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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Hackney and across London.
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 Hackney
Hackney is a borough in east London, sitting around four miles north-east of the City, with a population of around 260,000. It was a rural parish of villages and market gardens until the nineteenth century, known for its clean air and country houses — wealthy Londoners kept retreats here, and the borough's name is thought to derive from an Old English personal name plus eg, an island or raised ground in marshland. The arrival of the railways from the 1850s turned it into a densely built working-class district within a generation.
Hackney's industrial history was in furniture, clothing and printing, and the borough absorbed successive waves of migration — Huguenot silk weavers to Spitalfields on its edge, then Jewish communities fleeing eastern Europe, then Caribbean, Turkish, Kurdish and Vietnamese settlement through the twentieth century. Stamford Hill holds the largest Haredi Jewish community in Europe, and Dalston, Hackney Central and Stoke Newington each carry distinct cultural layers from that history.
The borough has been at the centre of London's cultural life for three decades. Hackney's cheap industrial space drew artists from the 1980s — Gilbert & George, Rachel Whiteread and many of the YBAs worked here — and Shoreditch and Hoxton became synonymous with the city's art, music and nightlife scenes. Broadway Market, Ridley Road Market and Columbia Road Flower Market are among the best-known street markets in London, and Hackney Empire, a Frank Matcham theatre of 1901, is one of the finest surviving music halls in the country.
Green space is unexpectedly abundant: Hackney Marshes holds the largest concentration of football pitches in Europe, and Victoria Park, London Fields, Clissold Park and the Regent's Canal run through the borough. The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park lies on Hackney's eastern edge, and the 2012 Games drove enormous change across the area. Sutton House, a Tudor merchant's house of 1535, is the oldest building in the borough.
Hackney has no Underground stations but is exceptionally well served by the Overground, with the East London and North London lines crossing it, plus Liverpool Street services and the Elizabeth line nearby. Housing ranges from Georgian terraces around Clapton Square and De Beauvoir to vast Victorian terraces across Hackney, Dalston and Stoke Newington, extensive post-war estates including Woodberry Down and the Kingsmead, and substantial new development at Hackney Wick, Woodberry Down and along the canal. The borough has among the highest property values relative to its historic deprivation of anywhere in London, with intense pressure on housing.