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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Fishguard 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 Fishguard
Fishguard — Abergwaun in Welsh — is a coastal town in Pembrokeshire, sitting around 16 miles north of Haverfordwest, with a population of around 3,400 including the adjoining settlement of Goodwick. The Welsh name means mouth of the Gwaun, the river that runs down a steep wooded valley into the old harbour; the English name derives from Norse, meaning fish yard, a reminder of Viking activity along this coast. The town is in two distinct parts — the Lower Town around the original harbour, and the main town on the cliff above.
Fishguard's great historical claim is the Last Invasion of Britain. In February 1797 a French force of around 1,400 men landed at Carregwastad Point just west of the town, intending to march on Bristol. The invasion collapsed within two days amid indiscipline and drink, and local legend holds that the French mistook a crowd of Welsh women in traditional red cloaks and tall black hats for British soldiers. Jemima Nicholas, a Fishguard cobbler, is said to have captured twelve Frenchmen single-handed with a pitchfork. The surrender was signed at the Royal Oak in the town square, and the Last Invasion Tapestry — a 30-metre embroidery in the style of the Bayeux Tapestry, made for the bicentenary in 1997 — is displayed in the town library.
The Lower Town's unspoilt harbour and stone cottages have made it a popular filming location: it stood in for the fictional Welsh village of Llareggub in the 1972 film of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, and for the Cornish village in the 1956 Moby Dick with Gregory Peck.
Goodwick, on the western side of the bay, holds Fishguard Harbour, built in the early 1900s and intended as a transatlantic liner terminal — the Mauretania called here — before becoming the Irish ferry port it remains, with Stena Line sailings to Rosslare. Fishguard Harbour and Fishguard & Goodwick stations sit on the West Wales line to Carmarthen, Swansea and London, and the A40 and A487 serve the town. The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park surrounds it, with the Coast Path running through, and neighbouring communities include Goodwick, Dinas Cross, Newport, Letterston and St Davids.
Housing in Fishguard is largely traditional, with stone and rendered Georgian and Victorian property around the Square and West Street, fishermen's cottages in the Lower Town — heavily listed and within a conservation area — alongside interwar and post-war housing and modern development on the edges. The coastal setting and national park status support a significant holiday-let and second-home presence, and the exposed position makes weatherproofing a constant demand on the older stock.