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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Roxburgh 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 Roxburgh
Roxburgh is a small village in the Scottish Borders, sitting on the River Teviot around four miles south-west of Kelso, with a population of a couple of hundred. The village is quiet and rural today, but the name carries enormous historical weight — Roxburgh was once one of the four great royal burghs of Scotland, alongside Edinburgh, Stirling and Berwick, and one of the most important towns in the kingdom.
Medieval Roxburgh stood on the tongue of land between the Tweed and the Teviot, a mile or so from the present village, dominated by Roxburgh Castle. It had a royal mint, a sheriff, monastic foundations and a substantial merchant population, and David I held court here. Its position on the contested border made it a prize, and it changed hands repeatedly between Scotland and England through the Wars of Independence. In 1460 James II was besieging the English-held castle when one of his own great bombards — he was an enthusiast for artillery — exploded beside him and killed him instantly. The Scots took the castle and, determined that it should never again be used against them, destroyed it utterly.
The burgh never recovered. It was abandoned, and the site reverted to pasture — one of the most complete disappearances of a major medieval town anywhere in Britain. Grassy earthworks and fragments of masonry on the mound between the rivers are all that remain, a scheduled monument of considerable archaeological importance. Floors Castle, seat of the Dukes of Roxburghe, stands across the Tweed, and a holly tree in its grounds traditionally marks the spot where James II died.
The modern village of Roxburgh grew up separately as an estate and farming settlement. Its most striking structure is the Roxburgh Viaduct, a fine stone railway viaduct of 1850 across the Teviot, built for the Kelso branch line and now carrying the Borders Abbeys Way footpath.
Roxburgh is reached by minor roads off the A699, with Kelso around ten minutes away, Jedburgh fifteen and Berwick-upon-Tweed roughly forty minutes, providing the nearest station. Housing is almost entirely traditional — stone cottages and terraces along the village street, the former school and manse, and farmhouses and steadings across the surrounding parish, several listed, with very little modern development.