Home improvement stores and autoparts stores will rent out tools for home projects or automotive projects. Looking at my library they also offer kitchen stuff, arts and crafts, 3d printing, board games and a ton more. I have no idea where you’d rent that kind of stuff here in the US.
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zout@fedia.io 6 months ago
As a Dutchman, do other countries not have rental places everywhere? Over here every diy store has a rental department, I'd guess this is universal?
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 6 months ago
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
I learned a lot about your country during the pan when I started listening to the Dutch News Podcast. You had some wild stuff going on and I got to learn about another culture. But I haven’t been turning in lately. Life got busier again. Cheers! Oh, and when a German asks you for something, tell them to first give you back your bike once for me!
Wrench@lemmy.world 6 months ago
We do have rentals, but they’re more for large things that you’d use once and never again. Paint sprayers, giant floor sanders, etc.
They don’t rent things like table saws, thickness planers, etc, which would fall into weekend warrior kind of tools. They want you to buy those.
bluGill@kbin.social 6 months ago
There always have been some around. Not all diy stores have one but there is always one near from what I've seen. People keep discovering them and thinking they are new.
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 6 months ago
What would you search for to find one in your area?
bluGill@kbin.social 6 months ago
drive the retail areas of town and look for the rental signs. yellow pages. They want to be found by locals so look in the places locals might. hardware stores either rent stuff or will tell you if you ask.
zout@fedia.io 6 months ago
That makes more sense to me, thanks.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
In North America you don’t see many home improvement stores downtown where people are most likely to rent.
Most Lowe’s, Home Depots, etc so have tool rental options, but they’re located out in the burbs where land is cheap and everyone has space to store tools.