Of the 7 equipment rental outlets above only Home Depot offered an electric pressure washer rental and it is $35/day for a 1,400 PSI. The photographs and/or drawings in this document are for illustrative purposes only. This is a community of like-minded professionals and DIY'ers looking for a subreddit more than just pictures. So it depends on the category of equipment as to whether its going to be on a lot or delivery only. Correct. The big psi gas with a surface cleaner should cut your time in half.

So I run that business, I run Home Depot Equipment Services, all of the equipment that faces customers inside our U.S. and Canadian stores, that needs to be turned in and repaired and maintained and I have a team of people that run that. You can own a pressure washer for 2-3x the cost to rent for 1 day (albeit, not the world class quality youre renting, but one that will get the job done). Within 10 miles, would that be just in the U.S., as opposed to Canada where you have much bigger distances and not as many stores? It does, and as you know, its a new normal.

And so rental has been there to support all those projects with our tools and equipment and trucks and trailers that our DIY and pro customers need to get those jobs done. The Home Depot Rentalprovides large equipment, tools, trucks and trailersat more than1,100convenient locations. Aside from that, each store gets input from the customers that shop there and the fleet customizes according to what the customers need over the course of time. 2,700 will get it done if it's not too bad, axe the electric option.

We know that part of the customer value proposition is in having competent technicians or sales associates who can engage the customer, answer their questions competently and make sure they are being matched for the right tool or equipment to ensure the success of the job they are working on. Well also take a look at the pros and cons of renting vs. buying the best pressure washeror hiring a pro to do your pressure washing. *Delivery & Pickup Available for Large Equipment Rentals. Tim Dugan runs our large equipment business, so everything thats towable or being delivered rolls up under Tim Dugan. I spent 14 years with Enterprise in the vehicle and truck rental business and helped expand that in Canada and then came to the Compact Power Equipment Rental business and helped grow that from 2011 until the acquisition in 2017. Who are some of the other leading executives in the Home Depot Rental team?

Our retail stores are where all of our rental centers are and those stores need to grow and add customers every year. Yes, we sure do.

The great thing about renting a pressure washer is you get to experience pressure cleaning with a top-notch machine. We have two open right now, one is outside of New Orleans and one is outside of L.A. New Orleans was opened in the fourth quarter of 2019 and L.A. in the second quarter of 2020. Im renting a pressure washer from Home Depot tomorrow and looking for the best value. We inherited with that acquisition a number of the pro shops across the U.S. and Canada and the majority of the equipment that is found on the lots of Home Depot stores across the United States and Canada. We can deliver a piece of equipment from most of our locations across the United States and that has been a very fast-growing part of our business. No comments have been added yet. You tend to see more belt-driven units available to rent, but the list below includes both belt and direct drive heavy duty machines. You may have a large garage and this is not an issue but it is definitely a pro of renting. This is the place. compactpowerrents.com/manuals-specifications. (803) 909-2400, 2815 Home Depot Blvd It is up to you, the operator, to ensure your own safety. I also run the returns business, so every time a customer across the United States returns something to Home Depot, if it doesnt go back on the shelf it goes to one of three, soon four, return facilities where if its to be returned to a vendor, re-sold to the market or recycled in some way in an attempt to keep it out of a landfill. Looking to power wash my back patio and front driveway, maybe 1000 square feet total. There are 2 types: direct drive and belt drive. But with surface cleaners you will have to pay since they are expensive to buy compared to the other accessories. The least expensive is the Hertz Equipment belt-drive Landa machine which is 3,000 3,999 PSI depending on availability. Probably take 4-5 hours.

Funnily enough, the hot water power washer offered for rent from NTR (NorthSide Tools Rental) for $195/day and Rental Guys for $95/day is the exact same 3,000 PSI Mi-T-M machine. The hot water machines are mostly rented by construction workers for heavy-duty cleaning jobs around a construction or jobsite. And it seems like when we first started to feel the full weight of the pandemic in March, everything slowed down for a bit and then began towards a new normal. So now we turn our eyes to 2021 and beyond. Youre renting a very high quality machine. There are many other accessory options but in most cases you can negotiate the shop to throw them in with the rental. Its been an evolution, I would say.

