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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Dumbarton 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 Dumbarton
Dumbarton is a town in West Dunbartonshire, sitting where the River Leven meets the Clyde around 15 miles north-west of Glasgow, with a population of around 20,000. It has one of the longest recorded histories of any place in Britain: Dumbarton Rock, the volcanic plug rising 240 feet from the water at the river mouth, was the capital of the kingdom of Strathclyde from at least the fifth century, known as Alt Clut — the Rock of the Clyde. The Vikings besieged and took it in 870 after a four-month blockade, one of the longest sieges in early medieval British history.
Dumbarton Castle occupies the rock and has the longest recorded history of any fortification in Scotland. Mary Queen of Scots sailed from here to France as a child in 1548, and the castle was garrisoned continuously into the twentieth century. The buildings that survive are mostly eighteenth-century military structures rather than medieval, but the setting — a twin-peaked crag rising sheer from the estuary — is unmatched.
The town's modern history was shipbuilding and whisky. Denny of Dumbarton was one of the great Clyde yards, building the tea clipper Cutty Sark in 1869, and its ship model experiment tank — the first commercial one in the world, opened in 1883 — survives as the Denny Tank museum. Whisky remains a major presence: the Chivas Brothers blending and bottling operation at Kilmalid is one of the largest in Scotland, and distilling and warehousing have long been central to the local economy.
Dumbarton sits on the A82 and A814, with Dumbarton Central and Dumbarton East stations giving services to Glasgow in around 35 minutes and west to Helensburgh and Balloch. Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park begins a few miles north at Balloch, and the Kilpatrick Hills rise immediately behind the town. Neighbouring communities include Alexandria, Bonhill, Balloch, Renton, Cardross and Helensburgh.
Housing in Dumbarton ranges from Victorian sandstone tenements and villas around the town centre and Helenslee to interwar and post-war council-built estates at Brucehill, Castlehill and Bellsmyre, and modern development on former shipyard and industrial land along the waterfront. Property is affordable relative to much of the Glasgow commuter belt, and the town has been the focus of long-running regeneration around the riverside, the town centre and the former Denny yard site.