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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Gainsborough 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 Gainsborough
Gainsborough is a market town in Lincolnshire, sitting on the east bank of the River Trent around 18 miles north-west of Lincoln, with a population of around 22,000. It is one of the furthest inland ports in England, and the Trent here is still tidal — the town is a well-known place to watch the Trent Aegir, a tidal bore that surges upriver on the highest spring tides, sometimes reaching several feet in height and drawing surfers and spectators to the riverbank.
Gainsborough has a serious claim on English and American history. King Alfred was married here in 868, and Sweyn Forkbeard, the Danish king who briefly ruled England, died at Gainsborough in 1014. Far more consequentially, the town was one of the cradles of the Separatist movement that became the Pilgrim Fathers: a congregation met secretly at Gainsborough Old Hall in the early 1600s under John Smyth, and members of that group, along with the nearby Scrooby congregation, later sailed on the Mayflower to found Plymouth Colony. The town is part of the Mayflower Pilgrim trail and has strong links with New England.
Gainsborough Old Hall is the town's outstanding building — a remarkably complete late medieval manor house of around 1460 with a great hall, original kitchens and timber-framed ranges, among the best preserved in England and now in the care of English Heritage. Richard III stayed here, as did Henry VIII with Catherine Howard. The town's industrial era brought Marshall's of Gainsborough, one of the great agricultural engineering firms, which built steam engines, threshing machines and tractors here and exported them worldwide, employing thousands.
The town was also the model for St Ogg's in George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss, the Trent standing in for the Floss. Gainsborough sits on the A156 and A631, with Gainsborough Lea Road and Gainsborough Central stations giving services to Lincoln, Doncaster, Retford and Sheffield. Neighbouring communities include Lea, Morton, Scotter, Blyton, Marton and Retford.
Housing in Gainsborough ranges from Georgian and earlier property around the Old Hall and the Market Place to Victorian terraces built for the engineering works, interwar and post-war council estates, and modern development on the town's eastern and southern edges. Property is among the most affordable in England, which supports an active buy-to-let and renovation market, and the town has been the focus of sustained regeneration around the riverside, the town centre and the former industrial sites.