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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Pwllheli 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 Pwllheli
Pwllheli is a market town in Gwynedd, sitting on the southern shore of the Llŷn Peninsula facing Cardigan Bay, with a population of around 4,000. The name means salt-water pool, describing the tidal inlet that forms its harbour. It received its charter from the Black Prince in 1355 and has been the principal market and service town of the Llŷn ever since, with a weekly market that still fills the Maes, the large open square at the town's centre.
Pwllheli holds a defining place in modern Welsh political history. It was here on 5 August 1925, in a meeting at the Maes during the town's summer eisteddfod week, that Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru — Plaid Cymru, the Party of Wales — was founded. The party has shaped Welsh politics for a century, and Pwllheli's role as its birthplace is marked in the town. The Llŷn remains one of the strongest Welsh-speaking areas in the country, with a very high proportion of first-language speakers.
The town developed as a shipbuilding centre in the nineteenth century — over 400 vessels were built on the beach and in the harbour — and later as a modest resort after the railway arrived in 1867. Its modern identity is closely tied to sailing: Hafan Pwllheli, opened in 1990, is one of the largest marinas in Wales with over 400 berths, and the town has hosted national and international championships, with the sheltered waters of Cardigan Bay making it a major yachting centre.
Just outside the town at Penychain, Butlin's opened a holiday camp in 1947 on the site of a wartime naval training base; it later became Haven's Hafan y Môr, one of the largest holiday parks in Wales. Plas Glyn-y-Weddw at nearby Llanbedrog is the oldest art gallery in Wales, and Plas Heli, the Welsh National Sailing Academy, is based at the marina.
Pwllheli sits at the end of the A497 and A499, and Pwllheli station is the terminus of the Cambrian Coast Line, one of the most scenic railway journeys in Britain, running along the coast to Machynlleth and on to Shrewsbury and Birmingham.
Housing is largely traditional, with Victorian stone and rendered terraces around the Maes and along Penlan Street, older cottages, interwar and post-war housing, and modern development on the edges. Holiday lets and second homes are a very significant presence across the Llŷn, and their effect on affordability and on the Welsh-speaking community has been one of the most contested local issues in Gwynedd for decades.