How to Prepare Your Property for Skip Bin Hire

When you hire a skip bin, the best place to put it is on your own property. This will ensure that you don't have to carry your waste too far as you dispose of it. But is your property ready for a skip bin? You'll need to make sure that your property and the surrounding area is ready to accommodate the arrival and placement of your skip bin.

If you prepare your property in advance, you can avoid time-consuming surprises. To ensure your property is skip-bin friendly, take the following actions before your skip bin arrives.

Before you order your skip bin, decide where the best places for your skip bin would be. Choose several possible locations to begin with. Later, as you analyse the potential of each spot, you can go through a process of elimination until the most suitable location remains.

Make sure you choose one or two backup locations just in case your preferred choice isn't possible.

Stand back and look at your property from the other side of the road. This will help you spot potential obstructions that might impede the skip bin or the skip bin truck. If tree branches hang low over your chosen spot, you'll need to trim them back or choose another location.

However, keep in mind that you won't be able to remove all obstructions, such as utility lines.

You have to take the location of nearby utility lines, like overhead wires, into account before you can settle on a skip bin location. Otherwise, you could get into trouble with your local council. For instance, if you place a skip bin over a drain and it rains, you might cause flooding in the area due to the lack of a drainage point.

And if overhead wires are too close to your preferred location, then the skip bin truck operator won't be able to move the skip bin into position without jeopardizing their safety.

If you need to place your skip bin on a concrete driveway, natural stone paving or grass, then prepare the ground beforehand. Place bricks or planks on the ground before your skip bin arrives. This will keep your skip bin elevated off the ground so it won't damage your property.

But before you do this, inform your skip bin provider. And make sure that the additional height won't prevent the placement of the skip bin due to tree branches, for example.

If you find that you can't place a skip bin on your property, you'll need a skip bin permit to place it on the nature strip instead. In Adelaide, you need to apply for your skip bin permit anywhere from 2 days to 3 weeks in advance of skip bin delivery. The duration depends on the requirements of your local council. Make sure you complete this step — if necessary — before your skip bin arrives.

Is your property ready for a skip bin? Then now is the time to place your order. Green Bins supplies a range of skip bin sizes, from 2M3 to 9M3. Call us today to discuss your waste disposal needs, and we'll help you to choose the right size skip bin for your property.