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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Selkirk 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 Selkirk
Selkirk is a small town in the Scottish Borders, sitting on a hillside above the Ettrick Water around six miles south of Galashiels, with a population of around 5,800. It is one of the oldest royal burghs in Scotland — David I established Tironensian monks here around 1113 before moving them to Kelso — and it was the county town of Selkirkshire. The town's name means the church in the forest, a reference to the great Ettrick Forest that once covered the surrounding hills.
Selkirk's defining story is Flodden. In 1513 the town sent eighty men to fight for James IV against the English; according to tradition only one, Fletcher, returned, carrying a captured English banner, and cast it around his head in silent grief to show that the rest were dead. That act is re-enacted every June at the climax of the Selkirk Common Riding — one of the oldest and largest of the Borders festivals, with hundreds of riders following the Royal Burgh Standard Bearer round the town's marches before the flag is cast in the Market Place. It is a deeply emotional occasion and the centrepiece of the town's year.
Sir Walter Scott served as Sheriff of Selkirkshire for over thirty years, from 1799 until his death, and held court in the town. The Sir Walter Scott Courtroom in the Market Place, where he dispensed justice, is preserved as a museum, and his statue stands outside it. Abbotsford, his home, lies a few miles north. Mungo Park, the explorer who traced the course of the Niger, was born at Foulshiels in the Yarrow valley nearby and practised as a surgeon in Selkirk; his monument stands at the top of the High Street.
Selkirk built its prosperity on tweed and woollens, with mills along the Ettrick Water through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The town is also known for the Selkirk bannock, a rich fruit loaf first baked here in the 1850s — Queen Victoria is said to have eaten it on a visit to Abbotsford. Bowhill House, the Border seat of the Dukes of Buccleuch, with its outstanding art collection, stands three miles west.
Selkirk sits on the A7 between Edinburgh and Carlisle, with the Borders Railway terminus at Tweedbank around ten minutes away. Housing is largely traditional, with stone property around the Market Place and High Street — a conservation area with a substantial number of listed buildings — mill workers' terraces, Victorian villas, interwar and post-war council estates, and modest modern development.