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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Retford 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 Retford
Retford — formally East Retford — is a market town in Nottinghamshire, sitting on the River Idle around 30 miles north-east of Nottingham, with a population of around 23,000. It was granted its first charter in 1105 and grew as a market town on the Great North Road, with coaching inns serving the London to Edinburgh traffic. The town is really two settlements, East and West Retford, divided by the Idle and joined by a bridge, with the market place and civic centre on the eastern side.
Retford's Market Square is dominated by the Town Hall of 1868 and by a genuine curiosity — the Broad Stone, a worn block of stone at the base of the war memorial, traditionally said to have been used during the plague as a place to leave coins soaking in vinegar in exchange for goods, so that trade could continue without contact. The town also holds one of the cannons captured at Sevastopol in the Crimean War, presented to Retford in 1857 and still standing in the square.
The surrounding area is the Pilgrim Fathers' country. Scrooby, five miles north, was the home of William Brewster and the meeting place of the Separatist congregation that, with the group at Gainsborough, eventually sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 to found Plymouth Colony. Babworth church just outside Retford, where Richard Clyfton preached, is where much of that congregation first gathered, and the Mayflower Trail through the area draws American visitors.
Retford sits on the edge of Sherwood Forest and the Dukeries, with Clumber Park — a 3,800-acre National Trust estate with its extraordinary three-mile lime avenue, the longest in Europe — a short drive south-west. The Chesterfield Canal runs through the town, restored for navigation and walking, with the Retford basin a focus of the town's regeneration.
The town sits close to the A1, with Retford station on the East Coast Main Line giving services to London King's Cross in around 90 minutes and to Doncaster, Leeds and Lincoln. Neighbouring communities include Worksop, Gainsborough, Tuxford, Ranskill and Bawtry.
Housing ranges from Georgian property around the Market Square and Grove Street — the centre is a conservation area with a substantial number of listed buildings — to Victorian terraces, interwar and post-war estates, and modern development on the town's edges, with the fast London link and relative affordability supporting a growing commuter presence.