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Stevenage Skip Hire have been taking good care of our customers for many years now. Whatever your waste requirements may be, Stevenage Skip Hire have the perfect size skip to match the job in hand. Don't forget, we supply skips for commercial or domestic clients, recycle waste, sort out the skip permits and are Environment Agency approved. Stevenage Skip Hire operate a same day skip drop off and collection service throughout St Albans. Our skip hire prices are very competitive, so call us today!

Skip hire in St. Albans

Everybody needs a good tidy up every once in a while. Whether it's just getting rid of a bit of garden waste, or the odd bag of extra rubbish, the wheelie bin is the go to method, even if it means taking several weeks to get rid of it over several collection dates, but what about when you have some serious amounts of waste materials to offload? This is where skip hire really does come into its own.

We have delivered many skips to residents in and around St. Albans over the years and for many different reasons too. The waste being generated may be from a major garden makeover, to some pretty extensive home renovations. Whatever the reason, skip hire at your St. Albans address is well worth considering.

Skip hire for when your wheelie bin can't cope

As mentioned above, much of our waste materials end up in the wheelie bin. People in the St. Albans area generally have three provided by the local council. Currently, St. Albans council issue bins for general waste, one for recycling materials and another for garden waste. The garden waste bin is paid for separately and the general waste bin is smaller in dimension to the other two.

The garden waste bin annual charge has been criticised as it is seen as another way of squeezing more money from St. Albans residents, particularly when it was originally included in the council tax payment. To make matters worse, the bin tends to only get used during the growing season, sitting redundant throughout the winter months when gardening activity has ceased. This extra charge has led to a growing number of people dumping their garden waste in local woodland or parks. Unfortunately, many do not view this as fly-tipping, because the waste is biodegradable and not rubbish so to speak, although it is still an offence to dump any waste in public areas.

The general waste bin is smaller, which means it can often become overwhelmed, again leading to unauthorised dumping. Skip hire is a great solution for dealing with large amounts of waste in one fell swoop.

Skip hire in St. Albans can cope with major household renovations or a complete garden tidy up or makeover. Skip hire means you'll have no more waiting for weeks on end to slowly chip away at piles of waste in your wheelie bin, it'll be gone in one convenient collection, at a time to suit you.

Simply tell us what type of waste it is that you want to get rid of, and we will be able to advise you as to what type of skip is perfect for you to hire.

Some St. Albans history

In Roman times, the Roman city of Verulamium, the second-largest town in Roman Britain after Londinium, developed from the Iron Age settlement that was in the St. Albans location before and was granted the rank of municipium around AD 50, meaning that its citizens had what were known as "Latin Rights", a lesser citizenship status than a colonia possessed. It grew to a significant town, and as such received the attentions of Boudica of the Iceni in 61, when Verulamium was sacked and burnt on her orders. Excavations carried out in 1996-97 within the centre of the Roman town of St. Albans gave archaeologists the chance to date a black ash layer to 60-65 AD, thus confirming the Roman written record. It grew steadily; by the early 3rd century, it covered an area of about 125 acres, behind a deep ditch and wall. Verulamium contained a forum, basilica and a theatre, much of which were damaged during two fires, one in 155 and the other in around 250. These were repaired and continued in use in the 4th century. The theatre was disused by the end of the 4th century. One of the few extant Roman inscriptions in Britain is found on the remnants of the forum. St. Albans was rebuilt in stone rather than timber at least twice over the next 150 years. Roman occupation of St. Albans ended between 400 and 450 AD.

The body of Saint Alban was probably buried outside the city walls in a Roman cemetery near the present cathedral. His hillside grave became a place of pilgrimage. Recent investigation has uncovered a basilica there, indicating the oldest continuous site of Christian worship in Great Britain. In 429 Germanus of Auxerre visited the church and subsequently promoted the cult of St Alban.

A few traces of the Roman city of St. Albans remain visible, such as parts of the city walls, a hypocaust, still in situ under a mosaic floor, and the theatre, which is on land belonging to the Earl of Verulam, as well as items in the museum. Further remains beneath nearby agricultural land have only had a few exploratory trenches, which have never been fully excavated and were seriously threatened by deep ploughing, which ceased in 2005 after compensation was agreed. Test trenches in 2003 confirmed that serious damage had occurred to buildings on the northern side of Old Watling Street by deep ploughing. Permission needs to be granted to enable the full extent of the damage to the western half of Verulamium to be investigated.

Anglo-Saxon times in St. Albans

After the Roman withdrawal, St. Albans became the centre of the territory or region of the Anglo-Saxon Waeclingas tribe.

St Albans Abbey and the associated Anglo-Saxon settlement were founded on the hill outside the Roman city where it was believed St Alban was buried. An archaeological excavation in 1978, failed to find Roman remains on the site of the medieval chapter house. As late as the eighth century the Saxon inhabitants of St Albans nearby were aware of their ancient neighbour, which they knew alternatively as Verulamacaestir or, under what H. R. Loyn terms "their own hybrid", Vaeclingscaestir, "the fortress of the followers of Waecla", possibly a pocket of British-speakers remaining separate in an increasingly Saxonised area.

Skip hire in St. Albans at an affordable price

When everything seems to be soaring in cost, skip hire remains competitively priced. When you consider that all your waste issues can be taken care of in one go, and the vast majority of your waste materials will be carefully sorted and recycled, it's easy to see that skip hire is still a good value for money solution to tidying away all of your unwanted waste.

So, if you live in or around the St. Albans area and need to hire a skip, why not give us a call today?

Some of the services Stevenage Skip Hire provide in, and around, St Albans:

Skip Hire
Waste Recycling
Waste Management
Envirowaste Recycling Centre
Waste Disposal
Domestic and Commercial Skip Hire
Licensed Waste Carriers
Environment Agency Approved
Skip Permits Arranged
Same Day Drop Off and Collection
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If you would like to know more or are interested in a quote we would be happy to help. Phone us on 0203 780 2277, email us at info@stevenageskiphire.co.uk or fill in our contact form and we will be in touch as soon as possible.

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