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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Harlow 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 Harlow
Harlow is a town in Essex, sitting on the Stort valley around 25 miles north of London, with a population of around 90,000. The area has been settled since prehistory — there was a Roman temple at Harlow and a Saxon settlement at what is now Old Harlow — but the modern town dates from 1947, when Harlow was designated a new town under the post-war programme to rehouse Londoners displaced by bombing and slum clearance.
Harlow's plan was the work of Sir Frederick Gibberd, one of the most influential British architects and planners of the period, and it is widely regarded as the most architecturally distinguished of the first-generation new towns. Gibberd laid out the town as a series of neighbourhood clusters separated by green wedges of open space running into the centre, and he lived in Harlow for the rest of his life. His own house and garden at Marsh Lane survive as the Gibberd Garden, filled with sculpture and open to the public.
The town has a remarkable public art collection, the largest of any town of its size in the world. Gibberd insisted that art be integral to the new town, and works by Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Auguste Rodin, Elisabeth Frink and Ralph Brown were placed in streets, estates and open spaces where people would encounter them daily. Harlow was designated the world's first Sculpture Town in 2010, and the Gibberd Gallery holds further works.
Harlow also has two notable architectural firsts. The Lawn, completed in 1951, was the first residential tower block in Britain — a modest nine storeys, now Grade II listed. The town also had the first pedestrian precinct in the country, and its Water Gardens, designed by Gibberd, are a listed landscape. Old Harlow retains the medieval village with its timber-framed buildings and the church of St Mary the Virgin.
Harlow sits on the M11 at junctions 7 and 7a, with the A414 running through, and Harlow Town and Harlow Mill stations give services to London Liverpool Street in around 35 minutes and north to Cambridge. Stansted Airport is 15 minutes away. Housing is overwhelmingly a product of the new town programme, with large volumes of 1950s and 1960s housing across Mark Hall, Bush Fair, Netteswell and Staple Tye, alongside older property in Old Harlow and Potter Street, and substantial modern development including the large Gilston Park and Harlow Garden Town expansions now underway.