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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Haydon Bridge 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 Haydon Bridge
Haydon Bridge is a village in Northumberland, sitting on the South Tyne around seven miles west of Hexham, with a population of around 2,000. It takes its name from the bridge across the Tyne, and the settlement grew on both banks around that crossing — the Old Bridge, a narrow structure of 1773 now restricted to pedestrians, still stands beside its twentieth-century replacement. The village straddles the river in the broad Tyne valley, with the moors of the North Pennines rising to the south and Hadrian's Wall country a few miles north.
The village's most notable historic building is the Old Church of St Cuthbert, standing alone in fields above the village. Built around 1190 partly from stones robbed from Hadrian's Wall — Roman altars and carved fragments are visible in the fabric — it served the parish until a new church was built in the village in 1796. It remains consecrated and is a striking survival, a small Norman chapel in an open churchyard with wide views along the valley.
Haydon Bridge's best-known son is John Martin, born here in 1789, one of the most popular and spectacular painters of the nineteenth century. His vast apocalyptic canvases — The Great Day of His Wrath, The Destruction of Pompeii — drew enormous crowds, and his work influenced everything from Victorian religious imagery to modern cinema. His brother Jonathan achieved a different sort of fame by setting fire to York Minster in 1829.
The village sits in a landscape shaped by lead mining, which was worked extensively in the Allen valleys and the North Pennines to the south, and by farming. Allen Banks and Staward Gorge, a National Trust woodland gorge on the River Allen, lies a short distance south-west, and Vindolanda, Housesteads and the finest stretches of Hadrian's Wall are within a few miles north. The area falls within the Northumberland International Dark Sky Park.
Haydon Bridge sits on the A69 between Newcastle and Carlisle, with Haydon Bridge station on the Tyne Valley Line giving services in both directions — Newcastle around 45 minutes east, Carlisle a similar distance west. Hexham is ten minutes away. Neighbouring communities include Bardon Mill, Langley, Newbrough, Fourstones, Allendale and Haltwhistle.
Housing in Haydon Bridge is largely traditional, with stone cottages and terraces along Church Street, Ratcliffe Road and the riverside, Victorian villas, and interwar and post-war housing, alongside modern development on the village edges. The surrounding parish holds farmhouses, bastles and converted steadings. The village has a history of flooding from the South Tyne, and flood defences and resilience have been a significant local concern.