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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Weston-super-Mare 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 Weston-super-Mare
Weston-super-Mare is a seaside town in North Somerset, sitting on the Bristol Channel around 18 miles south-west of Bristol, with a population of around 80,000. Its name means the western settlement on the sea, and it was a small fishing village of barely a hundred people until the early nineteenth century. The arrival of the railway in 1841 transformed it into one of the most popular seaside resorts in the west of England, drawing day trippers and holidaymakers from Bristol, Bath, the Midlands and south Wales.
The town's defining feature is its vast sandy beach, stretching around two miles along Weston Bay. The Bristol Channel has the second highest tidal range in the world, and at low tide the sea retreats a very long way, leaving extensive mudflats that give Weston its distinctive character and have prompted the long-running local jibe that the town has plenty of beach but little sea. The Grand Pier, opened in 1904, was destroyed by fire in 2008 and rebuilt, reopening in 2010 with a large indoor entertainment pavilion. The ruins of Birnbeck Pier, the only pier in Britain linking to an island, stand at the northern end of the bay.
Weston has an extensive Victorian and Edwardian townscape, with grand villas and hotels built on the slopes of Worlebury Hill at the northern end of the town, where an Iron Age hillfort crowns the summit. The Winter Gardens, opened in 1927, and the Tropicana, a 1937 lido that became the venue for Banksy's Dismaland art installation in 2015 — a satirical dystopian theme park that drew visitors from around the world — are among its landmarks.
The town has a notable aviation heritage. The Helicopter Museum, on the town's edge at the former Weston Airport, holds the world's largest collection of helicopters and autogyros. Weston was also where the Westland company had a factory, and the town's airfield played a role in wartime aviation.
Weston sits close to junction 21 of the M5, with Weston-super-Mare station giving services to Bristol, Taunton and London Paddington. Sand Bay, Brean Down and the Mendip Hills lie nearby, and the Somerset Levels stretch inland. Housing ranges from grand Victorian and Edwardian villas and former hotels on the hillside — many long converted into flats — to Victorian terraces, interwar and post-war estates, and very substantial modern development at Locking Parklands and the town's eastern edge, with property among the more affordable in the Bristol commuter area.