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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Hereford 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 Hereford
Hereford is a cathedral city in Herefordshire, sitting on the River Wye around 16 miles east of the Welsh border, with a population of around 62,000. It was founded as a Saxon settlement guarding a crossing of the Wye and became the capital of the kingdom of the Magonsæte, later a frontier fortress against Welsh incursions — the name means army ford, and the city's Saxon defences were among the most substantial in England. Offa's Dyke runs a short distance west.
Hereford Cathedral holds two treasures of international importance. The Mappa Mundi, drawn around 1300, is the largest surviving medieval map of the world — a vast circular vellum sheet with Jerusalem at its centre, showing the known world alongside biblical history and marvels, and one of the most significant documents to survive from the Middle Ages. Beside it is the Chained Library, the largest in the world with all its chains, rods and locks intact, holding over 1,500 books including an eighth-century Anglo-Saxon Gospel.
The cathedral also hosts the Three Choirs Festival in rotation with Gloucester and Worcester — first recorded in 1715 and the oldest classical music festival in the world. The city's medieval fabric includes the Old House, a three-storey Jacobean timber-framed building of 1621 standing alone in High Town, now a museum, and the Wye Bridge of 1490.
Hereford is the centre of a rich agricultural county, and gives its name to the Hereford cattle breed, developed here in the eighteenth century and now one of the most widespread beef breeds in the world, found on every continent. Cider is the other great local product — Herefordshire produces more than half of all British cider, and the Cider Museum in the city records the industry. Hereford is also the home of the SAS, based at Credenhill on the city's edge since 1999.
The city sits on the A49 and A465, with Hereford station giving services to Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester and London Paddington via Newport. The Wye Valley, the Black Mountains, the Malverns and the Golden Valley are all within easy reach. Housing ranges from medieval and Georgian property around the cathedral close and Church Street to Victorian terraces in the Whitecross and Barton areas, interwar and post-war estates at Newton Farm and Belmont, and substantial modern development on the city's edges, with Hereford among the more affordable cathedral cities in England.