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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Lliw Valley 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 Lliw Valley
The Lliw Valley takes its name from the River Lliw, which rises on the moors north of Swansea and flows south to join the Loughor estuary. From 1974 to 1996 Lliw Valley was a borough of West Glamorgan, covering the largely Welsh-speaking communities north and west of Swansea, and although the authority was abolished when Swansea became a unitary council the name is still widely used locally for the area and survives in the Lliw Reservoirs and various local institutions.
The district takes in Gorseinon, Pontarddulais, Loughor, Clydach, Penllergaer, Grovesend and Garnswllt among others, along with the upland commons and forestry rising towards the Black Mountain. Its history is industrial: tinplate, steel and coal dominated the valley from the nineteenth century, with works at Gorseinon and Pontarddulais and collieries scattered across the hills. Clydach was the site of the Mond Nickel Works, established in 1902 by Ludwig Mond using his newly invented carbonyl process — it became the largest nickel refinery in the world and still operates today, over a century later.
Loughor sits at the mouth of the river with the remains of a Norman castle built on the site of the Roman fort of Leucarum, guarding the crossing into Gower. The Loughor estuary is an internationally important site for wading birds and is famous for its cockle beds, gathered at Penclawdd on the Gower side for centuries. Penllergare Valley Woods, a Victorian landscape garden created by the photographic pioneer John Dillwyn Llewelyn, has been restored by a community trust and includes the site of one of the earliest observatories used for astronomical photography.
The area is strongly Welsh-speaking by south Wales standards, particularly around Pontarddulais and Garnswllt, and the Pontarddulais Male Choir is among the most celebrated in Wales. The M4 runs through the district at junctions 46 to 48, with Swansea around 15 minutes away and Llanelli a similar distance west; Pontarddulais and Llangennech stations sit on the Heart of Wales and West Wales lines.
Housing across the Lliw Valley ranges from Victorian terraces built for the tinplate and colliery workforce through the older village cores, to interwar and post-war council estates, and very substantial modern development at Penllergaer, Gorseinon and along the M4 corridor, where the area's motorway access has driven sustained housebuilding for Swansea commuters.