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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 Newtown St Boswells
Newtown St Boswells is a village in the Scottish Borders, sitting on the Bowden Burn a short distance from the Tweed and around three miles south-east of Melrose, with a population of around 1,200. Despite its small size it is the administrative capital of the Scottish Borders — the headquarters of Scottish Borders Council are here, a legacy of the village's selection as the seat of Roxburghshire County Council in the nineteenth century and of the regional council created in 1975.
That role came from the railway. The Waverley Route between Edinburgh and Carlisle passed through, with St Boswells station in Newtown forming an important junction where the branch to Kelso and Berwick diverged. The village grew around the station and the associated goods yards, and the county administration followed the transport links, choosing Newtown over the older and larger settlements nearby. The line closed in 1969, but the administrative function stayed.
The village should not be confused with St Boswells a mile south, an older and more picturesque village around a large green, named for St Boisil, the seventh-century prior of Old Melrose who was Cuthbert's teacher. Old Melrose itself, in a great loop of the Tweed nearby, was the original monastic site — a Celtic foundation of the 640s, abandoned long before the Cistercians built the abbey at present-day Melrose.
Newtown sits in the heart of Scott country. Dryburgh Abbey, where Walter Scott is buried, lies a couple of miles east; Scott's View on the Bemersyde ridge and Abbotsford, his baronial house, are both within a short drive; and the Eildon Hills rise immediately north-west. The Borders Abbeys Way and St Cuthbert's Way pass close by, and the Tweed here is prime salmon water.
The village sits on the A68 between Edinburgh and Newcastle, with the A6091 running west to Melrose and Galashiels. The Borders Railway terminus at Tweedbank is around ten minutes away, giving services to Edinburgh in under an hour. Neighbouring communities include St Boswells, Melrose, Bowden, Maxton, Lessudden and Jedburgh.
Housing in Newtown St Boswells is a mix of railway-era stone terraces and villas, interwar and post-war council housing built as the village grew with the county administration, and modern development on the edges. It has a more functional and twentieth-century character than most Borders villages, and property is among the more affordable in the area, with the Edinburgh commute via Tweedbank supporting demand.