1400 psi electric pressure washer / $27 for 4 hours 2000-2700 psi gas pressure washer / $54 for 4 hours 3500-4000 psi gas pressure washer / $68 for 4 hours. Porter: Everyone around the world has been affected in some way by the emergence of COVID 19 earlier this year. This site requires you to register or login to post a comment. In addition they are likely to have a location near you. The documentation within this section provides general safety information and operating instructions by equipment type. Learn more >, Can't find what you're looking for?Call 1-888-266-7228 orsend us an email. Were really trying to provide a more safe experience for our customers because we know its important to do so. A machine that likely costs $2,000 or more brand new. A heavy-duty power washeris classified here by being over 2,800 PSI. Over the course of the time that has begun to expand into more and more pro customers and those pros have told us what they want. We take that as well as a significant amount of research as to each individual geographic location and determine whether we feel like that category of equipment would do well. Anika Wharton handles our in-store customer experience. Overall Home Depot offered very fair prices and were the only to offer an electric machine for rent. On average hot water units were the most expensive to rent from $45/day. The average cost to rent a hot water unit is $144/day. And as weve grown, weve added a great number of categories of equipment in the parking lots of those stores as well as Load and Go.. RER recently spoke with Richard Porter, vice president of Home Depot Rental about the effects of COVID-19, the professionalization of Home Depot Rentals service, its growth in providing larger equipment for pros, the training of its rental associates, and more. *edit - sorry, just saw the square footage. Im gonna spring for the 3500-4000psi with a surface cleaner, seems to be worth the money in time saved.

How We Test, Review and Recommend Pressure Washers, soap makes any stain, dirt, grime, algae or bacteria be-gone, prices of different style pressure washers here. If you do your driveways and sidewalks without the surface cleaner you are cleaning maybe 3 at a time. Medium-duty pressure washers (2,800 PSI and lower) are the most common to rent for jobs around the home. 2022 Endeavor Business Media, LLC. RER: How was 2020 for Home Depot Rental and how did COVID-19 affect it? The program has come a long way from the early days of Home Depot Rental. I was the COO of Compact Power Equipment Rental. Refer to the appropriate Operators Manual for instructions on the proper use of this equipment. PressureWashr is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. When you rent a pressure washer you only have it for 1 day and the rental shops takes care of the maintenance. As well as a customer-facing repair business, so four different businesses. We used to have only the one traditional load and go F-250 traditional offerings, we now have four or five different delivery options in the parking lot, so now we are starting to have space constraints. They want a variety of options in the retail part of our business and we want to provide them a variety of options on the rental side of our business and so that is a clear focus for us right now and into 2021. Failure to follow the appropriate Operator's Manual when using our equipment or to otherwise act irresponsibly may result in serious injury or death. We are continuing to invest in our fleet; we are continuing to invest in new locations as we look towards the future. But the 4000 will be faster on the hard to get spots. 1400 psi will take you forever.

Please try again. Looking for the best value for the money, not trying to shell out tons of cash. 2022 Home Depot Product Authority, LLC. On average to rent a medium-duty was $71/day. Get the latest promotions, news, and project tips for DIYers & PROs. Product specifications and prices are subject to change without notice or obligation. If it has algae post treat with 50-50 bleach mix in a garden sprayer. You can rent them in various pressures and flow rates. Who were you with before you came to Home Depot? Press J to jump to the feed. So why rent an electric instead of a gas? This documentation is secondary to the manufacturers instructions provided to you within the operations manual located on each machine. We typically have about a one-hour radius around a store but weve been expanding that in some geographic locations. So the emphasis was really on what can we provide, how can we encourage customers that they have the ability to do those projects in a safe way, and to do it themselves. Are the people staffing rental departments, specifically trained in rental, to work in the rental department? We have so many pros who depend upon Home Depot day in and day out to provide products and services that they need to accomplish their jobs and to be successful in their careers and to put food on the table for their families and so we really see it as a privilege to help them by providing the tools and equipment that they need and weve been listening to those pros. Tony English is our merchant in charge of acquiring tools and equipment for the company. Our customers, particularly our pro customers have made it clear to us that geographical proximity is important for them because it means convenience and for a busy pro or busy DIYer, time is money. You can rent them for $31/day at Home Depot up to $60/day at other places. And in that way I think we had influence on the rental market, expanding peoples confidence in their own abilities to take on projects where they might not have the tools at home and we can rent those tools to them. So if you rented the heavy-duty machine for $92 for the day the deposit upfront is $125. You dont need high PSI because youre just washing your home exterior, windows, car or garden equipment.

I wouldnt clean any flat surface without.

Because its not just about renting tools - you can rent tools, you can get a truck, you can get a moving van, and you can get towable equipment or large equipment, you can get an 80-foot boom lift.

