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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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Earlston is a village in the Scottish Borders, sitting on the Leader Water a few miles north of Melrose, with a population of around 1,700. It was historically known as Ercildoune, and that older name carries its greatest claim to fame: Thomas the Rhymer, the thirteenth-century poet and prophet, was Thomas of Ercildoune. The ruins of Rhymer's Tower stand at the edge of the village, and a stone set into the wall of the parish church records that "Auld Rhymer's race lies in this place".
The legend holds that Thomas was carried off by the Queen of the Fairies from the Eildon Tree, a spot marked by the Rhymer's Stone on the road to Melrose, and returned seven years later with the gift of prophecy and the inability to tell a lie. His verse prophecies were famous across Scotland for centuries and were still being quoted in the nineteenth century; Walter Scott collected the ballad of Thomas the Rhymer in the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border and regarded him as the earliest named Scottish poet.
The village grew as a market and weaving settlement, with linen and later woollen manufacture — the Earlston mill was part of the Borders textile industry centred on Galashiels and Hawick. The surrounding Lauderdale and Leader valley is good farming country, and the village sits in the heart of Scott country, with Abbotsford, Dryburgh Abbey, Melrose Abbey and Scott's View all within a few miles. The Southern Upland Way passes a short distance north.
Earlston sits on the A68, the main route between Edinburgh and Newcastle, with the A6105 running east to Duns. Galashiels is around eight miles south-west and the Borders Railway terminus at Tweedbank roughly ten minutes away, giving services to Edinburgh in under an hour — a link that has significantly changed the village's commuting profile. Neighbouring communities include Melrose, Gordon, Lauder, Newtown St Boswells, Redpath and Smailholm.
Housing in Earlston is largely traditional, with stone cottages and terraces along the High Street and Market Square, Victorian villas, former mill workers' housing, and interwar and post-war council-built estates, alongside a considerable amount of modern development built over recent decades on the village edges. The surrounding parish holds farmhouses, steadings — many now converted — and estate properties. Property is more affordable than nearby Melrose, and the combination of the A68 and the Borders Railway has made Earlston an increasingly popular base for Edinburgh commuters.