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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Stevenage 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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Stevenage is a town in Hertfordshire, sitting around 30 miles north of London, with a population of around 90,000. It was a small market town on the Great North Road for centuries, with a charter from 1281 and a string of coaching inns along its wide High Street — six Saxon burial mounds known as the Six Hills still stand beside the old road on the southern edge of the town. Its modern form, though, dates from 1946.
Stevenage was the first of the post-war new towns designated under the New Towns Act 1946, chosen to rehouse families from bombed and overcrowded north London. The designation was fiercely opposed locally — protesters renamed the station signs Silkingrad after Lewis Silkin, the minister responsible — but the new town went ahead, laid out as a series of self-contained neighbourhoods each with their own shops, schools and pub, separated by green space and linked by an extensive network of segregated cycleways that was among the most comprehensive in Britain.
Its most celebrated achievement was the town centre. Opened in 1959, Stevenage's Town Square was the first purpose-built traffic-free pedestrian shopping precinct in Britain, with the clock tower and the Joy Ride sculpture by Franta Belsky at its heart — both now listed, and the whole square a conservation area recognising its significance in post-war planning.
Stevenage built a strong high-technology economy. English Electric established its aircraft and guided weapons division here, and the site passed through British Aerospace to become part of Airbus, where satellites and spacecraft are built — including rovers and components for European and international space missions. MBDA, the missile manufacturer, and GSK's major research and development centre are also based in the town, and the Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst is a significant life sciences campus. Lewis Hamilton, seven-time Formula One world champion, grew up in Stevenage.
The old town retains its historic High Street with Georgian and earlier buildings, and Knebworth House — a Gothic Revival mansion, home of Edward Bulwer-Lytton and famous for its outdoor rock concerts — stands just south. Stevenage sits on the A1(M) at junctions 7 and 8, with Stevenage station on the East Coast Main Line giving services to London King's Cross in around 25 minutes. Housing is dominated by the new town programme, with extensive 1950s to 1970s estates across Bedwell, Broadwater, Shephall and Chells, alongside the Old Town's period property and substantial modern development on the edges and in the regenerated town centre.