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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Ramsgate 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 Ramsgate
Ramsgate is a coastal town in Kent, sitting on the Isle of Thanet at the eastern tip of the county, with a population of around 40,000. It grew from a small fishing settlement into a significant port and, from the Regency period onwards, a fashionable seaside resort. Ramsgate is the only Royal Harbour in the United Kingdom, a title granted by George IV in 1821 after he sailed from here to Hanover. The town played a notable role in the Dunkirk evacuation of 1940, when a large part of the "little ships" fleet sailed from Ramsgate Harbour, and it was also the terminus of the Viking Ship Hugin, which still stands on the cliffs at Pegwell Bay.
The town's architecture is one of its defining features, with sweeping Regency and early Victorian terraces and crescents rising above the harbour — Wellington Crescent, Royal Esplanade and Nelson Crescent among them — and one of the highest concentrations of listed buildings in Kent. The architect Augustus Pugin, the leading figure of the Gothic Revival, made Ramsgate his home and built The Grange and St Augustine's Church here, the only church he built at his own expense and considered his finest work. The Royal Harbour, marina and Ramsgate Tunnels, an extensive wartime air-raid shelter network beneath the town, are all open to visitors.
Ramsgate is well connected for its position, with Ramsgate station offering High Speed services to London St Pancras in around 75 minutes along with routes through Canterbury and to Victoria, and the A299 Thanet Way linking to the M2 and the wider motorway network. The town sits alongside Broadstairs and Margate on the Thanet coast, with Sandwich, Deal and Canterbury a short distance inland. Its neighbourhoods include the harbour and Old Town, Nethercourt, Newington, Dumpton and Pegwell.
Housing in Ramsgate ranges from Regency and Victorian townhouses around the harbour and the seafront crescents — a great many long since converted into flats, HMOs and holiday lets — to Victorian terraces in the streets behind, interwar semis in Nethercourt and Dumpton, and post-war estates at Newington. The town has seen substantial renewed interest over the past decade as buyers priced out of London have moved to the Kent coast, which has driven a wave of period property renovation, flat conversions and restoration of long-neglected listed buildings, alongside an active holiday-let market.
That volume of conversion and restoration work keeps skip hire in Ramsgate in steady demand, whether it's a Regency townhouse refurbishment above the harbour, a flat conversion off the seafront, a holiday-let refit near the Old Town, a garden clearance in Nethercourt or a unit strip-out on one of the industrial estates at Manston or Pysons Road. Skips are available in a range of sizes to suit everything from a small domestic clear-out to a large renovation project, and because the Regency and Victorian streets have very little off-road parking, are often steeply graded down towards the harbour, and sit within controlled parking zones, a permit from Kent County Council will very often be needed. Booking a few days ahead helps secure the right size and allows time for the permit to be arranged.
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