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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Motherwell 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 Motherwell
Motherwell is a town in North Lanarkshire, sitting on the Clyde around 12 miles south-east of Glasgow, with a population of around 33,000. It was a village of a few hundred people until the mid-nineteenth century, when coal and then iron and steel transformed it into one of the most heavily industrialised places in Scotland. The name is thought to come from a well dedicated to the Virgin Mary, marked by a plaque on Ladywell Road.
Steel made Motherwell. The Dalzell and Ravenscraig works dominated the town and the surrounding area for a century, and Ravenscraig, opened in 1957, was the largest hot strip steel mill in western Europe — at its peak employing over 13,000 people directly and sustaining tens of thousands more across Lanarkshire. Its closure in 1992 was one of the most consequential industrial shutdowns in modern Scottish history, and the demolition of the cooling towers in 1996 was watched by crowds who understood exactly what it meant. The Dalzell plate mill nearby continues in production.
The Ravenscraig site became one of the largest brownfield regeneration projects in Europe, covering around 1,100 acres, with a sports centre, college campus, housing and commercial development delivered over the past two decades — a process still underway. Strathclyde Country Park, created on reclaimed land between Motherwell and Hamilton, holds a large loch used for international rowing and watersports, hosted events during the 2014 Commonwealth Games, and includes the excavated remains of a Roman bathhouse on the Antonine frontier.
Motherwell FC, founded in 1886 and playing at Fir Park, won the Scottish league title in 1932 and the Scottish Cup in 1952 and 1991, and remains central to local identity. The Motherwell Heritage Centre records the steel industry and the town's social history.
The town sits close to the M74 and M8 with Motherwell station a significant junction on the West Coast Main Line, giving services to Glasgow in around 20 minutes, Edinburgh, Carlisle and London. Neighbouring communities include Wishaw, Hamilton, Bellshill, Newarthill, Carfin and Holytown.
Housing ranges from Victorian sandstone tenements and terraces around the town centre to substantial villas on the better streets, interwar housing, extensive post-war council estates at Forgewood and Muirhouse, and very substantial modern development on the Ravenscraig site and elsewhere on reclaimed industrial land. Property is among the more affordable in the Glasgow commuter belt.