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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Eyemouth 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 Eyemouth
Eyemouth is a fishing town in the Scottish Borders, sitting where the Eye Water meets the North Sea around eight miles north of Berwick-upon-Tweed, with a population of around 3,500. It is the largest settlement on the Berwickshire coast and has been a working harbour for centuries, granted burgh status in the sixteenth century. The town is built tightly around its harbour, with the old streets running down to the water and the fishing fleet still landing crab, lobster, prawns and white fish.
Eyemouth's history is marked above all by one day. On 14 October 1881 the fleet put to sea in fine weather and was caught by a sudden and violent storm; 189 fishermen from the Berwickshire coast drowned, 129 of them from Eyemouth itself, in sight of the shore. The disaster, known locally as Black Friday, left a third of the town's women widowed and is commemorated by the Widows' and Bairns' Memorial on the harbour front and by a tapestry in the museum. It remains one of the worst fishing tragedies in British history.
The town also has a strong smuggling heritage. In the eighteenth century Eyemouth was one of the busiest smuggling ports on the east coast, and the old buildings around the harbour are riddled with cellars, tunnels and hidden spaces — Gunsgreen House, a fine Georgian merchant's house built by John Adam in 1753 for the smuggler John Nisbet, has a concealed tea chute and is now open as a museum of the trade.
Eyemouth sits just off the A1 with the A1107 running along the coast, and Reston station on the East Coast Main Line — reopened in 2022 after nearly sixty years — is around five minutes away, giving services to Edinburgh in under an hour and to Berwick in ten minutes. The Berwickshire Coastal Path runs through the town, with St Abb's Head National Nature Reserve and its seabird cliffs a few miles north, and the marine reserve offshore is regarded as among the finest cold-water diving in Europe. Neighbouring communities include St Abbs, Coldingham, Burnmouth, Ayton and Reston.
Housing in Eyemouth is largely traditional, with tightly packed stone fishermen's cottages and terraces around the harbour and the High Street — much of the old town a conservation area with a substantial number of listed buildings — alongside Victorian villas, interwar and post-war council-built housing, and modern development on the slopes above. The harbour streets are narrow with very limited off-road parking, and the exposed coastal position makes weatherproofing a constant concern for the older stock. The reopening of Reston station has markedly increased the town's appeal to Edinburgh commuters.