12 tools worth renting instead of buying for home renovations

The buy-versus-rent calculation for renovation tools

Most home renovations use each tool for just one to three days, then it collects dust for years. A good demolition hammer costs around R$ 1,200 at the hardware store. Renting the same tool for two days, at the 2% to 4% of new value rule used on Alugoae, costs between R$ 24 and R$ 96. The difference stays in your pocket or funds the next stage of the renovation.

Tool rental in Itajaí through Alugoae works like this: the owner posts the item with real photos and a daily rate, you pick the dates and request the booking, the owner accepts, the calendar blocks those dates and both WhatsApp numbers appear to arrange pickup.

Renting a drill, screwdriver, sander and angle grinder

For installing shelves, drilling masonry or prepping walls for painting in a Balneário Camboriú apartment, you need a hammer drill, impact screwdriver, orbital sander and angle grinder for a maximum of two days. Buying all four costs R$ 1,500 to R$ 2,000. Renting each one by the day brings the total down to R$ 90 to R$ 180.

A Makita or Bosch impact screwdriver runs R$ 300 to R$ 400 new. Rented for two days, it costs R$ 12 to R$ 32. The orbital sander, essential for leveling filler before painting, runs R$ 7 to R$ 14 per day and one afternoon covers an entire bedroom.

Concrete mixer rental, plate compactor and wet-dry vacuum

For laying a floor screed, building a wall or a barbecue pit in Navegantes, renting a concrete mixer makes the math obvious: a 120-liter electric mixer costs R$ 1,400 to R$ 1,800 new; rented for two days, you pay R$ 56 to R$ 144. A plate compactor, essential for sidewalks and gardens, follows the same logic: R$ 40 to R$ 80 per day versus more than R$ 2,000 to buy.

A wet-dry vacuum closes out the job: it collects tile-cutting dust, mortar residue and rinse water before you hand over a clean space. Bought new, it costs around R$ 600; rented for two days, the cost falls between R$ 24 and R$ 48.

Scaffolding rental, extension ladder and circular saw

Painting a two-story facade, cleaning gutters or laying roof tiles in Itajaí requires safe working height. Renting a basic tube scaffold costs R$ 16 to R$ 48 per day, against R$ 800 to R$ 1,200 to buy a set. A 6-meter fiberglass extension ladder, which costs R$ 500 new, rents for R$ 10 to R$ 20 per day and handles most exterior jobs.

A circular saw is a must for cutting laminate flooring, timber and drywall, but it sits unused once the build is over. A good saw costs R$ 500 to R$ 700; rented for one day, R$ 10 to R$ 28 covers all the panels in a single room.

Rent a pressure washer and rotary hammer in Itajaí and Navegantes

Renting a pressure washer is the step most people save for last: one afternoon cleans the driveway, roof, walls, garage floor and barbecue area. A Karcher K4 costs around R$ 600 new; one day's rental runs between R$ 12 and R$ 24. In Itajaí and Navegantes, the rainy season from October to March leaves facades coated in mold that call for exactly this kind of annual clean.

The rotary hammer rounds out the list: it is what you need to break tiles, strip plaster and cut channels for plumbing. A new unit costs R$ 1,200; rented for two days, R$ 24 to R$ 96. For a bathroom renovation in an apartment, two days of hammering and the hard work is done.

All 12 tools: estimated purchase price versus daily rental cost

The table below shows the estimated purchase price and daily rental cost for each of the twelve tools, calculated at 2% to 4% of the item's new value.

• Rotary hammer: buy around R$ 1,200, rent R$ 24 to R$ 48 per day
• Hammer drill: buy R$ 400, rent R$ 8 to R$ 16 per day
• Impact screwdriver: buy R$ 350, rent R$ 7 to R$ 14 per day
• Orbital sander: buy R$ 350, rent R$ 7 to R$ 14 per day
• Angle grinder: buy R$ 250, rent R$ 5 to R$ 10 per day
• Circular saw: buy R$ 600, rent R$ 12 to R$ 24 per day
• 120-liter concrete mixer: buy R$ 1,600, rent R$ 32 to R$ 64 per day
• Plate compactor: buy R$ 2,000, rent R$ 40 to R$ 80 per day
• Wet-dry vacuum: buy R$ 600, rent R$ 12 to R$ 24 per day
• Tube scaffold set: buy R$ 1,000, rent R$ 20 to R$ 40 per day
• 6-meter extension ladder: buy R$ 500, rent R$ 10 to R$ 20 per day
• Pressure washer: buy R$ 600, rent R$ 12 to R$ 24 per day