It is one of the most practical questions we are asked, usually by someone fitting a clear-out around a full working week. Do you actually have to be in when the skip turns up, and again when it is lifted away? For most Ormskirk jobs the answer is no, as long as the details are agreed before the day, and our Ormskirk skip hire team settles those arrangements with you at the point of booking. A little planning up front means the whole hire runs from delivery to collection without anyone needing to take a day off.
A driveway drop rarely needs you there
If the skip is going on your own driveway and we both know exactly where, there is seldom any reason for you to be home. We set it down in the agreed spot, you load it across the hire period whenever it suits you, and we return to collect it later. The thing that makes this work cleanly is pinning the placement down in advance, so a quick note about which side of the drive, or a mention of a side gate that needs leaving unlocked, saves any guesswork on the day. It matters more on the longer drives out in the villages, where a property in Aughton or out towards our Burscough skip hire patch might have two or three spots that would each do, and we would always rather drop it where you actually want it than pick for you. If your surface is block paving or gravel rather than solid concrete, tell us when you book and we will bring boards to spread the weight and protect it, which is a small step that saves a tidy drive from a needless mark.
When the skip has to go on an Ormskirk road
A skip on a public road, verge or footway needs a highway licence, and we arrange that ahead of delivery rather than leaving it to you, so once again it does not usually call for you to be present. In Ormskirk the authority that issues the licence is Lancashire County Council, not West Lancashire Borough Council as people often assume, the fee currently sits at around thirty-six pounds a month, and roughly two working days of notice are expected under Part IX of the Highways Act 1980. That notice period is the reason booking a few days ahead matters when the skip cannot go on private ground. We carry public liability cover well above the five million pound minimum and fit the lights and markings the licence requires. What does help on the day is having the agreed spot clear of parked cars when we arrive, which is worth a word with family or neighbours on the older, narrower terraced streets near the town centre where the kerb is normally full, and especially on the student-let roads around Edge Hill where parking runs tight through term.
Keeping the skip reachable on collection day
The one thing that does cause a wasted visit is a skip we cannot reach when we come back for it, usually because a car has parked too close, a gate has been locked, or the load has been piled so high that the lorry cannot lift and sheet it cleanly. Leaving room around the skip, keeping the access route open and not filling past the rim means we collect first time, whether you are standing there or not. Level loading is not only a legal requirement for carrying a skip on the road, it is the difference between a clean lift and a return trip, so it pays to break bulky items down and pack them rather than throw them in loose. If anything changes between delivery and collection, a quick call lets us adjust the timing instead of sending a wagon to a skip that cannot move. There is no rush to fill it the moment it lands either, as a typical hire runs a couple of weeks, and if a project overruns we can usually extend the time on the skip with a phone call rather than leave you loading it in a single weekend.
Planning delivery and collection around your week
When you book, the useful things to tell us are where the skip should sit, when you need it gone, and anything awkward about the access, and from there we fit delivery and collection around your days rather than the other way round. We can usually offer a delivery window so you are not waiting in all day, and for a job that runs entirely while you are out, settling it all up front means you never have to be on site at either end. This suits local landlords in particular, who often handle a rental changeover near Edge Hill without living anywhere nearby and can leave the whole delivery and collection with us. If you would like to weigh up which skip fits before you commit, our skip sizes page lays the range out, with the driveway-friendly 4 tonne midi skip hire at one end and the 8 tonne builders skip hire for a heavier clear-out at the other.
Arrange it all with one call
Tell our Ormskirk team where the skip should go and when you need it lifted, on 01704 779345 or through the contact page, and we will arrange delivery and collection around your day. We cover the town and the villages around it, so wherever you are, we can have the skip dropped and lifted without you needing to take time off to meet it.
