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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Warminster 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 Warminster
Warminster is a market town in Wiltshire, sitting on the western edge of Salisbury Plain around 20 miles south-east of Bath, with a population of around 18,000. It grew up around a Saxon minster church on the River Were — the name means minster on the Were — and became one of the largest corn markets in the west of England by the seventeenth century. Wool and malting added to its prosperity, and the town's long, broad Market Place reflects that trading history.
Warminster has been a garrison town for most of the twentieth century and remains one of the most important military centres in Britain. The Land Warfare Centre, the Army's principal training establishment for combat and tactics, is based here, and the town sits on the edge of Salisbury Plain Training Area, the largest military training area in Britain. The army presence — including the Royal School of Artillery's and infantry training associations — shapes Warminster's economy and population, with a large number of service families living in and around the town.
The town had a remarkable moment of international notoriety in the 1960s. From Christmas 1964, residents reported strange noises and lights in the sky, which became known as the Warminster Thing. The phenomenon was widely reported, and Warminster became a magnet for UFO enthusiasts, with thousands gathering on Cradle Hill and Starr Hill through the late 1960s and 1970s to watch for sightings. The town briefly became known as the UFO capital of Britain.
Warminster is surrounded by significant landscape. Cley Hill, a National Trust chalk hill with an Iron Age hillfort, rises just west of the town, and Longleat, the Elizabethan house of the Marquesses of Bath and home of the first safari park outside Africa, lies a few miles south-west. Salisbury Plain stretches east, holding one of the largest surviving areas of chalk grassland in Europe, and the town sits on the edge of the Cranborne Chase National Landscape. Lake Pleasure Grounds, a Victorian park, provides green space in the town itself.
Warminster sits on the A36 and A350, with Warminster station on the line between Bath and Salisbury giving services to Bristol, Southampton and Cardiff. Housing ranges from Georgian and older stone property along the Market Place and High Street — much of it within a conservation area — to Victorian terraces, extensive post-war estates including service family accommodation, and substantial modern development on the town's western edge.