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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Witham 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 Witham
Witham is a market town in the Braintree district of Essex. It lies on the River Brain, roughly halfway between Chelmsford and Colchester, and has a population of around 27,000. Its history goes back over 1,000 years. In the early 10th century, Edward the Elder built a fortified burh at Chipping Hill to defend against the Danes. Chipping Hill is still the oldest part of the town, with its green, old cottages and the medieval church of St Nicolas.
In the early 13th century the Knights Templar, who held land at nearby Cressing, laid out a new market town along the old Roman road between London and Colchester. That road became Newland Street, Witham's main street. For centuries it served travellers and coaches passing through Essex. The street is lined with Georgian frontages, older timber-framed buildings and former coaching inns, and much of it is protected as a conservation area. In the 18th century Witham was briefly a fashionable spa town after a mineral spring was found nearby.
Witham's best-known resident was the crime writer Dorothy L. Sayers, creator of Lord Peter Wimsey. She lived on Newland Street from 1929 until her death in 1957. A statue of her stands opposite her former home, and the Dorothy L. Sayers Centre keeps her link with the town alive. In the 1960s and 1970s Witham grew quickly as a London overspill town, gaining new housing estates and industrial areas that turned it into one of the larger towns in mid-Essex.
There is plenty of green space in and around the town. The River Walk follows the River Brain through the middle of Witham, linking parks and open spaces, and Whetmead Local Nature Reserve lies along the river to the south. The historic Cressing Temple Barns, with their huge medieval timber barns built by the Templars, are a short drive away. The Blackwater estuary and the villages of the Essex countryside are also within easy reach.
Witham is well connected for commuters. Its station sits on the Great Eastern Main Line, with fast trains to London Liverpool Street in around 40 to 50 minutes and a branch line to Braintree. The A12 runs along the edge of the town, giving quick road access to Chelmsford, Colchester and the M25. Homes range from period cottages and Georgian townhouses in the old centre and Chipping Hill to 1960s and 1970s estates and a steady supply of new-build developments on the outskirts.