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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Seaton 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 Seaton
Seaton is a coastal town in East Devon, sitting at the mouth of the River Axe on Lyme Bay, with a population of around 8,000. It lies at the eastern end of the Devon coast, close to the Dorset border, and is set between two contrasting headlands — the white chalk cliffs of Beer Head to the west and the red and grey cliffs of Haven Cliff to the east. Seaton was a port in the medieval period until shingle blocked the Axe estuary, and it developed as a modest Victorian resort after the railway branch arrived in 1868.
The town sits within the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, and the stretch here is remarkable for its geology. Seaton Hole and the cliffs either side expose rocks spanning around 185 million years, and the chalk at Beer Head is the westernmost chalk in England. Immediately east lies the Axmouth to Lyme Regis Undercliffs National Nature Reserve, formed by a massive landslip on Christmas Eve 1839, when a vast section of cliff slid seaward overnight. The resulting wilderness of tangled woodland and chasms is one of the least disturbed habitats in southern England, and the landslip was a national sensation — Queen Victoria sailed past to view it.
Seaton Tramway, running three miles up the Axe valley from the seafront to Colyton, uses narrow-gauge double-deck trams — many built in the Seaton workshops as scale replicas of historic British tramcars — along the trackbed of the old railway branch. It passes directly through the Seaton Wetlands, a network of nature reserves on the Axe estuary marshes with bird hides and walking trails.
Seaton Jurassic, a visitor centre on the seafront, interprets the coast's geology and natural history, and the neighbouring fishing village of Beer, a mile west, is known for Beer stone — a fine limestone quarried in the Roman and medieval periods and used in Exeter Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and the Tower of London; the vast underground Beer Quarry Caves are open to visitors.
Seaton sits on the A3052 with Axminster around seven miles north providing the nearest mainline station, with services to London Waterloo. Housing ranges from Victorian and Edwardian villas along the seafront and older streets to interwar bungalows, post-war housing, and modern development, with the town having an older population profile and a notable holiday-let and second-home presence.