafront and Castle Street to Victorian terraces climbing the steep valley sides at Tower Hamlets and Buckland, interwar and post-war estates at Aycliffe and Buckland, and modern development at Whitfield, where a large urban extension has been the focus of recent growth. Property is among the most affordable in Kent, and the town has been the subject of long-running regeneration around the waterfront, the town centre and the Dover Western Docks Revival.