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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Braehead and within a 30 mile radius.
It’s not just a case of how much waste you have! You also need to consider how much room you have on your site and will then need to think about the type of waste you will be disposing of. For example if the waste is heavy (e.g. soil/brick/rubble) then you will be restricted as to how large a skip you can have.
When only a single skip is expected, we strongly believe that it’s better to hire a skip that you may not quite fill, as opposed to ordering a skip which ends up being too small meaning a second skip is then required as a result. In other words it’s better to overestimate than underestimate!
When filling a skip it can only be loaded up to the level of the actual skip itself.
It is important that your site foreman and operatives are aware of this as it is actually against the law for drivers to carry over loaded skips on the highways. Likewise, using boards around the skip in an attempt to increase it’s capacity (known in the trade as ‘greedy boards’) is illegal.
If a driver arrives on site to find an overloaded skip they are likely to turn away and leave without the skip, thus potentially incurring additional transport charges.
Though we try to be as flexible with hire periods as possible, as a general rule the maximum hire period is 7 days.
Of course should your site be an ongoing one where numerous skips are required and exchanged on a regular basis then there is nothing to worry about. If however, you require a skip that is likely to be needed for more than 7 days without exchanges, we request you inform us at the time of ordering as a rental charge may be applicable.
Yes. Though any skip that needs to be sited on a public highway, pavement or council owned verge, first requires permission from the local authority responsible.
Though the charges involved and the length of time it takes an application to be processed varies from council to council, in the vast majority of cases we can arrange the required permit on your behalf. Depending on the local authority in question, application periods can be anything from ‘same day’ to 4 weeks, so when you know that a permit is likely to be required on an upcoming site it is vital that you give us as much notice as possible to avoid any unnecessary delays.
Please also note that as the hirer, the lighting and coning of the skip whilst it is placed on public land is your responsibility, though we are usually able to arrange for the hire of these items on your behalf too.
A standard skip or roll-on-off vehicle usually requires a minimum of 10ft (3.3m) width and approximately 13ft (4m) headroom to safely gain access to a site. If your site access falls a little below these requirements we are able to (in most areas) arrange for smaller skips (depending on waste type) to be delivered on smaller lorries.
If you are in any doubt about the access to your sites, we are here to help, so just ask!
There are certain types of waste that cannot be placed in general waste skips under any circumstances.
Examples of such waste types include (but are not limited to): asbestos, fridges, freezers, batteries, tyres, gas cannisters, paint tins, food waste, fluorescent tubes, liquids, TV sets, computer monitors, plasterboard, electrical items (WEEE), mattresses, tree stumps, tree roots, carpet, vinyl, astroturf, rubber matting & roof felt.
It is vital that you always inform us of exactly what your are intending to dispose of at the time of ordering!
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Skip hire in Braehead
Braehead is a small village in South Lanarkshire, sitting on the high moorland between Forth and Carnwath around six miles east of Lanark, at an elevation of well over 200 metres. It is one of a cluster of settlements on the exposed upland plateau of Clydesdale — Braehead, Forth, Auchengray and Woolfords among them — whose position gives them some of the highest and most weather-beaten inhabited ground in the central belt. The name is straightforwardly descriptive: the head of the brae, the top of the slope.
Like its neighbours, Braehead owes its existence to coal and limestone. The Lanarkshire coalfield extended across this upland edge, and small pits, limeworks and quarries operated throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, drawing workers to what had previously been sparsely settled sheep ground. The village grew as a rows-and-cottages settlement serving those workings, and when the pits closed it reverted largely to an agricultural and commuting community.
The landscape around the village is open moor and improved pasture, with sheep and cattle farming the mainstay alongside forestry. In recent decades the plateau has become a significant location for renewable energy, with wind farms across the moors between Forth, Carnwath and the Pentland fringe taking advantage of the exposure that has always defined the area. The Pentland Hills lie to the east and the upper Clyde valley falls away to the south-west towards Lanark and the Falls of Clyde.
Braehead sits on the minor road network between the A70 and the A721, with Forth a mile or so away and Carnwath, Lanark and Carluke all within a short drive. Edinburgh is around 45 minutes by road via the A70, and Glasgow a similar distance west, which has made the village and its neighbours increasingly attractive to commuters seeking cheaper property within reach of both cities. The nearest stations are at Carluke and Carstairs on the West Coast Main Line.
Housing in Braehead is largely modest and traditional, with stone and rendered cottages and former miners' rows, interwar and post-war council-built housing, and a scattering of modern bungalows and detached homes built on infill plots and small developments. The surrounding parish is farmland, with farmhouses, steadings — a number now converted — and cottages spread across the moor edge. Property here is among the more affordable in South Lanarkshire, and the exposed upland position means weatherproofing, roofing and insulation work are perennial concerns for the older stock.