Skip Hire Terms & Conditions

By ordering and accepting delivery of a skip from Cheapest Skips Bradford, the customer agrees to the following terms and conditions.

Payment

Payment is required upon delivery unless otherwise agreed in advance. We accept cash on delivery or bank transfer.

All bank transfer payments must be received before delivery of the skip.

Any additional charges incurred during the hire, including additional hire periods or additional disposal charges, remain the responsibility of the customer.

Delivery & Collection

Skip deliveries normally take place between 8:00am and 5:00pm. Any delivery or collection times provided are estimates and cannot be guaranteed.

We will make reasonable efforts to deliver and collect on the requested date. However, delays may occasionally occur due to traffic, vehicle breakdowns, waste-site delays or closures, adverse weather or other circumstances outside our reasonable control.

Customers are responsible for ensuring that suitable and clear access is available for our vehicle on the agreed delivery and collection dates. This includes ensuring that access is not obstructed by parked vehicles, locked gates or any other obstruction within the customer's control.

If we are unable to deliver or collect the skip due to inadequate or obstructed access, we may be required to rearrange the delivery or collection. Customers must ensure that access remains available until the skip has been successfully collected.

Skip Placement & Property Damage

Where a customer requests that a skip is placed on private property, including a driveway, paving, block paving, tarmac, concrete, grass or other surface, the skip is placed there at the customer's request.

Due to the weight of the skip, delivery vehicle and the additional weight of waste placed inside the skip, cracking, sinking, marking, indentation or other surface damage may occur.

Customers are responsible for ensuring that the requested location and access route are suitable and capable of supporting the skip and delivery vehicle.

We cannot accept responsibility for damage resulting from the weight or placement of the skip where the customer has requested or authorised its location. This does not exclude our responsibility for damage caused directly by negligence on the part of our driver or our failure to exercise reasonable care and skill.

Our driver has the final decision regarding whether a requested location is safe and suitable. We reserve the right to refuse placement where the driver reasonably considers that doing so may be unsafe or could cause damage.

Access & Ground Conditions

The customer is responsible for ensuring there is sufficient and safe access for our vehicle to deliver and collect the skip.

Customers should consider gateways, parked vehicles, narrow entrances, low branches, overhead cables, walls, fences, soft ground, drains and any other potential obstructions.

Customers should inform us before delivery of any known hazards, weak surfaces, underground structures, drains or access restrictions.

Our driver may refuse to enter a property or position a skip where they reasonably believe the access or ground conditions are unsafe or unsuitable.

Loading the Skip

All skips must be level loaded only. Waste must not extend above the sides of the skip.

Overfilled skips cannot safely or legally be transported and our driver may refuse collection until the excess waste has been removed.

The customer is responsible for ensuring that the skip is not overloaded or excessively heavy. If a skip cannot safely be lifted or transported due to its weight, the customer will be required to remove sufficient material before collection can take place.

Heavy materials such as soil, rubble, concrete, bricks, stone and hardcore should only be placed in a skip size suitable for heavy waste. Please contact us before loading the skip if you are unsure.

Prohibited Waste

The following items are strictly prohibited and must not be placed in any of our skips:

• Asbestos

• Gas cylinders or gas canisters

• Tyres

• Batteries

• Chemicals or solvents

• Hazardous liquids

• Paint or liquid waste

• Oil

• Clinical or medical waste

• Any other hazardous or prohibited waste

We do not accept any of the above items.

If any prohibited items are found in the skip, the customer will be responsible for removing them.

Where prohibited waste is not discovered until after collection, the customer will be responsible for any reasonable additional costs incurred as a result, including handling, removal, return or specialist disposal costs.

Mattresses, Fridges, Freezers & Plasterboard

Mattresses are accepted at an additional charge of £40 per item.

Fridges and freezers are accepted at an additional charge of £50 per item.

These items must be declared when booking or before collection. If an undeclared chargeable item is discovered during collection or disposal, the applicable additional disposal charge will remain payable by the customer.

Plasterboard is accepted; however, it must be kept separate from other waste and securely contained in bags.

If you are unsure whether we accept a particular item, please contact us before placing it in the skip.

Customer Responsibility for Waste

The person hiring the skip is responsible for the contents of the skip throughout the hire period.

This includes waste placed in the skip by other people while the skip is on the customer's property or under their control.

Customers should take reasonable steps to prevent other people from placing prohibited or unauthorised waste in the skip.

Moving the Skip

Once delivered, the skip must not be moved or re-positioned without our permission.

Moving the skip after delivery may make it unsafe or impossible for our vehicle to collect.

If the skip has been moved, the customer may be required to return it to a suitable and accessible position before collection can take place.

Damage, Fire & Misuse

The customer is responsible for taking reasonable care of the skip while it is on hire.

Fires must not be lit inside the skip.

The customer may be responsible for reasonable repair or replacement costs where the skip is damaged through fire, misuse, unauthorised movement or other actions for which the customer is responsible.

Normal wear and tear is excluded.

Hire Period

The standard hire period is 7 days, unless otherwise agreed in advance.

If you finish with the skip sooner, please contact us and we will arrange collection at the earliest reasonable opportunity.

Collection may not necessarily take place immediately after notification, so customers must ensure that the skip remains safely positioned and accessible until it has been collected.

If you wish to extend the hire period beyond 7 days, an additional charge will apply for each additional week. Extensions should be agreed with us in advance.

At the end of the agreed hire period, the skip will be collected unless an extension or alternative arrangement has been agreed in advance.

Road Permits

If a skip is to be placed on a public highway or road, the appropriate skip permit must be obtained before delivery.

Customers must tell us when booking if the skip will be positioned on a road rather than private property.

Any applicable permit charge will be explained before the booking is confirmed.

A skip cannot be delivered onto a public highway until the necessary permit or permission is in place.

Cancellation & Changes

If you need to cancel or change your booking, please contact us as soon as possible.

Where a cancellation takes place after costs have already been incurred, such as a road permit having been obtained, we reserve the right to retain or charge a reasonable amount reflecting the costs already incurred.

This does not affect any cancellation or refund rights the customer may have under applicable consumer law.

General

Customers must use the skip responsibly and in accordance with these terms and conditions.

Nothing within these terms limits or excludes any rights or liabilities that cannot legally be limited or excluded, including the customer's statutory consumer rights.

Thank you for choosing Cheapest Skips Bradford.