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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Market Drayton 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 Market Drayton
Market Drayton is a market town in north Shropshire, sitting on the River Tern close to the Staffordshire and Cheshire borders, with a population of around 12,000. It appears in the Domesday Book as Draitune and was granted its market charter in 1245 — the market has traded continuously ever since, making it one of the longest-running in Britain, and the town takes its name from it.
The town is known as the home of gingerbread. Market Drayton gingerbread has been made here since at least the eighteenth century, traditionally in finger shapes and flavoured with rum, and the recipe and the trade became closely identified with the town — locals were once known as gingerbreads. A gingerbread and food festival is held each year, and a couple of producers still make it commercially.
Market Drayton's most famous son is Robert Clive, Clive of India, born at Styche Hall nearby in 1725 and schooled in the town. Clive's boyhood exploits are the stuff of local legend — he is said to have climbed the tower of St Mary's Church and perched on a gargoyle, and to have run a protection racket among the town's shopkeepers as a boy. He went on to establish British rule in Bengal, and his desk is carved with his name at the old grammar school.
The town has an extraordinary industrial survival in the Müller dairy, which established its UK headquarters here in 1992 and turned Market Drayton into the centre of British yoghurt production — the plant is one of the largest dairy facilities in Europe and a major local employer. The Shropshire Union Canal runs past the town at Tyrley with a flight of locks, and the surrounding countryside is rich dairy farming country.
Market Drayton sits on the A53 and A529, with Shrewsbury around 20 miles south-west, Telford 15 miles south and the M6 to the east. The town lost its railway in 1963; Whitchurch, Stafford and Telford are the nearest stations. Neighbouring communities include Hodnet, Hinstock, Loggerheads, Woore, Adderley and Whitchurch.
Housing ranges from Georgian and timber-framed property around the Buttercross, Cheshire Street and Shropshire Street — much of the centre was rebuilt after a devastating fire in 1651 and is now a conservation area with a substantial number of listed buildings — to Victorian terraces, interwar and post-war estates, and considerable modern development on the town's edges, which has expanded Market Drayton significantly over recent decades.