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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Dryburgh 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 Dryburgh
Dryburgh is a small settlement in the Scottish Borders, sitting in a loop of the River Tweed a few miles east of Melrose, with a population of only a few dozen. It is less a village than a hamlet gathered around one of the great ruins of Scotland, in one of the most beautiful settings in the Borders — the Tweed curls almost entirely around the site, with wooded banks and the triple peaks of the Eildon Hills rising a short distance west.
Dryburgh Abbey was founded in 1150 by Hugh de Morville, Constable of Scotland, for the Premonstratensian canons, and was one of the four great Border abbeys along with Melrose, Jedburgh and Kelso. Its position on the invasion route between England and Scotland made it a repeated casualty of war: it was burned by English forces in 1322, 1385 and again in 1544 during the Rough Wooing, after which it was never rebuilt. What survives is unusually complete in its monastic buildings — the chapter house, cloister ranges and night stair are among the best preserved in Scotland, set among ancient cedars and yews.
The abbey is the burial place of Sir Walter Scott, who lies in St Mary's Aisle beneath the ruined north transept, alongside his wife and his biographer and son-in-law John Gibson Lockhart. Field Marshal Earl Haig, commander of British forces on the Western Front and a Borders man, is also buried here under a plain war-pattern headstone. A short distance away stands the Wallace Statue, a 21-foot red sandstone figure of William Wallace erected in 1814 and one of the earliest monuments to him anywhere.
Scott's View, on the Bemersyde ridge above Dryburgh, is one of the most famous viewpoints in Scotland — the writer's favourite prospect over the Tweed to the Eildons, and the spot where his funeral horses are said to have stopped of their own accord out of habit. Dryburgh Abbey Hotel occupies a Victorian mansion beside the ruins, and the St Cuthbert's Way and Borders Abbeys Way both pass through. Neighbouring communities include St Boswells, Newtown St Boswells, Melrose, Maxton and Bemersyde.
Housing in Dryburgh is minimal and entirely traditional — a handful of stone cottages and estate properties, the hotel, and farmhouses and steadings spread across the surrounding land, much of it associated with the Bemersyde estate, historically the seat of the Haig family. The setting is protected by conservation designations and the abbey's status as a scheduled monument, and the nearest services are at St Boswells and Newtown St Boswells, with the Borders Railway terminus at Tweedbank around ten minutes away.