Hiring Equipment for Home Improvements Guide

Whether you’re planning on some plumbing, building an extension or maybe just need to find the right tool to cut a piece of wood into shape – we’ve got loads of equipment for hire to do jobs outside your property.

Our top Tips & Advice

Click below to reveal our top Tips and Advice and learn about all the essential tools and machines you’ll ever need to improve and maintain your own property.

Extension Building 

• Need to store stuff outside while you build an extension? We have a range of Storage Containers available for use on your property or at our depot in Shipston.
• Hire a HGV Truck and a friendly, fully-insured professional driver to move large bulky items, equipment and machines.
• Our Specialist Team can lift materials, and roof trusses for you: containers, building materials, diggers and heavy equipment.

• We’ve got an extensive range of Cement Mixers for hire.

• The TE 700 Medium Breaker is powerful enough to break through concrete walls.
• The handheld Hilti 706 Breaker is designed for breaking masonry and small areas of concrete. Often hired to remove concrete around the bases of fence posts.
• Our Hilti TE80 is ideal for heavy-duty drilling and chiselling in concrete.
• The Hilti 905 Breaker is light enough to be used horizontally but is usually held vertically for breaking concrete floors.

• Being only 1.8 metres wide this compact Telescopic Forklift can operate in the tightest of spaces.
• We have an extensive range of Scaffold Towers in various widths and heights.
• Our electrical Barrow Hoists will help you lift materials up onto scaffolding.

• From brickwork, masonry, lintels to timbers – Acrow Props are the most commonly used temporary supports when doing any building work.
• Hire Strong Boys to fit on acrow props and support masonry.

• Avoid digging through buried power cables or water pipes with our Cable Avoidance Tools (CAT).

• 1.5 Ton Hi-Lift Dumper are 4-wheel drive and great for moving materials and tipping it directly into a skip.

• Our super-versatile 1 Ton Dumpers are narrow enough to pass through small gaps, four wheel drive and designed to empty straight into a skip.
• Hire a Diesel Transfer Pump or to safely move diesel or kerosene  from one place to another.

• Block Paviour Lifters are essential for lifting and replacing block paving and paving bricks.

• The Inverter Welder is a very portable arc welding unit being light enough to be carried with a shoulder strap.>

Plumbing & Heating

• Do you have a mains water supply you need to close off simply and efficiently? Hire our fail-safe Water Pipe Clamps.
• A Pressure Test Kit is used when fitting heating systems and checking drainage pipes or your plumbing. Our Rothenberger Pressure Test Kit is an alternative.

• Our Pipe Benders are really simple to use and are used to mould and bend copper tubing to fit even the most difficult plumbing job.
• The Hilti Reciprocating Saw is a very versatile machine suitable for pipes. It will save you hours of cutting with a hacksaw.

• Our 12 Volt Fuel Transfer Pumps are a simple and efficient way to transfer fuel oils when changing fuel tanks or cleaning dirty tanks.

• Our electric Infa Red Heaters are perfect for garages where a powerful heat source is needed.

Doors, Windows, Roofs & Drains

• Having trouble fitting a wooden door or window? We’ve got a selection of powerful Planers that’ll remove layers of wood quickly and accurately.

• Our a Bitumen Tar Pot Boiler is essential for roofing jobs and tar seams.

• Double Section Ladders are longer than most making them ideal for safely getting to just out of reach places.
• Stay safe while up on any ladder with our rubberised Ladder Stays.
• Take a look at all our Ladders and Accessories.

• Safer than step ladders, Podium Steps provide a really stable base to give you confidence while working at height.
• Our Youngman Staging Boards are designed to span gaps and offer a stable working platform for use with Trestles. 
  

• Drain Rods are an essential tool for unblocking drains and sewers. In tubes of 10 – they’re really easy to use.

Woodworking

• A Router is arguably the most versatile wood-working machine available.
• Angle Drills are handy little tools that allow you to drill holes at awkward angles, such as between joists or in an engine compartment.
• Mitre Saws are great for cutting wood to any angle for outdoor jobs.

• We’ve got a selection of powerful Planers that’ll remove layers of wood quickly and accurately.
• Our Hilti SCW 70 Saw is designed to cut through large quantities  – any thickness – of wood.

• The Hilti TE106 is ideal for light chiselling jobs.
• The Hilti Eccentric Sander is a versatile tool capable of course and fine sanding, polishing, and delta sanding.
• Take a look at all our Sanding and Woodworking machines.

Emergency

• Our Industrial Dehumidifiers are ideal for drying out damp properties after a burst pipe, plastering or flooding.

FAQs

Take a look at some of the most Frequently Asked Questions from our customers when doing projects to improve or maintain their properties.

1 Can I hire a small digger and will it dig footings?

Yes, no problem.

Our most popular domestic diggers for hire are the 1 ton micro digger and 1.6 ton digger. 

2 Is there a machine to test my central heating for leaks and one to stop water leaking?

Yes, to test your central heating try hiring the Rothenberger pressure test kit.

Hire our pipe freezing kit to stop water leaking or isolate an area to work on – so you don’t have to drain the whole central heating system.

3 Is there a machine for cutting channels into the wall for electric cables?

Yes, you’ll need to hire one of our Hilti wall chasers or the Hilti TE106 breaker to cut channels in walls for electrical wiring or pipes. 

4 I need to get to my upstairs windows, the roof and gutters, have you got any towers or ladders that I can do this with?

We’ve got an extensive range of scaffold towers for hire. Talk to us for advice on the size you’ll need.

We also have a selection of ladders and accessories for hire. Most likely you’ll need to hire a double roof ladder, or a single roof ladder.

5 What’s the best machine to cut kitchen worktop surfaces?

Hire a router to do the job – it’s one of the most versatile tools available.

Hiring the Hilti WSJ 750 jigsaw will also work.