Think that you will need to put your skip on a public highway? We can happily arrange a permit for you!

A CPZ is a controlled parking zone, this is typically part of a road where you can only park under certain conditions. This for example includes areas with yellow lines, bay parking of resident parking spaces. A CPZ suspension is an additional fee added to a skip permit. Please check if there is enough space for a skip in your area before arranging any skip permits or CPZ suspensions.

If you are planning on hiring a skip, you may have to follow a few safety rules. Depending on your location, your local council may require that you cover the skip and highlight its location with lights and/or cones. However, it is usually a requirement that you have a covering on your skip and that you put safety lights on the skip. But don’t worry – your skip company can usually tell you what you will need and you can get a hold of lights and covers online on places such as Amazon or Ebay.

Always be cautious of skip hire companies that don’t prewarn you about safety rules if your skip is going to be put on a public highway. You could be fined up to £1000 if you don’t abide by the local council’s safety rules. However, if you are putting the skip on private land, the rules don’t apply.

Unfortunately skip hire only includes delivery and removal of your skip, there is no labour involved for the provider. If you will need help loading your waste however, this is where we would discuss the option of a man and van service. Therefore, please be aware that if you are hiring a skip that you will have to load the rubbish or skip bags into the skip yourself unless you choose an alternative option.

A wait and load skip services is an ideal option for people who don’t have a lot of waste or have limited access for a skip. All you will need to do is have your waste in skip bags ready to go and when the skip lorry arrives, it will wait while you load the vehicle with the waste. However, if you need help loading the vehicle, you can opt for a man and a van service instead.

When you hire a skip, the costs usually cover a 2 week hire, however you can hire a skip for longer or for a shorter period of time. You can discuss with the skip company when you would like the skip delivered and collect, or you can choose to request a cancellation later when you know a more accurate time. It is always advised that you let your company know a few days in advance when you would like it collected as then this will give them a reasonable time to arrange this.

If you do need to hire a skip for a while longer, then do bring this up when you first contact a company, sometimes you may be charged more other times they may throw this in for no additional cost.

Usually it’s uncommon for a business to charge more unless they’re running low on the old’ skip supply but skip permits and CPZ suspensions will be what brings the cost up the longer you need a skip.

Most skips are delivered via HGV lorries and are a lot wider than a typical car. Therefore you will need to be sure that there is enough space for a lorry to get the skip to the designated location in or outside your property. We would recommend that you measure the available space and then ask your skip company if this will be big enough for the access of the skip lorry.

There are weight restrictions in place when you hire a skip, however this is rarely an issue for domestic skip hire. This question applies more people hiring a skip for construction or commercial waste. People who are getting rid of heavy waste such as soil, bricks and rubble must ensure that they meet weight guidelines depending on which skip you hire.

If you are planning on hiring a skip, be sure to ask your advisor for the weight restrictions of the skip.

When hiring a skip you will often hear the words ‘level loaded’, this is a term used to describe the limit in a skip where waste must not go above. If you exceed this height, your skip may be refused collection and/or the skip lorry driver may ask you to remove waste before they take it away.
To avoid this inconvenience, it is advised that you follow the level loaded rule and ensure that you don’t overfill this line. Overloading skips are dangerous to transport as debris can fall out of the skip and cause damage or injury to people.

A skip is a heavy metal box and unfortunately this means it can damage certain driveways such as soft tarmac, block paving or resin when it is delivered. However, this can easily be avoided by following different methods. If you are having a skip delivered, what we would advise is placing down big planks of wood or scaffolding planks so we can rest the skip on these.
Please also remember that when the lorry arrives to pick up your filled skip, this is going to make the lorry heavier and the pressure can unfortunately damage driveways. If you are worried about damage to your driveway, please speak to your skip provider and they will then let you know how you can best protect it!

When you hire a skip, you can’t fill it with everything, unfortunately for safety and sustainability reasons, we have different skips for different waste. This makes it easier for us to separate the waste and to ensure the safety of you, ourselves, and others.

If you are a homeowner, you more than likely will be needing to hire a mixed waste skip. This is because you will be getting rid of a lot of different types of waste. However, if you have inert waste to throw away you will specifically need an inert skip. Inert waste is material that slowly or does not decompose, such as; soil, concrete, rubble and cement.