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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Hastings 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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Hastings is a coastal town in East Sussex, sitting between sandstone cliffs on the English Channel around 30 miles east of Brighton, with a population of around 92,000. Its name is fixed in the national memory by the battle of 1066, though that was fought seven miles inland at what is now Battle — William landed at Pevensey and built his first English castle at Hastings, the remains of which still stand on the cliff above the town. Hastings was the chief of the Cinque Ports, the confederation of south coast towns that supplied ships to the Crown in return for privileges.
The Old Town, tucked in a valley between East and West Hill, is the town's finest asset — a tight grid of narrow streets, timber-framed and Georgian houses, and the Stade, the shingle beach where Hastings' fishing fleet is still launched directly off the sand. It is the largest beach-launched fishing fleet in Europe, and the distinctive tall black net shops beside it — wooden drying huts, some three storeys high, built tall because ground rent was charged by area — are unique to Hastings and Grade II listed.
Two Victorian funicular railways, the East Hill and West Hill Cliff Railways, climb from the Old Town, the former being the steepest in Britain. Hastings Pier, destroyed by fire in 2010, was rebuilt to an award-winning minimal design and reopened in 2016. The Jerwood Gallery, now Hastings Contemporary, sits on the Stade, and the town has a long-established artistic community. Hastings is also where John Logie Baird carried out much of his early television work, developing his system in a workshop on Queen's Road in the 1920s.
The town has a strong tradition of public festivals, most famously the Jack in the Green May Day celebration, revived in 1983 and now one of the largest surviving May customs in England, drawing thousands to the Old Town and up to the castle.
Hastings sits on the A21 and A259, with Hastings station giving services to London Charing Cross and Victoria in around 90 minutes and along the coast to Brighton and Ashford. Housing ranges from medieval and Georgian property in the Old Town to Regency and Victorian terraces in St Leonards — Burton St Leonards is a planned Regency resort of considerable architectural quality — alongside Victorian terraces converted into flats and HMOs, post-war estates and modern development. Hastings has among the highest levels of deprivation on the south coast alongside a strong influx of London buyers drawn by the architecture and relative affordability.