Quick Answer: We break down the most common skip hire mistakes and show you exactly how to avoid them by understanding regulations and by following your provider’s guidelines, saving your time, money, and hassle.
Hiring a skip is an easy job, but these small mistakes, like choosing the wrong size, overfilling, or skipping permits, can cause major issues, such as:
For a smooth skip hire experience, make sure to avoid these silly mistakes while hiring a skip.
Skip Hire Team professionals created this guide for the most common skip hire mistakes and how you can avoid them. Let’s begin:
Sometimes, customers book the cheapest or smallest skip to save a small penny, but in the end, the waste doesn’t fit, leading to reordering and paying double charges.
| Skip Type | Size (Yards³) | Ideal For |
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4–5 yards
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Kitchen/bathroom renovations
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6–8 yards
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Construction or medium projects
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10–12 yards
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Large renovations or bulky items
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20–40 yards
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Commercial or industrial projects
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If you are still confused, contact our professional team, and we’ll recommend the right size based on your project.
This is another common mistake. All the skips have a clear “fill line.” Overfilling a skip beyond its maximum fill line is unsafe and illegal, and leads to spills during transport, fines, or refusal of collection.
Sometimes, customers throw hazardous or restricted waste into skips. It’s totally illegal to place such waste, and it can lead to fines, rejected pickups, or environmental violations.
Prohibited Skip Items Include:
Wrong placement is a big concern.
Placing a skip on your own private property (like your driveway or garden) does not require a permit. But, if placing a skip on public land, such as a road or pavement, a permit is required from your local council.
Failure to obtain could result in fines or collection refusal and demand for the immediate removal of the skip.
Tip: At Skip Hire Team, we can arrange a skip permit on your behalf as part of the service. Remember that permit applications can take a few days, so always plan ahead!
Peak times like spring, summer, or weekends fill up fast. Late bookings mean fewer skip choices or delayed deliveries, especially if permits are required.
Another major issue is the location or spot you choose for the skip. A bad spot can make loading very difficult, block access for delivery and collection trucks, and may damage your private property.
Some customers use a skip for dumping solutions and ignore recycling or segregating the waste materials. That’s a big mess.
Avoiding these common mistakes saves time, money, and stress. Whether you’re handling a home renovation or any small and large-scale construction project, planning ahead and following these best practices makes all the difference.
With Skip Hire Team, You Get:
Avoid fines, delays, and surprises. Plan ahead, and let our expert team make your skip hire experience hassle-free.
Booking the wrong one. Most customers underestimate their waste, which leads to needing a second skip.
Don’t get confused, contact your skip provider about the volume you expect.
We recommend at least 1 to 2 weeks before your project to secure availability.
BIG No. Hazardous items like asbestos, batteries, and paint are prohibited and totally illegal.
Only if you are going to place on a road.
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