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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Kinloss 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 Kinloss
Kinloss is a village in Moray, sitting on Findhorn Bay a few miles north-east of Forres, with a population of a few thousand including the military community. The name comes from the Gaelic for head of the loss or river mouth, describing its position where the Kinloss Burn reaches the tidal bay. It is a small settlement with a history out of all proportion to its size, shaped first by a great abbey and then by an airfield.
Kinloss Abbey was founded in 1150 by David I for the Cistercians and became one of the wealthiest and most influential religious houses in Scotland. Its abbots included Robert Reid, later Bishop of Orkney, whose bequest founded the University of Edinburgh, and the abbey's library was among the finest in the country. Abandoned after the Reformation, much of its stone was carted away to build the Cromwellian citadel at Inverness, but substantial ruins survive in the graveyard and are cared for by a local trust.
RAF Kinloss opened in 1939 and became one of the most important stations in the Royal Air Force. For decades it was the home of the Nimrod maritime patrol force, watching the North Atlantic through the Cold War, and RAF Kinloss Mountain Rescue Team was among the busiest in the country. The Nimrod fleet was scrapped in 2010 and the RAF left in 2012; the site became Kinloss Barracks, now home to 39 Engineer Regiment of the Royal Engineers, so the military presence that has defined the village for eighty years continues in a different form.
The surrounding area is notable. Findhorn Bay is an important site for wintering wildfowl and waders and a popular sailing and watersports water, and the Findhorn Foundation and ecovillage — an internationally known intentional community founded in 1962 — sits on the far side of the bay. Culbin Forest, planted across a vast area of shifting sand dunes that buried an entire estate in the seventeenth century, stretches west along the coast.
Kinloss sits on the B9011 and B9089 close to the A96, with Forres around five minutes away and Elgin fifteen. Forres station on the Aberdeen to Inverness line gives services in both directions, with Inverness around 40 minutes west. Housing in the village is a mix of traditional stone cottages and older property, extensive service family accommodation built for the airfield, and modern private development, with the local housing market closely tied to the fortunes of the base.