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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Welshpool 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 Welshpool
Welshpool — Y Trallwng in Welsh — is a market town in Powys, sitting in the Severn valley around four miles from the English border and 19 miles west of Shrewsbury, with a population of around 6,700. It was originally known simply as Pool, taking its name from a marshy pool near the town, and the "Welsh" prefix was added in 1835 to distinguish it from Poole in Dorset. It received a market charter in 1263 from the Prince of Powys, and it has been the principal market town of the upper Severn valley ever since.
Welshpool's livestock market is one of the largest in Europe, handling vast numbers of sheep and cattle from the surrounding upland farms, and the town has a strong agricultural identity. The town centre retains a remarkable collection of timber-framed and Georgian buildings along Broad Street and High Street, with a Georgian town hall and the Cockpit — a rare surviving eighteenth-century cockfighting pit, one of the few in Britain still on its original site.
The town's great landmark is Powis Castle, standing on a rocky ridge above the town. Built in the thirteenth century by the Welsh princes of Powys, it was acquired by the Herbert family and later by the Clive family — Edward Clive, son of Clive of India, married into it — and it holds an extraordinary collection including treasures brought back from India by the Clives. Its terraced gardens, laid out in the late seventeenth century in the Italian and French style, are among the finest in Britain, with enormous clipped yew hedges. It is now in the care of the National Trust.
The Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway, a narrow-gauge steam line opened in 1903 to carry farm produce and livestock, runs eight miles from the town through the Banwy valley to Llanfair Caereinion. Closed in 1956, it was saved by volunteers and reopened as one of the steepest and most scenic heritage railways in Wales. The Montgomery Canal passes through the town, and the Powysland Museum, housed in a restored canal warehouse, tells the story of the area.
Welshpool sits on the A483 and A458, with Welshpool station on the Cambrian Line giving services to Shrewsbury, Birmingham and Aberystwyth. Offa's Dyke Path runs along the hills to the east, and the Long Mountain rises beyond. Housing ranges from timber-framed and Georgian property in the town centre — much of it listed and within a conservation area — to Victorian terraces, post-war housing and modern development on the town's edges, serving a large rural catchment.