2978 Hiring building equipment

Sorry of this has been covered elsewhere but I couldnt find a link- I am about to redo an old il piani roof on my lovely but tired out and run down 3 storey house in Berceto. I want to keep costs down and am trying to find a tiling hoist such as a Bumpa Hoist for hire. Any advice on where to start- have tried googling for this item and hire shops- no joy yet. I will buy in UK and bring down if necessary since I have a lorry coming(see other post), and sell locally (or start a hire shop). It seems to be called a "gru" in italian.....
Is anyone else planning to do a roof and would they like to rent/buy it later?
thanks Jude

Category
Building/Renovation

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 03/28/2006 - 09:44

Tool hire in Italy is very difficult - can't think of any good reason for this, but the sector hardly exists! When you do find something for hire it is likely to be from a builder's merchant rather than a "hire shop".

However, the type of roofing hoist I think you are talking about (a pile of tiles ride up onto or off the roof on a small platform attached to a bent ladder? am I right?) I have never seen in Italy.
Here the most common device to do this job is a "gru" - but if you saw a gru you would call it a crane. They come in very small lightweight forms, towable behind a small car, up to great big skyscraper builders. Not cheap, but hireable. Alternatively, an electric hoist (but you have to make up the scaffold support yourself) costs as little as 80 Euros to buy new.

If you are experienced and comfortable with your own roof hoist I would recommend you bring it with you. It will be considerably faster in operation than the gru or hoist options - or so I am assured by an English builder who did my roof some years ago with your type of hoist.

That is the practical suggestion: whether someone will throw up some ghastly health and safety regulations for why you shouldn't follow it I don't know!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 04/04/2006 - 05:11

Hi all,

I was looking into hiring gear in Italy too and I came across HSS site. When you log on to [url]http://www.hss.com/[/url] select the country on the left - you will see Italy. All the stores are in the north, but you can email them to seee what they can get you. I have listed them below for easy access:

Hope this helps...

Cinisello B.mo MI
v.le Romagna, 35 – 20092
tel: 0039 0266041389 fax: 0039 0266043486
e-mail: [email]hss@hss.it[/email]

Curno BG
via Bergamo, 2 - 24030
tel: 0039 035460897 fax: 0039 0354376055
e-mail: [email]hss@hss.it[/email]

Monza MI
via Mentana, 5 – 20052
tel: 0039 0392848120 fax: 0039 0392848324
e-mail: [email]hss@hss.it[/email]

Risorse Umane: [email]personale@hss.it[/email]

Informazioni generali: [email]informazioni@hss.it[/email]

P.S. I use the UK site to see what they have, and if your Italian is not good enough, I suggest you send a link to the product you requrie...

Regards - Let me know howe it goes!!