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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Kenilworth 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 Kenilworth
Kenilworth is a town in Warwickshire, sitting between Coventry and Warwick around five miles from each, with a population of around 22,000. It appears in the Domesday Book and grew around its castle, founded in the 1120s by Geoffrey de Clinton, chamberlain to Henry I. Kenilworth Castle became one of the most formidable fortresses in England, and its red sandstone ruins — among the largest castle ruins in the country — dominate the town today.
The castle's history is extraordinary. It withstood the Siege of Kenilworth in 1266, the longest siege in English medieval history, when supporters of Simon de Montfort held out against Henry III for six months behind a vast artificial lake, the Great Mere, that made the castle effectively unassailable. John of Gaunt transformed it into a palace in the 1370s, building the great hall that set the pattern for English domestic architecture for a century. Edward II was forced to abdicate here in 1327.
Its most famous chapter came under Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, whom Elizabeth I granted the castle in 1563. Dudley spent lavishly rebuilding it in hopes of winning the Queen's hand, and in July 1575 staged the most elaborate entertainment of the Elizabethan age — nineteen days of feasting, pageants, fireworks and water spectacles for the visiting court. Shakespeare, then a boy at Stratford eleven miles away, may have witnessed it, and echoes are often detected in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Walter Scott's novel Kenilworth of 1821 made the story famous and drove Victorian tourism to the town. The Elizabethan garden has been recreated by English Heritage.
Kenilworth also has the ruins of Kenilworth Abbey beside St Nicholas Church, and the Abbey Fields — a large area of open parkland running through the middle of the town with the mere's outline still visible. The town is prosperous and predominantly residential, popular with Warwick University staff and Coventry and Birmingham commuters.
Kenilworth sits on the A46 and A452 with the M40 and M6 close by, and Kenilworth station — reopened in 2018 after fifty-three years without one — gives services to Coventry and Leamington Spa. Housing ranges from Georgian and older property in the High Street and Castle End to Victorian villas, extensive interwar and post-war housing, and modern development on the edges. Property values are well above the Warwickshire average, driven by the schools, the setting and the town's position between three cities.