Hull sits low & flat against the tidal Humber, and that has a way of catching people out. We hire out drying, flood-recovery & cleaning kit right across the city — dehumidifiers, pumps, fans & heaters — delivered to your door, set up properly, and collected when the job's done. One phone call and we'll sort it.
If you've lived here a while you'll remember the June 2007 floods — thousands of Hull homes under water in a single week. It wasn't the Humber that did most of the damage either; it was surface water with nowhere to go and drains backing up across the city. That's the thing about Hull: most of it sits at or below the level of the tide, so when the rain comes down hard the water doesn't drain away, it sits. Whether it's a burst pipe, a backed-up drain or a foot of floodwater through the front door, the answer is the same — get the water out, then dry the place properly before the damp sets into the plaster & floors.
What we hire in Hull
We carry the full range of drying & flood kit, and it all goes out clean, tested & ready to plug in:
- Water pumps — for clearing standing water out of cellars, ground floors & flooded yards.
- Dehumidifiers — the workhorses for pulling moisture back out of walls, floors & the air once the standing water's gone.
- Air movers — to push air across wet carpets, skirtings & under floors and speed the whole thing up.
- Industrial heaters — to drive the drying on in cold, draughty Victorian rooms where damp lingers.
- Floor & carpet driers, wet & dry vacuums, ozone generators for lingering smells, plus generators & gutter cleaners.
Not sure what you need? Tell us what's happened on the phone and we'll talk you through it. If it's a leak rather than a flood, our guide to drying after a leak is a good place to start, and the full range lives on our equipment hire page.
Why hire from a local Hull firm
Half the battle with flood & damp is moving quickly — the longer water sits, the deeper it gets into plaster, chipboard floors & the backs of kitchen units. Being local means we can get kit to you the same day in most of Hull rather than leaving you waiting on a courier from out of county. We deliver & collect, we'll show you how to run the gear, and if you're drying a big space we'll work out how many units you actually need so you're not paying for kit that's sat in the hall doing nothing.
We know the housing too, because it changes what you're up against. The Avenues & Newland are full of grand old Victorian terraces with solid walls, old plumbing & cellars that hold damp — they take longer to dry and want steady heat. The post-war estates out at Bransholme, Orchard Park & Kingswood, and the terraced streets off Hessle Road in west Hull, throw up everything from surface-water flooding to burst pipes & failed washing machines. Down in the Old Town & around the Marina you've got older brick & the river never far away. Different houses, same goal — get them dry before the damp turns into a bigger bill.
Same-day delivery across Hull
Phone before lunch and in most of the HU postcodes we'll have kit with you the same day — sooner if it's an emergency & we've got the gear free. We cover the whole city and the villages around it, from Hessle & Cottingham out to Hedon, Hessle Road through to Sutton, Kingswood & Bilton. If you're east of here towards Scunthorpe & North Lincolnshire, ring the Scunthorpe line instead.
How to book
It's phone-first & simple. Give us a ring, tell us what's gone wrong & roughly the size of the space, and we'll tell you what you need, what it costs & when we can be there. No long forms, no waiting about.
Flooded, leaking or just trying to dry a room out properly? Call Hull on 01482 680247 or Scunthorpe on 01724 501258 and we'll get you sorted. Clear. Dry. Done.
Equipment we hire in Hull
- Dehumidifier hire
- Air mover & fan hire
- Heater hire
- Water pump hire
- Floor & carpet drier hire
- Wet & dry vacuum hire
- Ozone generator hire
- Generator hire
- Gutter cleaner hire
- Other equipment