A 10-yard skip is perfect for larger jobs that produce a lot of waste. With a capacity of around 80-100 refuse sacks, it’s ideal for big household clearances, large garden tidy-ups, or extensive DIY projects. It’s also great for home renovations like full house refurbishments or major building work.
If you’re working on a construction or demolition project, the 10-yard skip can handle your bulkier items like bricks, rubble, timber, and large furniture. Its extra space makes it a great choice for tradespeople and homeowners with bigger projects that need more waste removed.
This skip size is especially useful for minor home renovations such as refitting a kitchen or bathroom. You can use it to dispose of old fixtures, broken tiles, and general construction debris. If you’re tidying up your garden, it’s also suitable for removing soil, branches, and other green waste.
The 10 yard skip dimensions are 1.2m high by 3.6m long by 1.8m wide, which works out at roughly 4ft high, 12ft long and 6ft wide. The footprint is the same width as our 8 yard skips, so it sits comfortably on a standard driveway or across two parking spaces on the road.
Allow around 3 metres of clear width and 4 metres of height above the drop point so the lorry can lower and lift the skip safely. If you are unsure about access at your property, compare the full range on our skip hire page or call the team before you book.
A 10 yard skip holds approximately 80 to 100 standard refuse sacks, which equates to around 7.5 cubic metres of loose waste. The 10 yard skip size suits large home renovations, full garden clearances, and construction or demolition work where bulky materials build up quickly.
As a guide, a three-bedroom house clearance or a kitchen and bathroom strip-out will usually fill one. Loads need to stay level with the top rail, since overfilled skips cannot be lifted legally. For smaller household jobs, an 8 yard skip is often the better fit and takes up less room on the drive.
A 10 yard skip takes household waste such as furniture, carpets, and general rubbish; garden waste including soil, turf, and branches; and construction materials like bricks, rubble, timber, and metal. Packaging, cardboard and general DIY waste are all accepted. Spread heavy materials such as soil, hardcore, and rubble evenly across the base rather than filling to the top, because weight limits apply before the skip is visually full.
Plasterboard has to be kept separate under waste regulations, so tell us in advance if you have any. Tradespeople clearing regular volumes may find third-party tipping more practical for repeat loads.
If the skip is going on your own driveway or private land, no permit is needed, and you can book straight away. If it needs to sit on a road, pavement or any other public land, the council requires a skip permit, and we arrange that on your behalf as part of the booking. Permits usually take a few working days to issue, so allow extra time when planning the job.
Councils also ask for lights and cones on road placements, which we supply. Tell us the intended position when you order your residential skip hire, and we will handle the paperwork.
Standard 10 yard skip hire covers a two-week period starting from the day the skip is delivered, which gives plenty of time for renovation and clearance projects. If you need it for longer, give us a call, and we will do our best to extend the hire. If you finish early, we can collect sooner and free up your driveway.
Council permits for road placements run to fixed dates, so any extension on public land needs to be renewed before the permit expires. For ongoing site work running across several weeks, a commercial skip hire arrangement is usually the simpler option.
Several items cannot go in a 10 yard skip. These include asbestos, electrical goods such as fridges, freezers and televisions, tyres, batteries, gas canisters, paint tins, solvents, oils and clinical waste. Anything classed as hazardous has to be handled through a separate licensed route, and leaving these items in the skip can result in a rejected load and a return charge, as set out in our terms and conditions.
If you are unsure about a particular item, send us a photo before the collection date, and we will confirm. Our Bolton skip hire team can also talk you through the restricted list before delivery.
Booking takes a couple of minutes. Call the team on 01204 843372, message us on WhatsApp, or fill in the online form with your postcode, the delivery date you need and the spot where the skip will be placed. We confirm availability the same day and apply for a permit if the skip is going on the road.
We take payment before delivery, and you receive a waste transfer note for your records. If you would rather set the details out in writing first, get in touch through our contact page and we will come back with a quote.
For driveway placements, we can often deliver a 10 yard skip the next working day, and same-day delivery is sometimes possible on early morning orders, subject to lorry availability. Road placements depend on the council permit, which usually adds a few working days to the timeline.
Deliveries run Monday to Friday with limited Saturday slots, and we provide a delivery window rather than a fixed time. Booking ahead is sensible during busy periods such as bank holidays and the spring clearance season. Call us with your postcode, and we will confirm the earliest slot available.
Our 10 yard residential skip hire is available across Bolton and the surrounding areas, including Aspull, Bury, Manchester, Preston, Trafford, Wigan and Westhoughton. Delivery is included in the hire price for addresses inside our standard coverage area, and we will confirm any surcharge before you commit if your postcode sits slightly outside it.
A postcode check takes a moment over the phone. Alongside skips, we also supply aggregates such as sand, gravel and topsoil, so materials can be dropped on the same round if you are landscaping once the clearance is finished.
The 10 yard skip size is the point where most homeowners stop thinking in bin bags and start thinking in rooms. If you are clearing a full three-bedroom property, stripping out a kitchen and bathroom, or emptying a loft and garage in one go, this size handles it in a single hire rather than two collections.
If the job is a single room refit or a garden tidy, an 8 yard skip will usually cover it and leaves more space on the drive. For smaller clearances such as a bathroom strip-out or a single weekend of garden waste, a 4 yard skip is often all you need.
The most common mistake is going one size too small and paying twice for delivery and collection. If you are between two sizes, describe the job to us on 01204 843372, and we will tell you honestly which one fits, including whether a 10 yard skip hire booking is more than you actually need. We would rather get the size right the first time than send a second lorry out.
Horrocks Waste Management, number one for Skip Hire in Bolton and the surrounding areas.
