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ROROs – The Bins of The Construction Industry

People ring us onsite, and ask for a roll on roll off bin. Some people call them ROROs, others call them rolonofs. A few people just call them ‘those really massive skips you see on building sites’.

For trade, we deliver 20 cu yd – 40 cu yd roro bins, suitable for filling with tonnes of muck and other site materials.

Perfect for large scale and ongoing jobs.

January 14, 2010 at 12:35 pm | Skip Sizes and Uses | No comment

Tags: commercial skips, roll on roll off, Rolonof, roro, roros, trade skips, trade waste

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How Do I Use My Skip?

Werll, fortunately for you, the good guys at Topskips have compiled a page stating the Dos and Don’ts of skip hire – a must read if you’re in the stages where you’re ready to book your skip. A lot of it is common sense (don’t start a fire in your skip), but you might get some useful tips that you might not have thought about. Check it out the page on the Topskips website – “How To Use Your Skip”.

Ring Topskips for more help and advice on skip on 08445 60 77 10

December 11, 2009 at 10:59 am | Skip Sizes and Uses | No comment

Tags: Booking a skip, Recycling Bins, skip hire, Skip regulations, Waste Bins

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Can I Move My Skip When and Where I Like?

When it comes to domestic skip hire, we would recommend not moving a skip once the driver has placed it on your site/premises. The reasons why are manifold:

1) The driver communicates with you and uses his own experience on where the best place is to put the skip – he/she will know where you need it to go and also where it is safe to go and manage that expectation.

2) Moving it can cause injury – A skip is about a fifth to a quarter of a tonne – plus the waste you may already have inside it.

3) Not only can it cause injury, but it can cause huge damage to the land where the skip is lying on. A skip company is not liable for the damge caused once you have moved a skip on grass or pavestones or other more delicate ground.

4) Moving the skip may make it impossible for the driver to collect it. If you shove it down an alleyway for example, there’s no chance a 7.5 tonne or 10 tonne truck will be able to squeeze through a 5 foot gap to collect it. This equals major problems!

Our advice? Speak to one of trained staff at Topskips on 08445 60 7710

December 9, 2009 at 11:30 am | Skip Hire UK, Skip Sizes and Uses | No comment

Tags: Domestic skip hire, hiring a skip, skip delivery, skip hire

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I Know Nothing About Skip Hire – How Do I Know I’m Getting The Right Skip?

Skip hire isn’t the kind of thing the average person comes across that often in life. This is why our skip hire help on our website is vital when picking the skip size for the first time.

Topskips TV has little videos on which you can view the different sizes, with explanations on each of their different uses. We also have the Skip Sizes page that gives you all the dimensions in feet and in metres. We’ve tried to make choosing a skip as “idiot-proof” as possible, but we also know a chat with our skip experts is might help you decide on the best option for skip hire. Give them a ring on 08445 60 77 10.

December 1, 2009 at 12:29 pm | Skip Sizes and Uses | No comment

Tags: midi skips, mini skips, Ordering a skip, skip hire, skip hire sizes

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I’m Doing a Garden Clearout – What Size Skip Do I Need?

We get a lot of people ringing in unsure of what skip size is best for their garden clearout. It all depends on how big your garden is!

If you are lucky enough to have a big garden, then we would recommend an 8 cu yd builderskip. This is 12′ long and 5′6″ wide and is one of our most popular skips. If it sounds too big, think about how big your waste is going to be. Things like bushes and shrubbery can often be really bulky and may not weigh that much but will have take up a lot of space with their branches.

However if you have a small garden, we’d recommend our 4 cu yd midi skip. This is 6′ long and 4′ 3″ wide. It’s always best to go for a skip that might be little bigger than necessary – you never know what you’ll dig up!

And of course, all garden waste is recycled – so you can fill the skip knowing that none of it will go near a landfill tip.

Give our skip experts a ring on 08445 60 77 10 to book a skip for those jobs that you’ve been putting off all year…!

November 23, 2009 at 11:35 am | Home and Garden Improvements, Skip Sizes and Uses | No comment

Tags: Garden Clearance, Garden Clearout, Recycling, skip hire, skip sizes

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How do I hire a skip?

Seems like an odd question – but we get asked this a lot. It’s pretty simple – take a look at our website which is crammed with handy skip hire information about what you need to know before you hire a skip. It’s not complicated, but if it’s the first thing time you’ve ever ordered a skip, then it may appear a little bit daunting.

When you do that, you have a choice of booking online on our secure server or ringing our skip-obsessed staff on 08445 60 77 10 – they’ll be more than happy to help you through the process!

November 18, 2009 at 3:08 pm | Skip Hire UK, Skip Sizes and Uses | No comment

Tags: Booking a skip, Hire a skip, ordering skips, skip hire information

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