Thanks! You can get the electric one. Subject to availability. Call (803) 909-2400 for inventory. Or the basic composition of soil in an area determines what people need. And that was very successful. The surface cleaner does 24 in the same about of time. Home Depot has been engaged in rental for 25 years and in the early days of rental we were trying to empower those DIY customers that were coming into Home Depot to really do the projects that they wanted to try in a lot of cases for the first time. To really clean cement, they recommend at least 3000 psi, and it's much easier to do it with a surface cleaner. Did you find customers mostly kind of shut down in the early days of the pandemic and then started getting geared back up again? All rights reserved. Im the vice president of Home Depot Rental and I report to Ann Marie Campbell, who is EVP of store operations for the United States, Canada and Mexico. We are currently working on a reservation project for our customers, and we know that our customers are looking to shop in more and more convenient ways.

Each location has at least one onsite technician and I can tell you that we have the very technicians in the industry that have been with us a long time and have significant experience. Hertz Equipment Rentals does not offer a hot water pressure washer rental option. Youve set up operations facilities, tell me about those. Help us improve this website by providing your feedback. A hot water machine generates hot water by having an onboard diesel or kerosene burner that circulates the water in a coil with a flame going down the center of the coil heating up the water as it circulates to nearly boiling temperatures. The only website that offered detail up front on deposit is Home Depot and it tended to roughly match the rental cost. On average heavy-duty machines were $28/day more than medium-duty machines. I say approximately because that number is changing every day. For the surface cleaner rental it was a $50 deposit when the rental was $31/day.

Here you will discover the pressure washer rental cost for a hot water, heavy-duty and medium-duty pressure washer. We also have associates who engage with the customers, get to know those customers, particularly those who are coming in on a regular basis, really try and provide the best experience that that customer is looking for. We have worked very hard to standardize training for our associates who work in the rental centers as well as to bring some of the industry experienced folks who came with through the Compact Power Equipment Rental acquisition to the locations to help train our rental associates.. Basically. Doesnt take room up in your garage. We have some customers who are very experienced and their focus is to get in and get out in a hurry and we have others who are looking for that competent advice and we are focusing on providing that training across all of our locations.

As we were saying, 2020 has been a challenging year but both of those locations have continued to grow and they really provide some strategic infrastructure for us. Are there a lot more customers reserving as opposed to just walking in? They speed up the job by cleaning a wider area as you push it around. Compact Power Equipment Rental is no longer an entity? Check out the prices of different style pressure washers here. Average cost for medium-duty machine is $71/day. The manuals can also be viewed and downloaded from our website at the following address compactpowerrents.com/manuals-specifications. Dont need it to be perfect, just looking to spruce up the place a bit. A pro is a pro and will do a more thorough job in less time (they have more experience). What was interesting for us at Home Depot was that a lot of people started working from home, and a lot of people started to spend a lot more time in their homes and decided to invest in projects they had been putting off. Over the course of time we will look at every opportunity that makes sense based on the community and what our customers are telling us, well provide rental presence to more locations. Especially if you use a pre soak. Overall is Home Depot Rental getting into larger equipment these days? They are ideal for large jobs around the home or jobsite like big parking lots, garages etc. So we began to expand into the pro categories and of course with the acquisition of Compact Power Equipment Rentals in 2017, we were more able to connect with the pros through larger equipment classes and categories that they had previously needed to rent through other rental companies. If I wanted an 80-foot boomlift, I might not expect to just walk into the nearest Home Depot and get one, right?

People think of our evolution in three stages: First product tools for DIYers; second, larger towable equipment that they could put in the parking lot and your average F-150s could pull; and now larger equipment that larger pros are telling us that they need and they want in order to keep their business going with Home Depot Rental. All rights reserved. There are some obvious geographic influences that determine what mix youre carrying in a specific store. The only place that offered an electric pressure cleaner for rent was Home Depot so it is not included it was $35/day. Sorry the equipment you are searching for is not available at a location near you. Depends how bad it is, how deep the dirt and grime is, and how *big the job is (square footage ). Accessoriesincrease the cleaning efficiency by offering specializedtools for jobs. And we have a robust pro community that depends upon the convenience of Home Depot for their businesses., And over the course of time they began telling us if you carry this tool or this piece of equipment, it would my life easier because I could pick up the products and I could pick up the tools and the piece of equipment all in one spot, take it to my jobsite, and be done..