Terms of Hire

  • Browns Skip Hire will not and cannot be held liable for any damage caused after being invited or instructed to drive on the hirers' property to site a skip.

  • Browns skip hire shall not be liable for any finical loss suffered due to the skip delivery being delayed or cancelled.

  • Browns Skip Hire reserves the right to charge a wasted journey or aborted delivery fee should the hirer cancel the skip when the skip is on route or delivery has not been cancelled by way of telephone 24hrs before the scheduled delivery date.

  • Skips can only be placed on the highway by prior arrangement.

  • A permit is required to place the skip on any road, verge or pavement. This will need to be obtained from the relevant local authority, in some cases will incur a charge. It is the hirers' responsibility to ensure lights and cones are in place in line with the highways act 1980.

  • Once a skip has been sited the skip shall not be moved or repositioned by the hirer, doing so may make it impossible to collect.

  • The hirer must ensure the skip is not overloaded by either weight or volume. All skips MUST BE LEVEL LOADED unless prior arrangement has been made with Browns skip hire.

  • The lighting of fires in any skips is strictly forbidden.

    If the skip has been used to facilitate a fire the hirer will be liable for any damage caused to the skip.

  • If the skip is lost or stolen whilst on hire from a customer the skip will remain on hire and accrue additional charges until the full value of the skip is reached or the skip is returned.

  • The maximum hire period is 10 days for non-account customers and 28 days for account customers.

  • It is the responsibility of the hirer to inform Browns Skip Hire the skip is ready for to collect.