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Tool hire: reach vetted trades near you

Nobody owns everything. The breaker, the floor sander, the big drill or the dehumidifier is hired for the day it is needed, from whichever shop is closest to the job and open when the van sets off. A listing here puts your shop in front of the vetted tradespeople working near you.

List your hire shop

Listing is by application. We check who you are before anything goes live, and we talk you through what a listing costs before you commit to it.

Why Pinnacle exists

Cowboy builders have cost homeowners their savings and good tradespeople their reputation. Most platforms check the company rather than the person behind it, so the ones who turn up and do the work properly get tarred with the same brush.

Pinnacle vets the individual. Our founder, Graham Nash, has spent 25 years helping families rebuild after they were let down, more than 500 of them, sometimes out of his own pocket. That standard is why tradespeople join, and it is why the businesses listed beside them are checked too.

For you that matters in a practical way: every trade reading your listing has been vetted before they got here, on ID, insurance, qualifications and references, and homeowners running projects on Pinnacle see it too. It is a smaller audience than a directory you can buy your way into, and a considerably better qualified one.

Graham's story

Who you would reach

  • Builders, plasterers and carpenters hiring breakers, mixers, sanders and drying equipment by the day.
  • Electricians and plumbers hiring test and access equipment they need occasionally rather than own.
  • Landscapers and driveway firms hiring compactors, cutters and small plant for a week at a time.

How a listing works

Being listed is being findable, not being sold for. Nobody is sent your details without asking for them.

  1. Apply

    Tell us what you supply, where you are and how far you deliver or travel. It takes a few minutes.

  2. We check you

    Your company registration, your trading history and anything you have told us you hold. A person does this, and rings you to go through it: anything you hold that the form has no box for, a licence, a registration, a scheme membership, is told to us on that call. We come back to you either way.

  3. Your listing goes live

    You appear in the directory under the categories you cover, to anyone searching near you.

  4. They ask for your details

    A vetted tradesperson, or a homeowner running a project here, reads your listing and asks for your contact details. That is the point at which you hear from them.

  5. You take it from there

    The conversation is yours. We do not quote for you, take the order, or add anything to what you charge.

What we check

Your company registration and trading history, the categories you cover and how far you travel. If you tell us you hold a hire association membership or a safety scheme certification, we record it and check it.

Being checked is the point of the directory. A trade choosing a supplier here knows somebody looked, which is not something they can assume anywhere else, and it is why we would rather list fewer businesses properly than many on trust.

More about our checks

What is coming

We record how many times somebody asked for a listed business's details, because that is the figure that means something rather than how many times a page happened to show you.

We are building a view for suppliers that will show you your own. It is not live yet, and we will tell you when it is rather than counting it as a reason to join today.

Homeowners running projects can search the directory too.

Questions trade suppliers ask

Is this the same as plant hire?

It overlaps. Plant hire is the bigger machinery, diggers and dumpers and access. Tool hire is what goes in the back of a van. If you do both, tick both.

Will you send me hire enquiries?

No. Vetted tradespeople find your listing and get in touch with you directly, as do homeowners running projects here. We do not route enquiries or take a booking.

Can I say I deliver?

On your website, which the listing links to, and in the call. The listing shows how far you are from the person searching, which for a tool they need this afternoon is most of the decision anyway.

Who is searching for tool hire?

Vetted tradespeople with a job under way near you, most often builders, plasterers and landscapers, and homeowners hiring something for a weekend's work of their own.

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Ready?

Apply, and we will take it from there.

Applying starts the checks. It is not an instant yes, we tell you where you stand either way, and nothing goes live until you have agreed to it.

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