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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in St Boswells 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 St Boswells
St Boswells is a village in the Scottish Borders, sitting close to the Tweed around four miles south-east of Melrose, with a population of around 1,200. It takes its name from St Boisil, the seventh-century prior of Old Melrose who taught and received St Cuthbert into the monastic life — Boisil's name survives in the village and in nearby Bowden, and the Old Melrose site itself lies in a great loop of the Tweed just north.
The village is built around one of the largest village greens in Scotland, some forty acres of common land that has shaped its character entirely. For centuries the green hosted St Boswells Fair, held each July and one of the greatest livestock and horse fairs in Scotland — at its height thousands of cattle, sheep and horses changed hands, and it was a major gathering for the travelling community, a tradition that continued into the twentieth century.
St Boswells is closely associated with hunting and country pursuits. The Buccleuch Hunt has long been based here, and the green is used for the hunt meets, point-to-point races and local events. The village sits in the heart of Scott country, with Dryburgh Abbey — where Walter Scott is buried — a mile east across the Tweed, Scott's View on the Bemersyde ridge above, and Abbotsford a short drive west.
The Tweed at St Boswells is prime salmon water, and the Mertoun and Dryburgh beats nearby are among the most valued on the river. Mertoun House and its gardens, the seat of the Duke of Sutherland, stand across the water, and the St Cuthbert's Way and Borders Abbeys Way both pass through the village, following the route between Melrose and Lindisfarne.
The village has an unusually good bookshop for its size in the Mainstreet Trading Company, a well-known Borders institution, and the neighbouring Newtown St Boswells a mile north houses the headquarters of Scottish Borders Council.
St Boswells sits on the A68 with the A699 running west to Selkirk, and the Borders Railway terminus at Tweedbank is around ten minutes away, giving services to Edinburgh in under an hour. Housing is largely traditional, with stone cottages, terraces and Victorian villas ranged around the green — a high proportion listed, with the centre a conservation area — alongside interwar and post-war housing and modest modern development on the edges.