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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Street 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 Street
Street is a large village in Somerset, sitting at the foot of the Polden Hills two miles south-west of Glastonbury, with a population of around 12,000 — often described as the largest village in England, having never been granted town status despite its size. Its name comes from the Roman road — the stræt — that ran across the Somerset Levels here, part of a causeway linking Glastonbury with the higher ground to the south.
Street's history is inseparable from one family and one company. In 1825 Cyrus and James Clark, Quaker brothers, began making sheepskin slippers from offcuts of the rugs Cyrus produced — the first Brown Peters — and the business grew into C. & J. Clark, one of the most famous shoe companies in the world. Clarks shaped Street entirely. The Quaker family built housing for their workers, schools, a library, a swimming pool and the Crispin Hall, and they kept Street dry — the village had no pub for much of its history, a direct legacy of Quaker temperance, and the first licensed premises did not appear until well into the twentieth century.
Shoe production at Street ended in 2004, but Clarks retains its global headquarters in the village, and the old factory site was converted in 1993 into Clarks Village — the first purpose-built factory outlet shopping centre in Britain. It has grown into one of the most visited outlet destinations in the country, drawing millions of shoppers a year. The Shoe Museum, housed in part of the original factory, traces the company's history and the story of shoemaking.
The Clark family's Quaker commitment to education produced Millfield School, founded in 1935 by Jack "Boss" Meyer in a house built for the family, now one of the largest co-educational boarding schools in Britain and famous for its sporting record — it has produced an exceptional number of Olympians and international athletes. Strode College and Crispin School further reflect the village's educational character.
Street sits on the A39 and A361, with Glastonbury immediately north-east and the M5 around 15 minutes west at Bridgwater. Castle Cary station, around half an hour away, gives services to London Paddington. The Glastonbury Tor, the Somerset Levels and the Polden Hills are all on the doorstep. Housing ranges from Victorian and Edwardian terraces and villas built in the Clarks era — many of them distinctive in design — to interwar and post-war housing and substantial modern development on the village's edges.