Tool Rental Shops in Sheffield

Finding a shop where you can hire tools from in the City of Sheffield

If you need to use the popular service of tool hire in Sheffield you will no doubt be looking for a rental shop that has exactly what you need to get the required job done in the easiest way, possibly also a shop that is convenient to get to, or alternatively one that provides a delivery and collection service. 

All of these are considerations that most customers will need addressing to meet their individuals needs when it comes to the hiring of tools and equipment. 

What is a tool hire shop? 

A tool hire shop is a business that provides the valuable service of tool hire. This could be the supply of any type of tool for temporary use for a limited period of time, both short to long term. 

Most UK tool hire shops cater for a wide range of customers and industries, including the domestic (private) and trade sectors. By trade sectors we are referring to business that falls within the spectrum of business to business (B2B), an example of this could be a tool hire shop in Sheffield that supplies the hire of equipment to builders, cleaning contractors, decorators, gardeners and landscaping contractors, electricians, engineering staff, plumbers, and more. 

The reference to domestic clients means customers that are private users who require the service of tool hire for use at home or for use on their own other properties.  

What types of products can you hire from a tool hire shop? 

Depending on the individual shop, it is common practice for a wide range of equipment and tools to be available for temporary hire. In today's market place it is usual practice for their to be two specific classifications of tool hire shops. 

These are (1), outlets that cater for a wide spectrum range of equipment and tools and (2), hire centres that cater for a specific product or an industry niche.

With regards to (1), a typical "tool hire shop" will offer a large cross selection of popular lines of equipment and tools for temporary hire including products such as:

• Small items of access equipment including ladders, podium steps, step-ladders, roof ladders
• Building and construction tools including acrow props and staging boards, cement mixers etc
• Cleaning equipment and machinery including carpet cleaning machines and vacuum cleaners
• Decorating equipment including all types of sanders, hop-up platforms, and paint sprayers
• Portable heating appliances including electric and /or bottled gas type heaters
• Garden machinery including possible lawnmower machines, hedgecutters, and grass trimmers
• Power tools - usually available at all tool hire shops, including power drills, saws, sanders, routers

With regards to (2), you will find that there are rental companies that are based or operate in the city of Sheffield that supply specialist lines of equipment such as: 

• Access equipment (non-powered) including access towers and scaffolding
• Cleaning equipment including steam cleaning machines, pressure washers and floorcare equipment
• Dehumidifiers and industrial dryers - often used for flood restoration purposes after water intrusion 
• Garden machinery including specific lines of gardening tools including garden shredders, rotavators, tillers, petrol heavy duty brush cutters, and several types of lawnmower machines
• Heating and climate control equipment - including heaters, marquee heaters, and air conditioners
• Lifting equipment including specialist products such as hoists, gantries, chains and chain blocks
• Powered access equipment including cherry pickers, all types of scissor lifts, and access platforms
• Portable toilets and hospitality cabins (as can always be seen on building sites and at outdoor events)
• Traffic control equipment - including mobile traffic lights, road signs, and barriers
• Engineering tools including welding equipment - including portable welders, plasma cutters, grinders

It is probably worthy of a mention that some tool hire shops tend to focus on serving the needs of domestic customers rather than local Sheffield based business users, the opposite applies as well dependant on their business model and of course their core product range.

This is not anything negative - it is purely a case of the tool hire business focussing on a product niche and market sector in which they have chosen to operate and serve, after all - a home user would usually never have the need to rent an item of powered access equipment or an item of heavy lifting gear, and a business user in Sheffield would also probably never need to source a steam wallpaper stripper but may need to obtain the rental of a portable toilet.

These two categories can be thought of as providing tool hire for home use, and tool rental for business.

How to choose a tool hire shop

This process should be really easy irrelevant of whether you need to find an item of equipment for use at home or for work within your business. There are several steps that you can take to make the choosing of a tool hire shop really simple: 

• Find a tool hire shop that can provide the exact product that you need, and one that is local if possible, as mentioned above some companies offer a niche area of equipment whilst others can offer a real mammoth range
• Choose a company that caters for your individual needs as regards private or business use
• Narrow your choices down to Sheffield tool rental companies that promote quality and safe products
• Try and use a local company that is a member of the Hire Association of Europe (known as the HAE)
• If you need an item of equipment delivering - ask for this before making a rental booking or reserving the tool you need, make sure you are aware of what the delivery charges are likely to be
• With regards to the rental charges, it may be beneficial for you to shop around and compare the price rates (but make sure you do so on a like-for-like basis) between several hire companies
• Unless you are familiar with a particular machines operator controls, as for advice and help in how to use it. Most tool hire shops in Sheffield are fully aware that this will be needed - especially with their domestic use customers

Opening hours - is it important when the tool rental shop is open? for most customers this is a key point when it comes to choosing one local service provider over another. Saturday morning opening hours are a must for most private users that are undertaking Do-It-Yourself project work or garden maintenance tasks over a weekend period.

