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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Redbridge 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 Redbridge
Redbridge is a borough in north-east London, running from Ilford and Wanstead out to Woodford and Hainault on the Essex border, with a population of around 310,000. It was formed in 1965 from Ilford, Wanstead and Woodford, and part of Chigwell and Dagenham, and takes its name from a red brick bridge that once carried the road over the River Roding — demolished in 1921 but revived as the name of the new borough.
The area was largely rural until the late nineteenth century, part of the ancient Forest of Essex. Epping Forest, saved for the public by the Corporation of London in 1878 after a long campaign against enclosure, forms the borough's western edge and gives Redbridge a substantial green frontage — Wanstead Flats, Wanstead Park and Hainault Forest Country Park together make it one of the greener outer London boroughs. Wanstead Park contains the remains of Wanstead House, once one of the greatest Palladian mansions in England, demolished in 1825 after its owner's husband gambled away the family fortune.
Ilford grew explosively after the railway arrived, becoming one of the fastest-expanding suburbs in Britain in the 1890s and 1900s. Its name became internationally known through Ilford Limited, the photographic film and paper manufacturer founded in the town in 1879, which was for decades one of the leading names in photography worldwide. Valentines Mansion, a Queen Anne house in Valentines Park, is the borough's finest historic building.
Redbridge is among the most ethnically diverse boroughs in Britain, with large and long-established South Asian communities — particularly Indian, Pakistani and Sri Lankan Tamil — and Ilford is a major commercial and cultural centre. The borough consistently records some of the strongest school results in London.
Redbridge is well connected, with the Central line serving Gants Hill, Redbridge, Woodford and Hainault — Gants Hill's tunnel-vaulted concourse was modelled on the Moscow Metro — and the Elizabeth line at Ilford and Seven Kings since 2022, along with the A12, A406 and M11.
Housing is dominated by interwar and Edwardian suburban expansion, with extensive semis across Gants Hill, Barkingside and Newbury Park, substantial Edwardian and Victorian houses in Wanstead and Woodford — among the most expensive in east London — post-war estates, and considerable new high-density development around Ilford driven by the Elizabeth line.