Many larger home renovations need the kind of tools that the home handyman may not have stashed away in the garage. They are both too costly to buy and take up too much room to store. Purchasing them outright would add considerably to the cost of renovation, especially if they were never used again. This is where equipment hire can save you.
If you are adding a deck, verandah or room, or building a gazebo or carport on a block that has sloping ground you will need to level it first unless you want to use piers to hold the floor. Otherwise, an excavator will be needed to do the work of removing all the soil and putting it somewhere else useful, such as building up a garden bed.
When you hire an excavator it will most likely also be necessary to hire the operator. There is a lot of difference in just driving the equipment and operating it properly to do the job required. Luckily, most hire companies also provide operators when needed. This saves you a steep learning curve and the many potential problems inherent in not being able to handle the equipment properly due to lack of experience.
Dingos, skid steer loaders and augers are all the types of equipment that you may need when doing a renovation on your home. Augers are particularly good for when you need to fence the block or the drive. You can dig many postholes in an hour of working with the auger and still feel fresh enough to play with the kids in the evening. If you were to dig them with a crowbar and shovel it would take all day, give you a bad back and blister your hands.
Another useful piece of equipment would be a cement mixer. It is back-breaking work to mix cement using a shovel. Be efficient and save time and energy by hiring a mixer to do the hard work. It is not difficult to use, so you won’t need an operator. You can also hire equipment that will smooth out a slab of cement easily, once it has been poured. However, if you aim on cementing a large area, hiring the cement mixer and truck is a better idea. It will all be done for you then.
You could also hire other, smaller items such as a nail gun because hammering nails is an essential part of many renovation projects. It can save a lot wrist pain and get the job done much more quickly when you have the right tools. Equipment hire is such a good idea because it saves you in time and costs and helps your renovation job to look as if a trained professional did it all.