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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Stroud 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 Stroud
Stroud is a market town in Gloucestershire, sitting where five valleys converge in the south Cotswolds around nine miles south of Gloucester, with a population of around 13,000 in the town and considerably more across the surrounding valley settlements. The steep-sided valleys, with fast-flowing streams running down them, made the area one of the great centres of the English woollen industry, and by the eighteenth century the Stroud valleys held around 150 cloth mills.
Stroud's cloth was famous for one colour above all: scarlet. The local water was particularly suited to dyeing, and Stroud Scarlet became the standard red of the British Army's uniforms — the redcoats that fought across the world were dressed in cloth from these valleys. The industry also produced the fine baize used on billiard and snooker tables, and Stroud-made cloth is still used for tennis balls and the green baize of championship snooker tables. Several mills survive, and the Stroud Valleys have been proposed for World Heritage status for their concentration of industrial heritage.
The town has a notable engineering first: Edwin Budding, working at a Stroud mill, invented the lawnmower in 1830, adapting a machine used to trim the nap on cloth. The first mowers were made at Thrupp nearby, and the invention transformed gardens and sports grounds everywhere.
Stroud has a distinctive modern identity as one of the most creative and environmentally minded towns in Britain. It has an unusually high concentration of artists, makers and independent businesses, and its Saturday Farmers' Market, established in 1999, is regularly voted one of the best in the country. Ecotricity, the green energy company, was founded and is based in Stroud, and the town has a long association with alternative lifestyles. The Stroudwater Navigation and the Thames and Severn Canal, both under restoration, run through the valley, and the Museum in the Park in Stratford Park tells the story of the town's cloth and industry.
Stroud sits on the A46 and A419, with Stroud station giving services to London Paddington in around 90 minutes and to Gloucester, Cheltenham and Swindon. The surrounding valleys hold Nailsworth, Minchinhampton, Painswick and Chalford, with Rodborough and Minchinhampton Commons on the hilltops. Housing ranges from mill workers' cottages and weavers' houses clinging to the steep valley sides to Georgian and Victorian property in the town centre, interwar and post-war housing, and modern development, with values above the Gloucestershire average.