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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Shanklin and across 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 Shanklin
Shanklin is a seaside town on the Isle of Wight, sitting at the southern end of Sandown Bay on the island's east coast, with a population of around 9,000. It forms a continuous resort area with Lake and Sandown to the north, and it has long been one of the island's most popular holiday destinations, with a sandy beach below high sandstone cliffs and a long esplanade.
Shanklin is divided into two distinct parts: the Old Village, clustered at the top of the cliff around a group of thatched cottages, tearooms and old inns — among the most photographed scenes on the island — and the Victorian and Edwardian resort town that developed after the railway arrived in 1864. The two are linked by the Shanklin Cliff Lift, a vertical lift that carries passengers between the esplanade and the clifftop.
The town's greatest natural feature is Shanklin Chine, a deep wooded ravine running down through the cliffs to the beach, with a waterfall, ferns and rare plants in its damp microclimate. It opened as a visitor attraction in 1817, making it the island's oldest tourist attraction, and it has a remarkable wartime history: the chine was used as a Commando training ground and carried part of the PLUTO pipeline, which pumped fuel across the Channel to the Allied forces after D-Day. The chine is illuminated on summer evenings.
Shanklin drew a string of literary visitors in its early resort years. John Keats stayed here in 1819 and wrote parts of Lamia in the town, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow visited in 1868 and wrote verses for the fountain in the Old Village that still carry his words. Charles Darwin, Lewis Carroll and Jane Austen's family also knew the island's east coast well.
Shanklin station is the southern terminus of the Island Line, running north through Sandown to Ryde Pier Head for the Portsmouth ferries. The Isle of Wight National Landscape surrounds the town, with Luccombe, Bonchurch and Ventnor to the south along the Undercliff and the island's Coastal Path running through. Housing ranges from thatched cottages in the Old Village to Victorian and Edwardian villas and hotels along the clifftop — many converted into flats and holiday accommodation — alongside interwar bungalows and post-war and modern development inland, with an older population and a large holiday-let sector.