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We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Tweedbank 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 Tweedbank
Tweedbank is a village in the Scottish Borders, sitting on the south bank of the Tweed between Galashiels and Melrose, with a population of around 2,000. It is one of the newest settlements in the Borders, built from the 1970s as a planned expansion to house workers for the area's growing electronics and light industry, on farmland that had been part of the Abbotsford estate. Its origins are entirely modern, but it sits in one of the most historic landscapes in Scotland.
The village was laid out around an artificial loch, Gunknowe Loch, with parkland and paths, giving Tweedbank an unusually green and open character for a planned settlement. The estates of modern houses are arranged around the loch and along the river, and the Tweed here, flowing past on the village's northern side, is prime salmon water. Tweedbank's industrial estate became home to a number of electronics and manufacturing firms, part of the Borders' efforts to diversify away from textiles.
Tweedbank's modern significance comes from the railway. When the Borders Railway reopened in September 2015 — the longest new domestic railway built in Britain for over a century, following the route of the old Waverley line closed in 1969 — Tweedbank was chosen as its southern terminus. The station gives direct services to Edinburgh Waverley in under an hour, and it transformed the village from a quiet residential settlement into the rail gateway for the whole central Borders, with park-and-ride and bus connections across the region. Extending the line south to Hawick and Carlisle remains a long-standing campaign.
Tweedbank's most famous neighbour is Abbotsford, the romantic baronial house Sir Walter Scott built between 1817 and 1825 and filled with his collection of arms, relics and books. It stands just across the Tweed from the village and is one of the most visited literary houses in Britain, with a visitor centre and gardens. Melrose, with its abbey and the Eildon Hills, lies two miles east, and the Southern Upland Way and Borders Abbeys Way both pass close by.
Tweedbank sits just off the A6091 between Galashiels and Melrose, with the A7 and A68 nearby, and Edinburgh around an hour by road as well as by rail. Housing is predominantly modern, with estates of detached and semi-detached houses built from the 1970s onwards, alongside more recent development prompted by the railway, making the village one of the more popular commuter locations in the Borders.