Skip Hire Basics
People hire skips for a number of reasons. Having a spring drive out, removing a vintage kitchen or bathroom, wanting to remove plenty of garden waste are all reasons why people hire skips.
Hiring a skip is really a fairly simple process, a lot more so nowadays with many companies offering the option of booking your skip online. Usually the process is really as follows. Book the hiring of your skip from a skip hire company giving them a romantic date and time you desire your skip delivered and the size of skip you need. Your skip should arrive on the date you specified. You can usually keep the skip so long as is required to fill it with your waste. Once you skip is ready for removal, simply supply the skip hire company 48 hours notice of once you want your skip collected.
Another option many skip hire companies offer is really a 'wait and load' service. This means the skip will undoubtedly be delivered and the driver will wait while you load it and then take it away. This is ideal for those who have a pile of waste ready for loading and don't require the skip for an extended period of time.
If you have no room on your property for the skip it has to be positioned on the general public road/pavement. For a skip to be positioned on the public road/pavement a permit from the council is required. Usually this permit could be arranged by the skip hire company when you order your skip, although some councils insist that the applicant for the permit should be the person hiring the skip. Also, if the skip is to be placed on the road it is the responsibility of the individual hiring the skip to ensure it has to appropriate warning lights attached. These lights can usually be hired from the skip hire company when ordering the skip.
It is possible to fill your skip with virtually anything apart from a few items these include aerosols, gas canisters, computer monitors, televisions, full paint cans, food waste, tyres, fridges or freezers.
The skip should not be overloaded. This can cause problems in picking right up the skip and also is hazardous to pedestrians and motorists. The skip should not be loaded above the top of the walls of the skip. If Skip Hire Ulverston is overloaded the skip hire company usually reserve the right to 'level' the waste on picking up the skip if the skip is deemed unsuitable for transport.
Skips come in a variety of sizes. The smallest is what's known as a Mini Skip, can take around 1.5 cubic metres of wastes but is not always available all around the UK. The next size is really a Midi Skip that is ideal of bathroom and kitchen refits and will endure to 3 cubic metres. The most typical skip size is what's known as a Builders Skip it could endure to 4.6 cubic metres of waste (up to 50-60 bin bags) and is available all around the UK. You can find larger skip sizes available however, many of these aren't suitable for very heavy waste as a result of weight of the fully loaded skip.
Anything you require your skip so long as you use a reputable company your skip hire experience should be hassle free.