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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Waltham Forest 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 Waltham Forest
Waltham Forest is a borough in north-east London, running from Leyton and Leytonstone in the south through Walthamstow to Chingford on the Essex border, with a population of around 280,000. It was formed in 1965 from the boroughs of Leyton, Walthamstow and Chingford, all historically part of Essex, and takes its name from Waltham Forest, the medieval royal forest of which Epping Forest is the surviving remnant. Epping Forest still forms the borough's northern and eastern edge, giving Chingford in particular a semi-rural character.
The borough's most celebrated son is William Morris, born in Walthamstow in 1834. The designer, craftsman, poet and socialist spent his childhood at Water House, a Georgian mansion in Lloyd Park, which now houses the William Morris Gallery — the only public gallery devoted to his life and work, holding the world's most comprehensive collection of his designs, textiles, wallpapers and furniture. It was named Museum of the Year in 2013.
Walthamstow has a significant place in transport history. Frederick Bremer built one of the first British petrol-powered motor cars in a workshop behind his house in Walthamstow in 1892, and it survives in the Vestry House Museum. The borough was also where the first all-British aeroplane flew: A.V. Roe tested his triplane on Walthamstow Marshes in 1909, working from railway arches that became the birthplace of the Avro company. Alfred Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone in 1899, and the station there is decorated with mosaics depicting scenes from his films.
Walthamstow Market, running for around a kilometre along the High Street, is one of the longest outdoor street markets in Europe. The Walthamstow Wetlands, opened to the public in 2017 across ten working reservoirs in the Lea Valley, is the largest urban wetland nature reserve in Europe, and the Lee Valley Regional Park runs along the borough's western edge. Walthamstow Stadium, the famous greyhound track, closed in 2008 and has been redeveloped for housing, though its art deco frontage survives. Waltham Forest was London's first Borough of Culture in 2019.
The borough is served by the Victoria line terminating at Walthamstow Central, the Central line through Leyton and Leytonstone, and the Overground to Chingford and Barking. Housing ranges from vast Victorian and Edwardian terraces across Walthamstow, Leyton and Leytonstone — the Walthamstow Village conservation area among the most sought-after — to interwar semis in Chingford and Highams Park, post-war estates, and substantial new development around the town centres, with values rising sharply over the past decade.