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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Tonbridge 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 Tonbridge
Tonbridge is a market town in Kent, sitting on the River Medway around 30 miles south-east of London, with a population of around 41,000. It grew around a crossing of the Medway and a Norman castle, and the river was the key to its prosperity — the Medway Navigation, completed in 1741, made Tonbridge the head of navigation for barges carrying timber, iron and hops down to Maidstone and the Thames.
Tonbridge Castle is the town's centrepiece. Built by Richard FitzGilbert after the Norman Conquest, it was rebuilt in stone in the thirteenth century, and its great twin-towered gatehouse, one of the finest in England, survives on its mound above the river. The castle grounds are a public park beside the Medway, and the gatehouse is open to visitors with an interpretation of medieval life. The Upper High Street retains a fine collection of timber-framed and Georgian buildings, including the Chequers Inn.
Tonbridge School, founded in 1553 by Sir Andrew Judde under a charter from Edward VI, is one of the oldest and best-known independent schools in England and has a substantial presence in the town. The town is also known for Tunbridge ware — a decorative woodwork of intricate mosaic veneers made in Tonbridge and neighbouring Tunbridge Wells from the late seventeenth century, much collected today. The different spellings of the two towns date from the nineteenth century, when the Post Office distinguished them.
Tonbridge has a strong cricketing heritage — Frank Woolley, one of the greatest all-rounders in the game's history, was born here, and the Angel Ground was a Kent county venue for decades. The Haysden Country Park and the Medway valley provide extensive green space on the town's western edge, and Penshurst Place, one of the finest medieval manor houses in England, lies a few miles west.
Tonbridge is well connected, sitting just off the A21 with the M25 and M20 within easy reach, and Tonbridge station is a significant junction giving fast services to London Charing Cross and Cannon Street in around 40 minutes and connections to Hastings, Ashford and Redhill. Neighbouring communities include Tunbridge Wells, Hildenborough, Hadlow, Paddock Wood and Sevenoaks. Housing ranges from timber-framed and Georgian property on the High Street — a conservation area with a substantial number of listed buildings — to Victorian terraces, interwar and post-war estates, and modern development on the town's edges, with values well above the national average given the London commute.