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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Gravesend 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 Gravesend
Gravesend is a town in Kent, sitting on the south bank of the Thames around 21 miles east of central London, with a population of around 75,000. It occupies a strategically important point where the river narrows, and it has been a crossing place and a station for river pilots for centuries. The Port of London Authority's navigation service is based here, and every large vessel heading upriver to London takes on a pilot at Gravesend Reach — a role the town has performed since the sixteenth century.
Gravesend's most famous connection is to Pocahontas. The Powhatan woman, baptised Rebecca and married to the Virginia colonist John Rolfe, fell gravely ill aboard ship as she began her return voyage to America in March 1617. She was brought ashore at Gravesend and died there, aged about 21, and was buried in the chancel of St George's Church. A bronze statue, a gift from the Commonwealth of Virginia, stands in the churchyard and draws visitors from the United States year-round.
The town's riverside defences reflect its position guarding the approach to London. New Tavern Fort, with Milton Chantry alongside — a fourteenth-century building that is one of the oldest in Gravesham — was strengthened by General Gordon of Khartoum during his time as Royal Engineers commander here in the 1860s, and the Gordon Gardens and promenade are named for him. Tilbury Fort sits directly opposite across the river, connected by the Tilbury Ferry, which has run in some form for over 500 years.
Gravesend has a large and long-established Sikh community, originally drawn by post-war industrial work, and the Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara, opened in 2010, is one of the largest Sikh temples in Europe. The town also has one of the oldest surviving cast-iron pier structures in the world at Town Pier, built in 1834. Gravesend sits on the A2 with the M25 and Dartford Crossing nearby, and Gravesend station gives High Speed services to London St Pancras in around 23 minutes and routes to Charing Cross and Victoria.
Housing in Gravesend ranges from Georgian and Victorian property around the old town and Milton Road to terraces built for the paper mills, cement works and river trades, interwar and post-war estates at Northfleet and Singlewell, and very substantial modern development along the riverside and towards Ebbsfleet, where the garden city designation is delivering thousands of new homes. The High Speed link has driven strong demand from London buyers and made the area one of the fastest-growing in the south-east.