I have a job in France that will need an angle grinder, a tool I usually hire in the UK. Planning it, I realised I'd not seen a tool hire shop down there andI don't know what they are called, so I can't look them up in the phone book. Nothing lited under 'Location' looks promising, so anybody know?
Colin Bignell
nightjar I have a job in France that will need an angle grinder, a tool I usually
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Bonne chance,
William.
nightjar I have a job in France that will need an angle grinder, a tool I usually
Some Bricomarché stores do tool hire - "location d'outillage" or "location d'outils". The latter brings up 27000 hits on Google.
If there's nothing on Google or in Yellow Pages, try asking the neighbours or in the local Mairie or tourist office. The local DIY stores or builders merchants may point you in the right direction - especially if you are buying some of the materials from them.
Hope this helps,
Roger.
"nightjar .uk.com>" I have a job in France that will need an angle grinder, a tool I usually
Why not buy one - they are cheap enough - especially in France. I bought a few 4.5" ones last time I was there for about £7 each. Bigger ones were cheap also....
Alan.
Location d'outils/Location et vente?
Only that I hadn't come across that site before. A very useful utility and it lists several in my area. Thank you.
Colin Bignell
Thanks. The French is what I was expecting, but there is nothing in those categories in my local phone book, so I thought there might be a special phrase I didn't know. The French on-line pages jaune have given me several useful places in my area. I had wondered about my local Castorama, which appears there, but it has only just opened and I've not yet explored it all.
Colin Bignell
I have an aversion to buying tools that I'm only going to use once. I don't use an angle grinder very often in the UK and I do a lot more DIY here than I do over there.
Colin Bignell
That was what I was expecting, but they just aren't shown as such in my local phone book.
Colin Bignell
It's under 'Location de materiel pour entrepreneurs' in our phone book. No idea why they feel one should be an entrepreneur :-) Some places though will only hire certain tools to 'professionals', by which they seem to mean anyone with a registered business, regardless of whether they actually know how to use the tool or not! They also give a 15% discount, sometimes a bit more, and require less of a security deposit for businesses, so if you know anyone with a business perhaps they could help you out? You might also find you can buy a cheap angle grinder for the same price as you can hire a decent one. We have price lists for a couple of places somewhere, let me know if you want me to look it up, no idea offhand if angle grinders are on the lists.
HTH
I wondered what that meant :-)
Thanks for the offer, but I'll be able to check it out first hand in a few weeks' time. I just didn't want to have to pack one in my suitcase. I'm putting an orbital sander in as it is, although that is only because I have one spare and it seems a waste to have that in the UK when I come to do the shutters.
Colin Bignell
Hi Colin
You will find very few hire shops in France or indeed Europe. HSS did try a few years ago to establish a foothold, as have A Plant neither had much success.
Dave
I followed the rubrics closely and it brought me back to the first page.
Le Francaise joque, oui?
Even a £7 angle grinder ? I've spent more than that on some disks for it.
My angle grinders are some of my most hard-working tools. I will cheerfully spend > £100 for one. I also have some £9 ones (haven't found a £7 yet) which are "disposables" for cutting dusty cement-based boards that I know will be damaging to a decent tool.
Angle grinders are handy things to have around. Splash out the £7 and have one ready for the future.
If they really are that cheap, I might consider buying one. A small disk version will suit this job best and it only needs to last about half an hour.
This will be the third time in my life I've needed to use one. It will likely have rusted solid by the time I need it again.
Colin Bignell
Some Castoramas have (or used to have) a small hire area for trade.
Third time you've _realised_ you needed one.
There are hire shops all over the place in industrial estates in large towns. Three pages of them in the Dordogne yellow pages. A small one has opened near here recently, and we are out in the sticks. Methinks Magician hasn't looked very hard :-)
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