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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Duns 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 Duns
Duns is a market town in the Scottish Borders, sitting beneath the southern slopes of the Lammermuir Hills in the heart of the Merse of Berwickshire, with a population of around 2,700. It was the county town of Berwickshire — a role it took on after Berwick-upon-Tweed was finally lost to England in 1482 — and it remains the principal service centre for the surrounding farmland. The town's motto, Duns dings a', roughly "Duns beats everything", is a long-standing local boast.
The town's most celebrated son is John Duns Scotus, the thirteenth-century Franciscan philosopher and theologian, regarded as one of the most important thinkers of the Middle Ages and beatified by the Catholic Church in 1993. His reputation suffered a curious posthumous fate: later humanists who rejected his intricate style of argument used his followers' name, Dunses, as an insult, and the word "dunce" entered English directly from it. A memorial to him stands in the town's public park.
Duns is closely associated with motorsport through Jim Clark, the twice Formula One world champion who farmed at Edington Mains nearby. The Jim Clark Motorsport Museum in the town holds his trophies, cars and memorabilia and is the only museum in Britain dedicated to a single racing driver. Duns Castle, a Georgianised medieval tower house set in a large estate with a nature reserve, stands on the edge of town, and Manderston House a few miles east is one of the finest Edwardian country houses in Scotland, with a celebrated silver staircase.
The town sits on the A6105 and A6112, 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. Edinburgh is roughly an hour and a quarter by road. The Lammermuirs rise immediately north, with the Southern Upland Way crossing the hills, and the Merse farmland spreads south towards the Tweed. Neighbouring communities include Chirnside, Greenlaw, Gordon, Longformacus, Swinton and Coldstream.
Housing in Duns is largely traditional, with stone Georgian and Victorian property around the Market Square, Newtown Street and Castle Street — much of the centre a conservation area with a substantial number of listed buildings — alongside older cottages, interwar and post-war council-built estates, and modern development on the edges. The surrounding Merse holds substantial farmhouses, steadings — many now converted — and estate cottages. Property is among the more affordable in the Borders, and the town's agricultural base and its reach to Berwick station shape much of the local market.