How much higher than the highest side of a skip can one fill it before one can be considered to be taking the piss?
And is it 'on' to increase the sides of the skip with board before filling?
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Filling a skip - etiquette
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15 years ago
TBH, We have overfilled a few skips following the rule that stuff shouldn't actually be spilling over the sides. We have used the boards (or doors) at the side trick. Maybe we were lucky with the skip handler...
There is one rule you will have to follow. You must stand by the skip all night to stop your neighbours filling it for you.
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15 years ago
Depends if it your skip or next doors :-)
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Nobody had chance to get anything in it, we had a surprising anount to clear out of a unit we are vacating.
Shall I get a 4 or 5 ton I thought and ordered a 4, filled it very quickly.
Ordered another which I thought would be overkill for the 'bits' we had left and again the chuffing thing filled up and we carried on filling it.
We are cleared up now but I am not looking forward to the guy coming back for it tomorrow, I might bung him an extra tenner.
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15 years ago
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No need if it's the usual mix of stuff - just squash it down with the back actor of a JCB - works a treat Not so clever if it's brick rubble though!
AWEM
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I have a few tools but unfortunately not one of them!
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15 years ago
And to be able to retrieve anything you want before anyone else does.
Mary
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My experience.
If what you are putting in the skip is general rubbish, mixed, some bricks, some rubble, some soil, old kitchen units etc. then the load won't be any where near the maximum for the skip which is built for compacted bricks, clay, rubble or concrete. In these circumstances a reasonable amount of building up the ends to match the sides and a little amount of side build up will probably be OK, especially for the smaller mini and standard skips. The large 12m³ skips should not be 'enhanced' as they are near the size capacity of the truck.
HTH
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As it 'appens we've ordered a skip for a small job out in the sticks tomorrow. Price quoted, 4 yard one, inc VAT is 55 quid but thats only concrete and brick rubble.
Chuck one bit of wood in there and the price goes up to a whopping 115 quid!..
Anyone had this quoted?..
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Similar. I was told that concrete and brick rubble can be taken (free or possibly at a profit) to a recycling plant to be crushed & re used as aggregate. Top soil can also be recycled free, wheras with general rubbish they have to pay to tip it.
Maybe the 'green' tax also applies.
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Yes. Hardcore is easy to get rid of, even the landfill sites use it when burying the rubbish.Many places will take hardocre for free, as they can sell it on. Add other 'rubbish' in there and it is no good as hardcore, so it has to be dumped, causing a charge for the skip company. The local tip charged £65/tonne the last time I asked, a skip can easily hold 3 tonnes. Obviously skip companies have a better rate, but it still costs them a lot to dump general rubbish.
I had to dig up a garden last year, a 6 cu yd skip was filled - it would have been £35 cheaper if it was mud/soil only, but as there was some turf in there, it was classed as 'mixed' waste, so was charged at max. rate. £115 is pretty expensive, I had the same size skip last week for garden rubbish at £70.50. Alan.
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If its brick rubble and you pile it up the truck won't be able to lift it.. seen it done and it took someone hours with a shovel before they could lift the skip.
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How on earth do you manage??????
AWEM
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That's because they put it through the crusher and flog it at £10 a cu metre !
AWEM
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Your right, I need one!
How should I break it to 'er indoors?
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Are you a Man or a mouse - just GET one !
AWEM
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15 years ago
At what height would you cease to be happy to drive behind it in an open top car?
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Borrow the neighbour's, but make sure you top up the diesel before returning it, and don't leave sweetie papers in the cab, or he won't lend it to you again.
Owain
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All the ones I see these days are either netted or sheeted when driving.
AWEM
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I've seen dozens of skips being dragged away in the last 12 months and they've varied from barely filled to hugely overfilled.
One skip that was overloaded the block took off the top stuff and left it on the ground - it was stuff that would have fallen off.
My dad's mate recommends trampling the stuff down to get more in. One at the dormer extension up the road put doors on the sides to give them more room. That one went no problem.
The ones packed with soil seem to have been taken no problem even though it was heaped up.