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Home Depot Tool Rental Giveaway

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If you're putting off your next DIY project because you don't have the cash to fork over for the right tool and neither do your friends or family, then we've got the solution for you.

This week we're giving away a $200 gift certificate to use towards a Home Depot tool rental. It doesn't matter if you're a professional contractor or weekend DIY warrior, you can rent more than 325 types of professional tools at the 1,200 local Home Depot Tool Rental Centers. They have everything available from power tools, yard and garden equipment and hand tools.

To be eligible for this giveaway, simply leave a comment stating what tool you would rent and what project you'd use it for. Please use a valid email address as this is the only way we can contact our winner who will be selected at random on Thursday, April 2, 2009, 12am est and announced that day.

We've been coveting this two-man auger to save our backs and friendships when it comes time to replace our fence but unfortunately we aren't eligible so shovels and post-hole diggers will have to do.

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Charles & Hudson | March 30, 2009 | Comments () |

Gene

I need the power rake, wood chipper, and rear tine tiller as we have some yard work and gardening to do! Ooh, and the drum sander to refinish the floors in the kitchen.

ethan

I need to aerate my lawn. Hopefully put a little pep back into my grass. Great giveaway

Kristin

I would rent the mini-rooter to clean out my drains. The baking soda and vinegar 'volcano' cleaning isn't working that well anymore.

Chris

I work with a non-profit working to build a rail trail. Money is tight these days so I'd use it to rent the tools needed for a trail building day with our volunteers - likely mowers or a ground-tamping machine.

Nick

I need a sander to paint some bookcases

Felicia Swartz

We need a pressure washer to wash down the outside of the house to paint, as well as pressure wash our drive way.

Sal

I would love to get a wood/ leaf chipper to mulch up some stuff

Anne

Drum sander. Definitely the drum sander. My fiance and I just bought a two family house built in 1917. I think the last time anyone redid the floors was 1921. We're almost done with all the painting and the floors are the next thing we plan to tackle. Of course money is tight so this gift certificate would be a real god send!

DIYGene

Paint sprayer here, for painting the outside of the house.
(a different Gene)

Theresa W

I desperately need that demolition hammer (or electric breaker)! We recently purchased a 1957 ranch in San Fernando Valley, CA, which includes a completely-paved-over backyard AND a vintage diving board. We removed the board since the bolts were completely rusted and it's unsafe, but the cement supports remain and need to be removed.

Secondly, we have a few fruit trees that are suffering because the pavement comes too close to their trunks, inhibiting their growth and ability to get water and nutrients. I'd love to remove a large area of the cement and put in some paving stones and a nice vegetable garden. It'd also significantly help with drainage in the rainy season!

Brad

I would rent a power washer and/or a drum sander. Our deck is in disparate need of attention. I recently replaced many rotting boards and am now ready to apply the stain and weatherproofing. I plan on starting with the power washer to attempt to remove all of the old finish. If that does not remove enough of the finish, I will need to rent a sander to finish the job.

Katie

I am planning to tile my kitchen counters and I need to rent a wet-saw to cut the tile. I want to buy large floor tiles and cut them down, hopefully I can handle all that cutting!

brenna

I could really use a tiller to help level out and condition my backyard for landscaping!

Sarah

Definitely the tiller and the auger - it's time for the backyard to stop looking abandoned!

Elizabeth M.

tools? i'd love to rent them ALL. so many house projects it's making my head spin!! but since it's spring, i'd go for the aerator for a nice, new lawn!

Roger Hutton

I would super happy if I where to win the gift certificate for tool rental. I am working on 2 projects at the moment that I could the certificate for.
1. My roof top deck needs sanding and re-finishing. I would use the Drum Sander to strip the old ugly brown paint from the deck so I could re-stain it and bring out the beauty of the wood. We love being up there but the color of the paint is an eye sore.
2. I would use the Mid Tine Tiller to filter the good from the bad in the backyard. My girlfriend would love to plant a garden soon but the soil is useless at this point. She keeps talking about growing tomatoes and other veggies, it certainly would make her happy, me too.