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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 Kensington and Chelsea
Kensington and Chelsea is a borough in west London, running from the Thames at Chelsea north through Kensington and Notting Hill to Kensal Green, with a population of around 145,000. It is the smallest borough in London by area and the most densely populated, and it holds the title of Royal Borough — granted to Kensington in 1901 at Queen Victoria's request in memory of her birthplace at Kensington Palace, and carried over when the two boroughs merged in 1965.
The borough contains one of the greatest concentrations of cultural institutions anywhere in the world. Albertopolis, the quarter south of Hyde Park developed with the profits of the Great Exhibition of 1851 at Prince Albert's instigation, holds the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum, the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London — an extraordinary act of civic vision that shaped museum culture internationally.
Chelsea has its own distinct history. The Royal Hospital Chelsea, founded by Charles II in 1682 and designed by Wren, still houses the Chelsea Pensioners in their scarlet coats, and its grounds host the Chelsea Flower Show each May, the most prestigious horticultural event in the world. The Chelsea Physic Garden, established in 1673, is the second oldest botanic garden in Britain. The King's Road was the epicentre of the Swinging Sixties and later of punk, with Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren's shop at 430 King's Road.
Notting Hill, in the north, is home to the Notting Hill Carnival, begun in 1966 and now the largest street festival in Europe, rooted in the Caribbean community that settled here after Windrush. Portobello Road Market is among the best-known antiques markets in the world.
The borough contains some of the most expensive residential property on earth — the stuccoed terraces and garden squares of Belgravia's edge, Knightsbridge, Holland Park and Chelsea — alongside significant social housing in the north, and the Grenfell Tower fire of June 2017, in which 72 people died, brought that division into sharp national focus and continues to shape the borough's politics and housing policy. Housing ranges from Georgian and Victorian stuccoed terraces, mews and mansion blocks to post-war estates in North Kensington, with the borough served by the District, Circle, Piccadilly and Central lines and the Elizabeth line nearby.