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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Truro 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 Truro
Truro is the only city in Cornwall and the county's administrative and commercial centre, sitting at the head of the Truro River where the Kenwyn and Allen meet, around 10 miles from the south coast. With a population of around 20,000 it is one of the smallest cities in the UK, but it serves a much wider catchment as Cornwall's main shopping, professional and civic hub. Truro grew as a stannary town, where tin from the surrounding mines was assayed and taxed, and prospered again during the mining boom of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries — which is when its wealthy merchants built the Georgian streets that still define its character.
Truro Cathedral, completed in 1910, dominates the city with its three spires and was the first Anglican cathedral built on a new site in England since the Reformation. Around it sit the Georgian elegance of Lemon Street and Walsingham Place, widely regarded as among the finest Georgian streetscapes in the south-west, alongside the Royal Cornwall Museum, the Hall for Cornwall theatre and the Victorian covered Pannier Market. Boscawen Park and Victoria Gardens provide green space, and the river remains navigable down to Malpas and on to Falmouth.
Truro is Cornwall's transport hub, with Truro station offering direct trains to London Paddington and services along the main line to Penzance and Plymouth, plus the branch line down to Falmouth. The A390 and A39 connect the city east and west, linking to the A30 spine road that runs the length of Cornwall. Newquay Airport is around 15 miles north. The surrounding area includes Highertown, Malpas, Kenwyn, Gloweth, Threemilestone, Shortlanesend and Chacewater, with Falmouth, Redruth and St Austell all within easy reach.
Housing in Truro ranges from Georgian townhouses on Lemon Street and Strangways Terrace to Victorian terraces in Kenwyn and Daniell Road, interwar and post-war housing at Highertown and Trelander, and modern development at Threemilestone, Gloweth and the ongoing Langarth Garden Village scheme. Much of the city centre sits within a conservation area with a high concentration of listed buildings, so period property work is carefully controlled. Cornwall's holiday-let and second-home market also drives a steady stream of refurbishments across the wider area.
That combination of period renovation, holiday-let refurbishment and new development keeps skip hire in Truro in steady demand, whether it's a Georgian house refurbishment near the cathedral, an extension in Highertown, a garden clearance in Threemilestone, a holiday-let refit nearby or a unit strip-out on the Newham or Threemilestone industrial estates. Skips are available in a range of sizes to suit everything from a small domestic clear-out to a large building project, and because Truro's older streets are narrow, steeply graded and reliant on on-street parking, a permit from Cornwall Council will often be needed where the skip has to sit on the highway — and access needs planning on the tighter central lanes. Booking a few days ahead helps secure the right size and allows time for any permit to be arranged.
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Not sure which size you need? Compare dimensions, capacity and typical uses — every size below is available in Truro.