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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Melrose 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 Melrose
Melrose is a small town in the Scottish Borders, sitting on the Tweed beneath the three peaks of the Eildon Hills, with a population of around 2,300. It grew around Melrose Abbey, founded in 1136 by David I for the Cistercians and the first of the great Border abbeys. Its red sandstone ruins are among the most beautiful in Scotland, with elaborate late Gothic carving — including the celebrated bagpipe-playing pig on the roofline — and the abbey is the reputed burial place of the heart of Robert the Bruce, whose lead casket was excavated in the abbey grounds in 1921 and again in 1996.
The Eildons dominate the town and the landscape around it. The Romans built the fort of Trimontium — the place of the three hills — at Newstead just east of Melrose, one of the most important Roman sites in Scotland, and the Trimontium Museum in the town holds finds from the excavations. The hills also carry deep legend: Thomas the Rhymer is said to have been taken by the Queen of the Fairies from the Eildon Tree, and the hills are supposedly hollow, with King Arthur's knights sleeping within.
Melrose has an outsized place in sport as the birthplace of rugby sevens. In 1883 Ned Haig, a local butcher, devised a shortened seven-a-side game to raise money for the Melrose club, and the Melrose Sevens has been played every April since — the oldest sevens tournament in the world and the origin of a format now played at the Olympics. The Greenyards is one of the most atmospheric grounds in the game.
Sir Walter Scott's connection runs deep here. Abbotsford, the baronial house he built and filled with relics, stands two miles west and is one of the most visited literary houses in Britain. Scott's View on the Bemersyde ridge and Dryburgh Abbey, where he is buried, are both a short distance away. Priorwood Garden and Harmony Garden, both National Trust for Scotland properties, sit beside the abbey.
Melrose sits on the A6091 with the A68 close by, and the Borders Railway terminus at Tweedbank is a mile away, giving services to Edinburgh in under an hour. Housing is largely traditional, with Georgian and Victorian stone property around the Market Square and along the High Street — heavily listed and within a conservation area — alongside substantial villas, limited post-war housing and modest modern development. Melrose is among the most desirable and expensive places to live in the Borders.