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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Renfrew 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 Renfrew
Renfrew is a town in Renfrewshire, sitting on the south bank of the Clyde around six miles west of Glasgow city centre, with a population of around 21,000. It is one of the oldest royal burghs in Scotland, chartered by David I around 1124, and it gave its name to the county. Renfrew holds a particular place in Scottish royal history: the Stewart family were granted lands here in the twelfth century as High Stewards of Scotland, and the Barony of Renfrew remains one of the titles held by the heir to the throne, alongside Duke of Rothesay.
The town's position at the confluence of the Clyde and the Cart made it a crossing point and a port, and the Renfrew Ferry — recorded from the fourteenth century — carried passengers and vehicles across to Yoker for centuries until the vehicle service ended in 1984. A passenger ferry continued, and in 2024 the Renfrew Bridge opened, the first opening pedestrian and cycle bridge across the Clyde, finally providing a fixed link to the north bank.
Renfrew's industrial history was shipbuilding and engineering. Lobnitz and Simons built dredgers and specialist vessels here, and Babcock & Wilcox's enormous works at Renfrew made boilers and heavy plant exported worldwide, employing thousands. Aviation followed: Renfrew Aerodrome, opened in 1933, was Glasgow's airport until 1966, when operations moved to Abbotsinch — today's Glasgow Airport, which sits immediately south-west of the town and is a major employer.
Braehead, on the town's eastern edge, developed from the 1990s on the site of the former Braehead power station and dockland into one of the largest retail and leisure destinations in Scotland, with the shopping centre, the Braehead Arena and Xscape drawing millions of visitors a year. The Clyde walkway and the King George V Dock run along the waterfront.
Renfrew sits immediately off the M8 at junctions 25A and 26, with Glasgow around ten minutes away by road and Paisley Gilmour Street the nearest railway station; Renfrew lost its own stations in the 1960s.
Housing ranges from Victorian and Edwardian tenements and terraces around the town centre and High Street to interwar and post-war council-built estates at Moorpark and Blythswood, and very substantial modern development at Ferry Village and along the riverside on former industrial land, with the Clyde waterfront regeneration continuing to reshape the town.