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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Coldstream 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 Coldstream
Coldstream is a small town in the Scottish Borders, sitting on the north bank of the Tweed directly opposite England, with a population of around 2,000. It is the first town in Scotland on the road north from Newcastle, and its position at a long-used ford across the river has given it an outsized place in history. Armies crossed here for centuries — Edward I, James IV on his way to Flodden, and Cromwell among them — and the Tweed at Coldstream marked one of the most contested stretches of the border.
The town's most famous association is with the Coldstream Guards, the oldest regiment in continuous service in the British Army. General George Monck raised and quartered his regiment here, and on New Year's Day 1660 marched them from Coldstream to London, an intervention that led directly to the restoration of Charles II. The regiment has carried the town's name ever since, and the Coldstream Museum occupies the site of Monck's headquarters.
Coldstream Bridge, built by John Smeaton between 1763 and 1767, carries the road across the Tweed and is a fine five-arched structure. It gave the town a second reputation: like Gretna Green at the other end of the border, Coldstream became a destination for runaway English couples taking advantage of Scotland's more permissive marriage laws, and the toll house at the bridge end conducted marriages well into the nineteenth century. The Hirsel, seat of the Earls of Home and childhood home of Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home, lies just west with its estate grounds open to the public.
The town sits on the A697 and A698, with Berwick-upon-Tweed around 15 miles east providing the nearest station on the East Coast Main Line and fast services to Edinburgh and London. Kelso is nine miles west, and Edinburgh around an hour and a half by road. The Tweed here is one of the finest salmon rivers in the world, and the Flodden battlefield lies a few miles south across the border in Northumberland. Neighbouring communities include Birgham, Cornhill-on-Tweed, Swinton, Kelso and Wark.
Housing in Coldstream is largely traditional, with Georgian and Victorian stone property along the High Street and Market Square — much of the centre a conservation area with a substantial number of listed buildings — alongside older cottages, interwar and post-war council-built housing, and modern development on the edges of the town. The surrounding Merse countryside holds substantial farmhouses, steadings and estate cottages. Property is affordable relative to much of Scotland, and the town's setting on the Tweed sustains a steady fishing and tourism trade alongside its farming base.