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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Ryde and across the whole of the Isle of Wight.
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 Ryde
Ryde is a town on the Isle of Wight, sitting on the island's north-east coast facing Portsmouth across the Solent, with a population of around 24,000 — the largest town on the island. It was two small settlements, Upper and Lower Ryde, until the early nineteenth century, when it was developed as a fashionable resort. The town climbs steeply from the seafront, with wide streets of Regency and Victorian villas laid out on the slope and long views across the Solent to the mainland.
Ryde's defining structure is its pier. Opened in 1814, it is the oldest seaside pleasure pier in England and the second oldest in the world, and it was built out of necessity rather than pleasure — the beach at Ryde shelves so gradually that at low tide the sea retreats nearly half a mile, making it impossible for ferries to land. At 681 metres it is one of the longest piers in the country, and it uniquely carries a road, a footway and a railway, with trains running along it to meet the passenger ferries.
That railway is itself remarkable. The Island Line runs from Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin, and for decades it used former London Underground tube stock — 1938-built trains, the oldest passenger rolling stock in regular service in Britain, retained because the tunnel at Ryde Esplanade is too small for standard trains. They were replaced in 2021 by refurbished 1980s tube stock, continuing an unlikely tradition.
Ryde's beach is a five-mile stretch of sand running east to Seaview and Puckpool, and the town has the island's only ice rink, the Victorian Ryde Arcade and a busy independent shopping street in Union Street. The town hosts Ryde Scooter Rally each August, one of the largest gatherings of the mod and scooter scene in Britain — a legacy of the island's association with Quadrophenia, much of which was filmed here.
Ryde is the island's principal gateway, with Wightlink's catamaran from Pier Head to Portsmouth Harbour taking around 22 minutes and the Hovertravel hovercraft from Ryde Esplanade to Southsea — the world's only year-round commercial passenger hovercraft service — taking ten.
Housing ranges from Regency and Victorian villas and terraces climbing the hill — the centre is a conservation area with a substantial number of listed buildings, many converted into flats — to interwar and post-war estates and modern development on the edges, with a significant holiday-let and second-home presence.