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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Ettrickbridge 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 Ettrickbridge
Ettrickbridge is a village in the Scottish Borders, sitting on the Ettrick Water around six miles south-west of Selkirk, with a population of around 200. It takes its name from the bridge across the Ettrick, and it is the principal settlement of the lower valley — the last village of any size before the road climbs on into the emptier upper reaches towards Tushielaw and Ettrick itself. The village sits in a green, steep-sided valley of sheep pasture and woodland, with the water running clear over gravel beds below the houses.
The village was historically known as Ettrick Bridgend, and it grew around the crossing as a small service settlement for the surrounding hill farms. Kirkhope Tower stands on the slope above the village, a restored sixteenth-century peel tower that was a stronghold of the Scotts of Harden — the family of Auld Wat of Harden, one of the most notorious Border reivers, whose descendants include Walter Scott. The tower was restored in the 1990s and is a fine example of the fortified houses that dot this part of the Borders.
Ettrickbridge sits in the heart of ballad country. The Ettrick and Yarrow valleys produced a great body of Border balladry collected by Scott in the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, and the surrounding hills carry the names and sites that run through that literature. James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, was born further up the valley, and the whole area remains closely identified with him and with Scott, whose home at Abbotsford lies a short drive away.
The village is reached by the B7009 running up the valley from Selkirk, with a road over the hills connecting to the Yarrow valley and St Mary's Loch. Selkirk is around ten minutes away, Galashiels twenty, and Edinburgh roughly an hour and a half. The Borders Railway terminus at Tweedbank is around half an hour by road. Neighbouring communities include Ettrick, Tushielaw, Yarrowford, Selkirk and Bowhill.
Housing in Ettrickbridge is almost entirely traditional, with stone cottages and terraces along the single main street, the former school and church buildings, a number of larger houses and the restored tower, alongside farmhouses and steadings spread through the surrounding valley. Several properties are listed and development has been very limited, so the village retains its historic form. Fishing on the Ettrick, the valley's scenery and its quiet isolation have made it attractive to retirees and holiday-home buyers alongside its working farming community.