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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Hertford 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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Hertford is the county town of Hertfordshire, sitting where the Rivers Rib, Beane and Mimram join the Lea around 20 miles north of London, with a population of around 27,000. It grew around a ford across the Lea — the name means hart's ford, a stag crossing, which gives the county its emblem — and the town holds a significant place in English church history as the site of the Synod of Hertford in 673, the first national council of the English church, convened by Archbishop Theodore. It is often described as the first meeting at which the English behaved as a single people.
Alfred the Great fortified the town against the Danes in 895, and the Normans built Hertford Castle, whose gatehouse of 1463 survives in public gardens beside the river. The castle was a royal residence for centuries — Edward III's mother Isabella died here, and the young Elizabeth I spent time in the town. Hertford also gave its name to Hartford, Connecticut, founded in 1637 by the Reverend Samuel Stone, who came from the town.
The town centre retains a strong Georgian and earlier character around Fore Street, Salisbury Square and the Wash, with a large number of listed buildings and several conservation areas. Hertford Museum occupies a seventeenth-century house with a restored Jacobean-style knot garden. Hertford Theatre and the town's independent shops and riverside pubs give it a lively centre for its size.
Hertford has a notable Quaker heritage — the Friends Meeting House in Railway Street, built in 1670, is the oldest purpose-built Quaker meeting house in the world still in continuous use. The town is also the place where the McMullen brewery has operated since 1827, still family-owned and brewing in the town centre. The Lea Navigation runs through, with towpath walks south towards Ware and Broxbourne.
Hertford sits on the A414 and A119 with the A10 and M25 close by, and two stations — Hertford East to Liverpool Street and Hertford North to Moorgate — give journeys into London in around 45 minutes. Housing ranges from Georgian and timber-framed property in the historic core to Victorian villas and terraces in Port Hill and Bengeo, interwar and post-war housing at Sele Farm and Foxholes, and modern development on the edges. Hertford consistently ranks among the more desirable commuter towns in the county, with property values well above the regional average.