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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Rothes 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 Rothes
Rothes is a small town in Moray, sitting in the Spey valley around ten miles south-east of Elgin, with a population of around 1,200. It is a planned settlement, laid out in 1766 by the Earl of Findlater on a simple grid running along the valley floor, built to house tenants displaced by agricultural improvement — one of many such planned villages created across north-east Scotland in that period.
Rothes is a whisky town in the fullest sense. For a settlement of its size it has an extraordinary concentration of the industry: Glen Grant, founded in 1840 by the Grant brothers and famous for its Victorian garden created by Major James Grant, along with Glenrothes, Speyburn, Glen Spey and Caperdonich have all operated here. Glen Grant's garden, with its woodland walks, orchard and the Major's whisky safe hidden beside a waterfall, is open to visitors and is one of the most attractive distillery settings in Scotland.
The town also holds Forsyths, one of the most important businesses in the global whisky industry. Founded in Rothes in 1890, the firm designs and hand-builds the copper pot stills used by distilleries around the world — its coppersmiths have made stills for the great majority of Scotch distilleries and for producers across Japan, India, Taiwan and the United States. The distinctive gleaming stills leaving the works on low-loaders are a familiar sight on Speyside roads.
Above the town stand the ruins of Rothes Castle, a thirteenth-century stronghold of the Leslie family, who took their title from it — the Earls of Rothes. Only a fragment of wall survives on the hill. The Speyside Way long-distance path passes through the town, following the river down towards Fochabers and the coast, and the Spey itself is among the finest salmon rivers in the world.
Rothes sits on the A941 between Elgin and Dufftown, with Elgin around fifteen minutes north providing the nearest station on the Aberdeen to Inverness line. Neighbouring communities include Craigellachie, Aberlour, Dufftown, Elgin and Fochabers.
Housing is almost entirely traditional, with stone cottages and terraces on the planned grid along the New Street and Seafield Square, alongside Victorian villas, distillery workers' housing, interwar and post-war council housing, and limited modern development. Property is among the more affordable in Scotland, and the local economy remains overwhelmingly tied to whisky.