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Er, Darling, Our Garden Has Swallowed the Skip!

It’s not everyday that you look out of the window to discover your garden looks like an H-Bomb has landed on it.

Unfortunately, for one couple this was the case when they moved into their brand new home and were undergoing some work on it.

The couple were shocked to discover that the 6 cu yd skip that they had ordered had been swallowed by their front garden.

Kate Scott and partner Paul Harding had ordered the skip hire as they were preparing to build a new conservatory.

They had just bought the house in Stokenchurch in Buckinghamshire and had moved in two weeks ago.

But they were left stunned on Sunday morning when they woke to find the six-yard skip had fallen into a giant hole measuring 15ft by 15ft.

They later discovered that the skip had sunk into a bunker beneath their lawn, which they had not known was there and had not come in the survey they had before they had bought the house.

Ms Scott, 37, said: ‘It was a massive shock, we just couldn’t believe it. The hole is about 20-foot-deep and takes up a third of our front garden

‘It’s really gutting as we only moved in two weeks ago.’

The couple, who have a nine-month-old baby Scott, ordered the skip to be delivered to their house on Friday evening.

They had arranged for builders to start digging out foundations for the conservatory on Sunday.

But when they woke at 6.30am on Sunday morning they were puzzled to find they had no water.

Mr Harding then looked out the window and saw the empty skip had fallen through their lawn into a gaping hole.

Kate, who is 30 weeks pregnant with twins, added: ‘We had to get another skip company to haul it out as the original company doesn’t work on a Sunday.

‘Normally Paul parks his van there. If the skip hadn’t been there, the van would have been.

‘Our biggest problem is we now have nowhere to park and we can’t use our front pathway. Fortunately our neighbours have been lovely and very helpful.’

The couple now hope their building insurance will resolve the problem and the conservatory plans are on hold.

Keith Walker, of K&S Walker Skips, which pulled the skip out the ground, said: ‘I’ve never seen anything like this happen before.

‘The couple called me on the Sunday morning and we used chains to pull it out.

‘Luckily it was empty so it was a fairly easy task.’

Well thanks to Keith at K&S Skips who got up that Sunday to help out. The rest of us were sending up the zeds!

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Time for new Recycling Plant Equipment?

Are you thinking of investing in new or upgrading your existing plant
for your recycling yard?
If so it would be worth a call to EMS on 028 3885 1103
Why?
EMS design, manufacture and install full turnkey plants for the waste industry!
EMS can custom build plant to meet your SPECIFIC needs!

Installation at Mersey Skips in Liverpool
Plants installed throughout the UK handling C&D, C&I, MSW, Compost,
Dry Recyclables, co mingled, etc. (need a site visit ask them)

Full UK coverage of dealers and service engineers providing first class
support!

Installation in Wolverhampton

Installation in Ayr
EMS provide a full 3d autocad layout for all future plants
OH and finally an exclusive offer to all SKIP MAG readers
EMS are now offering a FULL site survey including a 3d layout drawing
absolutely free (previously £300)

So get in touch today as the offer is only available till the end of
November 09
Contact them now to register your interest and schedule a site survey.
sales@emswasterecycle.com
EMS Ltd, 28 Tallbridge Road, Portadown, Co. Armagh, BT62 1SF
Phone 028 3885 1103
Denver Blemings – Sales Manager 07595 218 686
See our website for further details,
www.emswasterecycle.com

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MyLocalSkipHire the way to generate business for your company

www.mylocalskiphire.com is opening it’s doors to readers of “The Skip Magazine” to get there company on the front page of google for skip hire.
why advertise on mylocalskiphire?
Type skip hire into google and you will see the following
My Local Skip Hire Screenshot
The screen shot was taken on the 15th May 2009, and places them in the top 3 position on google which gets 1000,s of visitors per month going to the site as they want a local skip company to provide them with a skip hire service.
So it has actively got buyers looking for a service and for £10 per postcode you can get access to those customers, that’s it £10 for a postcode and your details are shown every time a person searches for that postcode.
Try it now for GU24, the site is not going live till June but a few lucky people have been made live prior to the event.
Visit My Local Skip Hire now to reserve your place

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“The Skip” Issue 43 February 2009

The February issue of The Skip is packed full of all your favourite usual skip features and stories from the wonderful world of skip hire in the UK and Ireland.
If you’re not in the gang yet, don’t miss out any longer subscribe safely below

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