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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Coldingham 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 Coldingham
Coldingham is a village in the Scottish Borders, sitting a mile inland from the North Sea coast between Eyemouth and St Abbs, with a population of around 500. It is one of the oldest Christian sites in Scotland: a monastery was founded here in the seventh century by Æbbe, sister of King Oswald of Northumbria, and the headland at St Abbs — St Abb's Head — carries her name. That first community was destroyed by the Vikings, and a Benedictine priory was established on the site in 1098 by King Edgar.
Coldingham Priory became one of the most powerful religious houses in the Borders, and its history was correspondingly violent — it was sacked repeatedly during the wars with England and finally blown up by Cromwell's artillery in 1648. Substantial fragments of the twelfth-century choir survive and were incorporated into the parish church, still in use today, with the priory grounds and remains open around it. The arcading on the surviving north and east walls is among the finest Romanesque work in Scotland.
Coldingham Bay, half a mile from the village, is a sheltered sandy beach backed by a row of brightly painted beach huts and long a favourite of families and surfers. Just north lies St Abbs, a tiny fishing village clinging to the rocks, and St Abb's Head National Nature Reserve, whose 300-foot cliffs hold enormous colonies of guillemots, razorbills, kittiwakes and puffins. The waters here form the St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve, regarded as some of the best cold-water diving in Europe for their clarity and marine life.
Coldingham sits on the A1107 with the A1 a couple of miles inland, and Reston station on the East Coast Main Line — reopened in 2022 after nearly sixty years — is around five minutes away, giving direct services to Edinburgh in under an hour. Berwick-upon-Tweed is fifteen minutes south. The Berwickshire Coastal Path runs through, and neighbouring communities include St Abbs, Eyemouth, Reston, Auchencrow and Ayton.
Housing in Coldingham is largely traditional, with stone cottages and terraces around the priory and the village green, Victorian villas, farmhouses and steadings across the surrounding parish, and modern development on the edges. A number of buildings are listed and the village core is a conservation area. The coast's popularity has brought a significant holiday-let and second-home presence, particularly around Coldingham Bay and St Abbs, and the reopening of Reston station has made the area markedly more attractive to Edinburgh commuters.