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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Hinckley 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 Hinckley
Hinckley is a market town in Leicestershire, sitting close to the Warwickshire border around 13 miles south-west of Leicester, with a population of around 45,000. It appears in the Domesday Book and grew as a market town, but its defining industry arrived in 1640, when William Iliffe set up the first stocking frame in the town. Hinckley became one of the principal centres of the framework knitting and hosiery trade, and by the nineteenth century thousands of frames were working in the town and surrounding villages.
The knitting industry shaped Hinckley's fabric. Rows of framework knitters' cottages, with their distinctive long upper-storey windows designed to light the frames, survive in places, and the Great Meeting Chapel and the Hinckley and District Museum — housed in a row of seventeenth-century thatched cottages, among the oldest buildings in the town — record that history. The hosiery trade continued well into the twentieth century, with firms producing socks, underwear and knitwear, and the town later diversified into footwear and light engineering.
Hinckley sits on the edge of one of the most significant historical landscapes in England. The Battle of Bosworth Field, fought in 1485 a few miles south-west, ended the Wars of the Roses and the Plantagenet dynasty when Richard III was killed — the last English king to die in battle. The Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre interprets the site, which was relocated after archaeological work in 2009 identified the true location. Watling Street, the Roman road, runs along the town's southern edge, with the Roman town of Mancetter nearby.
The town is exceptionally well placed for transport, sitting close to junction 1 of the M69 with the M1, M6 and A5 all within easy reach, and Hinckley station giving services to Leicester, Birmingham and Nuneaton. That position has made the area a major logistics location — the vast Magna Park and the Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange are nearby. Neighbouring communities include Burbage, Barwell, Earl Shilton, Nuneaton, Market Bosworth and Sapcote.
Housing in Hinckley ranges from Georgian and earlier property around the Market Place and Castle Street to Victorian terraces built for the hosiery workforce, interwar and post-war estates, and very substantial modern development on the town's edges, particularly around Burbage and the western fringes. Property is affordable relative to the national average, and the town's motorway position and Leicester and Coventry commuting have driven sustained growth.