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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Solihull 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 Solihull
Solihull is a town in the West Midlands, sitting around eight miles south-east of Birmingham city centre, with a population of around 125,000 in the town and some 215,000 across the wider borough. It grew as a medieval market town in the Forest of Arden, with a charter granted in 1242, and its name is traditionally said to derive from the soily hill on which St Alphege's Church stands — the muddy slope that travellers had to negotiate on the old road.
The town remained a modest market settlement well into the twentieth century, and its later growth came as a prosperous residential suburb for Birmingham. It developed a reputation as one of the most affluent places in the Midlands, and the borough consistently ranks among the most desirable places to live in England outside the south-east, with strong schools and extensive green space.
Solihull's industrial identity is Land Rover. The Rover Company took over a wartime shadow factory at Lode Lane after the Second World War, and in 1948 launched the Land Rover there — a utilitarian four-wheel-drive vehicle sketched, according to legend, in the sand on a beach in Anglesey. The Solihull plant has built Land Rovers and Range Rovers ever since, and it remains one of the largest car factories in Britain, employing thousands, with factory tours offering a view of the Jungle Track test course.
The borough also contains Birmingham Airport and the National Exhibition Centre at Bickenhill, both technically within Solihull — the NEC, opened in 1976, is the largest exhibition centre in Britain, and together with Resorts World and the Genting Arena it makes the area a major events hub. Touchwood, an award-winning shopping centre opened in 2001, forms the core of the town centre, and Malvern and Brueton Parks provide green space close by. The borough also takes in rural Arden villages including Knowle, Dorridge, Balsall Common and Meriden — the latter claiming to be the geographical centre of England.
Solihull sits close to the M42 at junctions 4 to 6 and the M6, with Solihull station giving services to Birmingham Moor Street in around fifteen minutes and to London Marylebone. The HS2 Interchange station is under construction nearby. Housing ranges from Edwardian and interwar detached houses in Olton, Knowle and Dorridge — among the most expensive in the Midlands — to post-war estates at Chelmsley Wood, one of the largest council estates in Europe, and modern development on the edges.