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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Shoreham-by-Sea 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 Shoreham-by-Sea
Shoreham-by-Sea is a coastal town in West Sussex, sitting at the mouth of the River Adur around six miles west of Brighton, with a population of around 21,000. It was a significant port from the Norman period — New Shoreham was laid out as a planned town at the river mouth around 1100 as the older settlement upstream silted up — and it has remained a working harbour for over nine centuries, one of the few on this stretch of coast.
The town's great medieval building is the church of St Mary de Haura — St Mary of the Haven — a magnificent Norman and Early English church whose scale reflects the port's early wealth. Only part of the original survives, the nave having been lost after the Civil War, but the choir and central tower are among the finest of their period in Sussex. Old Shoreham, upstream, retains its own Norman church of St Nicolas and the timber Old Toll Bridge of 1781, one of the last surviving timber bridges of its kind in the country, now a footbridge.
Shoreham has a remarkable place in aviation history. Shoreham Airport, opened in 1911, is the oldest licensed airport in the United Kingdom still operating, and its terminal building of 1936 is one of the finest art deco airport buildings in Europe, Grade II* listed. The airport was the scene of the Shoreham Airshow disaster in August 2015, when a vintage Hawker Hunter crashed onto the A27 during a display, killing eleven people — a tragedy commemorated by a memorial beside the Adur.
The Adur estuary gives the town its distinctive character. Shoreham Beach, a shingle spit between the river and the sea, holds a distinctive group of houseboats moored along the estuary banks — a long-established floating community — and the beach itself is a local nature reserve for its vegetated shingle. The harbour still handles aggregate and timber, and the town has a substantial marine and light industrial sector. Lancing College Chapel, a vast Gothic Revival building visible for miles, stands on the downs across the river.
Shoreham sits on the A259 and A27, with Shoreham-by-Sea station on the West Coastway giving services to Brighton in ten minutes, London Victoria and Portsmouth. The South Downs National Park rises immediately north. Housing ranges from flint and brick cottages in the old town to Victorian and Edwardian terraces, interwar housing, post-war estates, and substantial modern development along the harbour front under the Shoreham Harbour regeneration.