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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Uttoxeter 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 Uttoxeter
Uttoxeter is a market town in Staffordshire, sitting near the River Dove around 13 miles north-east of Stafford, with a population of around 14,000. It appears in the Domesday Book as Wolverhampton's rural counterpart, Wotocheshede, and grew as a market town serving the farmland of the Dove valley, with a charter granted in 1251. The town sits close to the Derbyshire border, and the Dove here forms the county boundary.
The town has a famous episode associated with Samuel Johnson. Johnson's father ran a bookstall on Uttoxeter market, and as a boy Samuel refused to help him one day out of pride. Fifty years later, in 1780, the elderly Johnson returned to Uttoxeter and stood bareheaded in the rain in the market place for an hour as an act of penance. The scene is depicted in a relief on the Johnson memorial conduit in the Market Place, and the story became a celebrated Victorian moral tale.
Uttoxeter is known nationally for two things. The first is its racecourse, founded in 1907, which hosts the Midlands Grand National each March and is one of the busiest National Hunt courses in the country. The second is JCB. Joseph Cyril Bamford founded his business in a lock-up garage in Uttoxeter in 1945, building a tipping trailer from wartime scrap, and it grew into one of the largest construction equipment manufacturers in the world. JCB's global headquarters and main factory are at Rocester, a few miles north, set in landscaped grounds with a lake, and the company remains the dominant employer in the area.
The surrounding countryside is dairy farming country, and Uttoxeter has long been associated with agriculture — the Bamford family and the town's cattle market reflect that heritage. Alton Towers, the largest theme park in Britain, lies around ten miles north, and the Churnet valley and the Staffordshire Moorlands are close by.
Uttoxeter sits on the A50 between Stoke-on-Trent and Derby, both around 20 minutes away, with the A518 running to Stafford. Uttoxeter station on the Crewe to Derby line gives services in both directions. Housing ranges from Georgian and timber-framed property around the Market Place and High Street — much of the centre a conservation area — to Victorian terraces, interwar and post-war housing, and substantial modern development on the town's edges, supported by JCB employment and the A50 corridor.