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I think my internet is broken. We are getting a conservatory, and am wondering if it's possible to get a skip in the back garden (over a 6ft high fence with 6ft wide panels and a knee high wall)
We have just had a new tarmac drive laid - not sure I want a skip on that (would it cause any damage?
Cheers
best bet is probably to get a few 8x4 sheets of 12mm ply on the drive and have them put the skip on those?
Can you remove fence panels?
Maybe rest the skip on blocks of wood?
Stick the skip on front lawn?
Put skip in road?
Best just to call the local skip hire co and ask them - skips aren't all the same shape and neither are skip trucks - some lift the skip off, some tip and roll the skip off, the ones that lift sometimes have a capacity to extend the lifting arms but not all do... and they might not be able to work with that extension once the skip is full.
Put skip in road?
You'll usually need a permit for that
It won't go over a fence. May fit between posts if you remove a panel, dependent on skip and lorry size.
As WWaswas says, easiest to protect your drive. Try OSB as its cheaper than ply, or salvage some 2nd hand shuttering ply from a building site (with permission)
It's very unlikely that you'll be able to drop a skip over the fence without it costing you a lot for the size of skip. Most residential skip lorries only have a short range for a lift due to the leverage, add in going over the fence and it's unlikely to happen. If you can get the fence panels out you might get a small one through or you might find someone that could use a hi-ab but that's gonna cost you as it's a relatively big vehicle compared to skip size. Ply under the skip on the drive is going to be easiest & most cost effective.
Maybe consider a different option. A grabber/muckaway, hippo bags, man with a truck
They don't have much reach:
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When you do got your skip, can I have a rummage please?
Every time I walk past a skip I have to look. I blame my parents!
Speak to the skip company explain the situation they will probably have some chocks they can rest it on for you.
Cheers all, drive looking like best bet then.
Ta
Just dump all the rubble on the railway walk like the caravan dwellers do.