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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Traquair 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 Traquair
Traquair is a small village and parish in the Scottish Borders, sitting on the south side of the Tweed around a mile south of Innerleithen, with a population of a few hundred. It lies where the Quair Water runs down from the hills to join the Tweed, and the name derives from the Brittonic for the settlement on the Quair. The village is small and scattered, but it gives its name to one of the most remarkable historic houses in Scotland.
Traquair House claims to be the oldest continuously inhabited house in Scotland, with origins as a royal hunting lodge in the twelfth century. Twenty-seven Scottish and English monarchs are said to have visited, and Mary Queen of Scots stayed here in 1566 with her infant son, the future James VI — her cradle and rosary survive in the house. The building grew around its original tower into the tall, harled, white-washed house seen today, largely unaltered since the late seventeenth century, and it has been home to the Maxwell Stuart family and their forebears, the Earls of Traquair, for over five centuries.
The house is famous for its Bear Gates. In 1745 the 5th Earl closed the ornate gates at the end of the main avenue after Bonnie Prince Charlie's visit, vowing that they would not be opened again until a Stuart king was restored to the throne. They have remained shut ever since, and visitors enter by a side drive — a gesture of Jacobite loyalty maintained for nearly three centuries. The family's Catholic and Jacobite sympathies are woven through the house, which includes a secret staircase used by priests during the years of persecution.
Traquair has its own brewery, housed in an eighteenth-century brewhouse beneath the chapel. It was revived in 1965 after lying dormant for over a century, and Traquair House Ale, brewed in the original oak vessels, is exported worldwide. The estate also hosts the Traquair Fair each summer and has a maze, woodland walks and craft workshops.
Traquair lies on the B709, which runs south from Innerleithen over the hills through the Yarrow valley towards Ettrick, with Innerleithen a mile north and Peebles around six miles west. Edinburgh is roughly an hour by road, and the Borders Railway terminus at Tweedbank is around 25 minutes away. The mountain biking trails of the Tweed Valley Forest Park are on the doorstep. Housing is minimal and traditional — stone cottages, estate properties and farmhouses scattered through the parish, several listed, with no modern development of note.