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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Stichill 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 Stichill
Stichill is a small village in the Scottish Borders, sitting on high ground around three miles north of Kelso, with a population of a couple of hundred. It lies on the edge of the Merse, the fertile arable plain of Berwickshire and Roxburghshire, and the village looks out over rolling farmland towards the Cheviots to the south and the Lammermuirs to the north.
The village's history is bound up with the Stichill estate. Stichill House, a large Victorian mansion built for the Baird family in the 1860s, was one of the grander country houses in the Borders before its demolition in the 1930s, and the estate shaped the village's layout and much of its building stock — estate cottages, the home farm and the lodges survive. Stichill Linn, a waterfall on the Eden Water where it cuts through a rocky gorge in the estate's former policies, is one of the most picturesque spots in the area and a local walking destination.
The parish church of Stichill, rebuilt in the eighteenth century on an older site, stands at the heart of the village. The area has a long history of Border conflict — the surrounding countryside lay directly in the path of raiding armies and reiver bands moving between Kelso and Berwick, and several fortified houses once stood in the parish.
Stichill sits within easy reach of some of the most significant sites in the Borders. Floors Castle, the largest inhabited house in Scotland, stands on the edge of Kelso a few miles south, along with the ruins of Kelso Abbey and the Tweed's famous salmon beats. Mellerstain House, a William and Robert Adam masterpiece with outstanding interiors, lies a short drive west, and Smailholm Tower — the Border peel where the young Walter Scott spent part of his childhood and first heard the ballads that shaped his work — is close by.
The village is reached by the B6364 and minor roads from Kelso, with Kelso around ten minutes away and Berwick-upon-Tweed roughly half an hour east, providing the nearest station on the East Coast Main Line. Edinburgh is around an hour and a quarter by road. Housing is almost entirely traditional — stone estate cottages and terraces, the former school and manse, and farmhouses and steadings across the surrounding parish, several listed — with very little modern development, and the wider area is working arable and livestock farming country.