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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Kirk Yetholm 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 Kirk Yetholm
Kirk Yetholm is a village in the Scottish Borders, sitting in the foothills of the Cheviots around a mile from the English border and seven miles south-east of Kelso, with a population of a few hundred. It forms a pair with Town Yetholm across the Bowmont Water, the two villages facing each other across the valley. Kirk Yetholm is built around a green, with the church that gives it its name and the Border Hotel closing one side.
The village is best known as the northern terminus of the Pennine Way. Britain's first official long-distance footpath, opened in 1965, runs 268 miles from Edale in Derbyshire along the spine of England and finishes at the Border Hotel in Kirk Yetholm, where walkers traditionally claim a free half pint — a custom begun by Alfred Wainwright, who left money behind the bar for finishers. The last stretch over the Cheviots is among the toughest on the route, and the arrival in the village is one of the great moments in British walking.
Kirk Yetholm has a remarkable and unusual history as the capital of the Scottish gypsies. From the seventeenth century the village was the settled base of the Faa family, hereditary chiefs of the Scottish Romani, and the Gypsy Palace — a small thatched cottage on the green, still standing — was their seat. Coronations of gypsy kings and queens were held here, the last in 1898 when Charles Faa Blythe was crowned before crowds of thousands. The tradition faded in the twentieth century but remains a distinctive part of the village's identity.
The surrounding landscape is the Cheviot Hills, with the Northumberland National Park immediately across the border and St Cuthbert's Way passing through — the pilgrimage route from Melrose to Lindisfarne. The hills here are hill sheep country, largely open grassland with ancient earthworks and hillforts on the summits.
Kirk Yetholm is reached by minor roads from the B6352, with Kelso around fifteen minutes away and Berwick-upon-Tweed roughly forty-five minutes, providing the nearest station on the East Coast Main Line. Housing is almost entirely traditional — stone cottages and terraces around the green, the former manse and school, and farmhouses and steadings across the surrounding parish. Several buildings are listed and modern development has been minimal, so the village retains its historic form, with walkers and holiday accommodation forming a significant part of the local economy.