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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Seahousesm 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 Seahouses
Seahouses is a coastal village in Northumberland, sitting on the North Sea around three miles south-east of Bamburgh, with a population of around 1,800. It grew as the fishermen's settlement serving North Sunderland, the older farming village just inland — the houses by the sea gave it its name — and the harbour, built in the late eighteenth century and extended in the nineteenth, made it one of the principal herring and white-fish ports on the Northumberland coast.
The village remains a working harbour, with a small fleet landing crab, lobster and fish, and smokehouses on the Northumberland coast still curing kippers in the traditional way — Swallow Fish in Seahouses has smoked fish in the same building since 1843 and is one of the oldest smokehouses in the country. The harbour's lime kilns, built in the eighteenth century to burn limestone for agricultural use and export, still stand on the quayside.
Seahouses is the departure point for boat trips to the Farne Islands, lying two to three miles offshore. The islands are among the most important seabird sites in Europe, with around 150,000 pairs breeding each summer — puffins above all, along with Arctic terns, guillemots, razorbills, shags and eider ducks — and a large colony of grey seals whose pups are born each autumn. St Cuthbert lived as a hermit on Inner Farne in the seventh century and died there, and the eider ducks are still known locally as Cuddy's ducks after him.
The Farnes are also the scene of the most celebrated rescue in British maritime history. In September 1838 Grace Darling, daughter of the Longstone lighthouse keeper, rowed out with her father through a storm to rescue nine survivors of the wrecked paddle steamer Forfarshire. She became a national heroine overnight, and the Grace Darling Museum in Bamburgh and her memorial in St Aidan's churchyard remember her. The Seahouses lifeboat station is one of the busiest on the coast.
The village sits on the B1340 with the A1 around ten minutes inland, and Chathill and Alnmouth are the nearest stations on the East Coast Main Line. The Northumberland Coast National Landscape surrounds it, with Bamburgh Castle, Beadnell and the long sandy beaches close by. Housing ranges from stone fishermen's cottages and terraces around the harbour to Victorian villas, post-war housing and modern development, with holiday lets and second homes forming a large share of the village's stock.