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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Havering 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 Havering
Havering is a borough on the eastern edge of London, running from Romford and Hornchurch out to the Thames at Rainham and the Essex countryside beyond, with a population of around 265,000. It was formed in 1965 from Romford and Hornchurch, both historically part of Essex, and the borough takes its name from the Royal Liberty of Havering — a remarkable medieval jurisdiction centred on the royal palace at Havering-atte-Bower, which held its own courts and privileges independent of the county from 1465 until 1892.
Havering is by area one of the largest London boroughs and by far the most rural, with more than half its land in the Green Belt. The countryside around Havering-atte-Bower, Noak Hill and Wennington includes ancient woodland at Hainault Forest and Bedfords Park, and the Rainham Marshes on the Thames — an RSPB reserve reclaimed from a former Ministry of Defence firing range — is one of the most important wetland sites in the London area.
The borough has a significant aviation heritage. RAF Hornchurch was one of the principal fighter stations of the Battle of Britain, flying Spitfires in defence of London, and the site is now Hornchurch Country Park with parts of the airfield's defences preserved. Upminster Windmill, a Grade II* listed smock mill of 1803, and the medieval Upminster Tithe Barn are among the borough's other heritage assets, and Romford Market has traded under a charter granted in 1247.
Romford is the borough's commercial centre and one of the largest retail and nightlife destinations in east London, while Hornchurch, Upminster and Emerson Park are more suburban in character, with Emerson Park among the most expensive addresses in the area. Havering has a strong local identity, often described as more Essex than London, and the borough has one of the highest rates of owner-occupation in the capital.
The borough is well connected, with the Elizabeth line serving Romford, Gidea Park and Harold Wood, the District line terminating at Upminster, c2c services from Upminster and Rainham, and the A12, A127 and M25 crossing it. Housing ranges from interwar semis across Hornchurch, Gidea Park and Elm Park — Gidea Park's Garden Suburb of 1911 is an architecturally significant group — to Victorian terraces in Romford, large post-war estates at Harold Hill, and substantial new development at Rainham and Beam Park along the riverside.