If you are considering hiring a skip in order to get rid of some waste, it is important to take account of a number of factors before doing so. If you don’t, you could hire the wrong size skip, pay too much, not have a big enough skip, get fined by the local authority, put the wrong waste in the wrong skip, and more.
The first thing when hiring skips in Buckingham is to ensure that you order the right size of skip. They come in a range of sizes, and obviously the larger ones cost more. If anything, it is better to have one that is too large rather than too small because otherwise you will need to hire a second skip to collect the extra waste.
You also need to consider access. If you have a narrow drive, the skip lorry may not be able to get in there. What about overhanging trees or even overhead wires? The skip hire company needs to know about these sorts of things in order to ensure easy delivery.
Of course, it may be that you don’t have a drive, in which case you are going to have to place the skip on the verge or road outside. This means that you will need a permit from your local authority. Regulations vary considerably from one authority to another, so you need to contact your council in order to establish their rules. They will also charge you a fee for the permit, as you might well expect.
Barred Items
You also need to consider what you can and cannot put in the skip. Some items are barred for environmental and safety reasons. Things such as electrical appliances, asbestos, batteries, chemicals, and flammable substances may be prohibited.
Even though you may take care not to overstep the rules, if your skip is on the road or verge you should have a quick check of what is in there before the skip hire company removes it. It is by no means unknown for members of the public to dump their unwanted rubbish in other people’s skips in Buckingham. Because it is your skip, you are the one who will get fined!
Finally, if you have a lot of waste, you may very well be considerably better off using the grab hire that we provide at Top Mix. We have grab lorries in a range of sizes, and all you need to do is pile your rubbish in a heap. Our driver arrives and loads it all on to the lorry and off it goes to the tip. No skips. No permits. And it’s all gone in an hour or less.