Popular items of equipment for home use:

There are a wide range of popular items of equipment and machinery that are regularly in-demand for home use. Some of these are used for house and garden maintenance, some for the carrying out of essential repairs, and many more that are used for tackling DIY projects both inside the home as well as in the garden.

As buildings age they will need maintenance and repairs, including jobs such as repairing brickwork and masonry, replacing old cement, mortar, and concrete in various areas too. Inside and outside your home timber fittings and structures can deteriorate too, requiring woodworking jobs to be carried out to rectify them. 

The decoration and cleaning of a home is one range of tasks that never ends, and this applies to outside your house as well as inside it. 

The flooring inside your home is one example where specialist items of equipment could be hired to get the job done correctly and speedily, and a specialist floor sanding tool or electric mitre saw might save you hours of otherwise hard labour. A one off job such as this usually won't justify the purchase of such a tool and this is when the service of tool hire can be very cost effective. 

Even just drilling a hole into a hard stone wall can be difficult these days, but it can be tackled easily with the hire of a heavy duty sds type hammer drill. One of these tools can be rented for as little a period as one day upwards - giving you ample time to put-up some shelving, a few brackets, or maybe a light fitting or two.

Below we have listed some popular products that you may wish to hire: 

• Carpet cleaning machine - small in size (similar to a Rug Doctor machine)
• Cement mixer machine - compact sized electric mixer
• Cordless drills - used for the "cable free" drilling when carrying out DIY work at home
• Diamond core drill with drill bit - used for the drilling of large diameter holes in walls 
• Electric tile cutting machine - used for the cutting of wall and floor tiles
• Floor sander tool - used for the fast sanding of wooden floors
• Glass sucker tool - used for the lifting, carrying, and positioning of glass and glazed units for windows
• Heavy duty concrete breaker - used for the breaking up of old concrete foundations and paths 
• Hot air gun - used for the stripping of oil based paint from wooden surfaces
• Jigsaw - an electric powered jigsaw can cut metal as well as plastic and wood
• Mitre saw - sometimes referred to as a chop-saw, used for accurate joint cutting in wood and upvc
• Petrol disc cutter / stone cutting saw - referred to as a Stihl saw. Used for the cutting of masonry.
• Petrol lawnmower - a rotary bladed type mower for undertaking garden lawn maintenance 
• Rotary hammer drill - this tool is used for the drilling of very hard masonry and stonework.
• Steam wallpaper stripper machine - this product makes the job of removing old wall coverings including wall paper really easy.

Popular items of equipment for business use:

There are a mammoth range of popular items of equipment and tools that are regularly in-demand for business and commercial use. Some of these are applicable for building and property maintenance, some for the carrying out of essential and general repairs, and many more that are used for tackling specific projects both inside the commercial property as well as on the work site.

The work "site" may require a completely different range of equipment to be rented depending on the specific job in-hand. This could be for the undertaking of an engineering task such as the movement of an item of heavy machinery, the cutting of a steel section in a large RSJ support, or maybe the thorough high pressure cleaning of a commercial vehicle or factory structure. 

Heating, ventilation, and plumbing components in commercial environments all need regular maintenance and specialist equipment is sometimes needed to carry this out. This could need the rental of a large capacity pipe threading machine or a heavy duty electric pipe freezer.

There are a lot of jobs in commercial buildings where ground works are needed - these include both the breaking-up off existing floor substrates as well as the laying of new concrete. These examples are relevant to the need for the hire of heavy duty concrete breaker machines as well as large capacity concrete mixers.

Below we have listed some popular products that you may need to hire: 

• Access equipment including alloy towers, scaffolding, and podium steps
• Concrete breakers - electric, pneumatic, and possibly hydraulic concrete breaker tools
• Cement and concrete mixers - including mixers that are needed for heavy duty site use 
• Electric heavy duty circular saws - for the rapid cutting of wood and timber sheets
• Floats - for the floating of new concrete beds and floor sections
• Glass lifting tool - used for the lifting and carrying of glass and doubled glazed units
• Heavy duty lifting jacks - used for the lifting of items of heavy machinery 
• Machine moving skates - used for movement of large items of equipment and factory machinery
• Petrol stone cutting saw - Used for the fast cutting of masonry, brick, and block work on-site.
• Petrol rotary lawnmower - a petrol engined lawnmower for undertaking grounds maintenance
• Powered access equipment including cherry pickers and scissor lifts, electric platforms and booms 
• Rotary hammer drill - used for the drilling of very hard brickwork, masonry and stone.
• Site lighting and power generation equipment - this includes portable generators, lights, cables, and electrical connection units

Turner Hire in Sheffield provides a local tool rental service. 

Contact:
Turner Hire and Sales
426 London Road
Sheffield S2 4ND

Tel: (0114) 2581682