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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Swanage 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 Swanage
Swanage is a seaside town in Dorset, sitting at the eastern end of the Isle of Purbeck around ten miles south of Poole, with a population of around 10,000. The Isle of Purbeck is not an island but a peninsula, almost cut off by the sea, Poole Harbour and the River Frome, and for centuries Swanage was more easily reached by boat than by road. It grew as a small port shipping Purbeck marble and stone, quarried from the hills behind the town.
Purbeck stone shaped the town and much of England besides. The polished dark Purbeck marble — actually a fossil-rich limestone — was used for columns and effigies in medieval cathedrals across the country, including Salisbury, Westminster Abbey and Canterbury. In the nineteenth century John Mowlem, a Swanage man who became a leading London building contractor, shipped vast quantities of London street furniture and demolition material back to Swanage as ballast in the stone boats. The result is one of the town's great curiosities: the Wellington Clock Tower, which originally stood at the southern end of London Bridge, and the ornate façade of the Town Hall, which was the Mercers' Hall front from Cheapside in the City of London.
Swanage developed as a Victorian resort after the railway arrived in 1885, with a sandy, sheltered beach in Swanage Bay and a pier of 1896 that has been restored and remains a popular landmark. The Swanage Railway, closed in 1972, has been restored by volunteers as a heritage line running steam trains from Swanage through Corfe Castle to Norden and Wareham — one of the most scenic heritage railways in Britain, passing the dramatic ruins of Corfe Castle.
The town sits at the eastern end of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, and the coast either side is spectacular. Old Harry Rocks, the chalk stacks at Handfast Point just north, mark the easternmost point of the Jurassic Coast, and Durlston Country Park south of the town holds the Great Globe — a vast Victorian stone globe carved from Portland stone — along with Durlston Castle and cliffs rich in seabirds. Studland Bay and its beaches lie immediately north.
Swanage is reached by the A351 from Wareham or by the Sandbanks chain ferry from Poole, with Wareham station giving mainline services to London Waterloo. Housing ranges from Purbeck stone cottages in the old town to Victorian and Edwardian villas and former hotels — many converted into flats and holiday accommodation — alongside post-war and modern development, with a large holiday-let and second-home presence and an older population profile.