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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Broughton 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 Broughton
Broughton is a village in the Scottish Borders, sitting in the valley of the Biggar Water around five miles east of Biggar, with a population of a few hundred. It lies in what was historically Peeblesshire, in the upper Tweed country where the Southern Uplands rise on both sides of the valley. The village is strung along the old road between Biggar and Peebles, and the surrounding parish has been settled since prehistory, with hillforts and settlement remains on the surrounding hills and the ruined Broughton Place tower and Broughton Old Kirk marking its later history.
Broughton's best-known association is literary. John Buchan, author of The Thirty-Nine Steps, spent his childhood summers here with his mother's family, the Mastertons, at Broughton Green, and the landscape of the upper Tweed valley runs through much of his writing. The John Buchan Story museum, housed in the former Free Church, records his life as novelist, historian, Member of Parliament and Governor General of Canada. His sister Anna, who wrote as O. Douglas, was also a successful novelist and drew on the village in her work.
The village is also home to Broughton Ales, founded in 1979 and one of the first modern Scottish craft breweries — its Greenmantle Ale takes its name from another of Buchan's novels. Broughton Place, a twentieth-century country house built in the style of a Scottish tower house by Basil Spence in 1938, stands above the village and is regarded as one of his most successful early works.
Broughton sits on the A701 with the A72 running east along the Tweed to Peebles, giving good road access despite its rural setting — Biggar is five miles west, Peebles around twelve miles east, and Edinburgh roughly an hour by road. The nearest stations are on the West Coast Main Line at Carstairs or the Borders Railway terminus at Tweedbank. Neighbouring communities include Broughton Mains, Skirling, Drumelzier, Stobo, Rachan and Biggar.
Housing in Broughton is almost entirely traditional, with stone cottages and terraces along the main street, the former manse and school, a number of larger Victorian and twentieth-century houses, and farmhouses, steadings and estate cottages spread through the surrounding parish. Several buildings are listed and modern development has been very limited, so the village retains its historic form. The wider area is working hill farming country, and the combination of the Tweed valley setting and reasonable access to Edinburgh has made it attractive to commuters, retirees and holiday-home buyers.