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I’m not even going to dance around this one: we’ve got a $200 Home Depot gift card up for grabs.
This week’s stellar prize comes direct from Home Depot themselves as part of their “What’s Your Pro Project” contest. But the good ol’ HD isn’t just asking about your upcoming heavy duty projects, they’re looking to lend a hand too. Thanks to their 1,200 local Tool Rental Centers, you can borrow over 325 professional tools, from power and hand tools to yard, garden and electrical equipment. Sure beats buying that aerator you only use once a year.
So if you want a shot at the $200 gift card, first check out their selection of tool rentals and then comment on this post with the phrase “GOTTA GET A [insert name of tool you’d most like to rent].” That’s right, to be eligible for the prize you have to tell us what tool you’d consider renting AND what project you might tackle with it (sorry folks, we’ve gotta be sticklers on this one). For instance, I’ve already been daydreaming about renting a powerwasher to do some heavy duty clean-up on our front porch. Plus, who doesn’t like cleaning and looking like a badass at the same time? If only I could powerwash the dishes…
Alas, we’re not eligible for the prize (soooooo jealous of you guys), but at least we get to hear about all your power tool fantasies and the pro projects you might be tackling soon. Entries will be accepted until Wednesday, March 25th at 8pm EST and the prize is only available to United States residents. The one, randomly selected winner will be announced later in the week. Good luck…
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Amy says
Gotta get an airless paint sprayer…we have a LOT of painting to do at our house and our hands and wrists are surely going to be tired!
Lorrie says
Gotta get a drum sander!
We are starting to rip all the carpet throughout our entire house to refinish the hardwood floors. Thanks to my “still-not-potty-trained” Wheaten Terrier, we are desperate to simplify our lifes and this means getting rid of all CARPET!
We will be first-timers to the whole floor refinishing thing, so we will absolutely need one of these….with a full set of instructions! Thanks.
Jennifer H. says
GOTTA GET An Airless Paint Sprayer. My son is doing his Eagle scout project for Save the Family Foundation, an Arizona non-profit that provides housing for homeless families until they get back on their feet. His project involves re-landscaping the front and back yards. There’s a fence around the back yard that really needs repainting, but since it is already such a big project, we weren’t planning to tackle the fence. A paint sprayer would allow us to do a little extra for such a deserving family/cause.
(Note: Re-submitted due to leaving out “gotta get” at beginning…)
Megan G says
GOTTA GET A REAR TINE TILLER!
We’re gonna plant a garden in our backyard this spring so we can freeze tons of veggies and such (and so I can make homemade baby food for our little one coming this summer!)
Candied Fabrics says
Gotta get a floor stapler.
So we can install hardwood floor up the stairs, in the hall and through 3 bedrooms!
The Tiny Homestead says
gotta get a hand held hole digger. We’re dying to put in fencing in the back yard! That would be my first project.
Robb says
I gotta get me a tile saw and redo the tile in our new apartment’s bathroom!
Anna says
Gotta get a floor stapler! I’m buying a condo and would LOVE to put hardwood in the living room.
Choral says
A rototiller is desperately needed to prepare the front of our house for beautiful color this spring/summer!
Katie says
Gotta get a compound miter saw! We are finishing our bonus room and need it to do the trim work!
kristen w says
GOTTA GET A FINISHING NAILER…so we can actually finish our wood floor project and get the shoe molding out of a pile in the garage and installed in our beautiful new office/playroom space! thanks for the opportunity.
Keri R. says
GOTTA GET A Mid Tine Tiller! I want to do some major curb appeal projects this spring and this would make planting those flower beds go so much quicker!
Alison says
GOTTA GET A Power Washer…it will help us clean up our nasty, dirty patio and get it ready for our spring barbeque that I’m hosting to celebrate my husband’s graduation from college!
Sara says
Gotta get a carpet cleaner! With a five year old, I could use that all over the house!
Nancy says
I would love to rent a paintsprayer, I have so much furniture just waiting to be painted, starting with my daughter’s bed!
serina says
GOTTA GET A TILE SAW. Need to re-tile the bathroom and perhaps the kitchen, too.
Anthony says
GOTTA GET A Tile Saw to install a back splash in my kitchen.
Ty says
Gotta Get a Pressure Washer to clean my sidewalks.
Erin K. says
“GOTTA GET A CIRCULAR SAW” to finish the molding in our new laundry room and add turn our hallway closet into some shelves/lockers (pottery barn style) for stashing our stuff.
Bonnie says
Gotta get a demolition hammer! so we can rip the tile floor out of our bathroom… seriously, PINK grout?
Amelia says
As someone who spent the last year knee deep in home renovations (wall-demo, rewiring, new kitchen cabinets, rerouting plumbing, laying flooring) all with only the help of my husband and a plumber who was lucky enough to get our frantic call when said husband cut through the main water line a mere foot before the shut-off valve, I’m a big fan of Home Depot rentals. Our next big project is the backyard, and a lawn aerator, or tiller (or heck, bulldozer!) would sure come in handy with prepping our hard NC clay to lay down some grass seed in the yard.
So, I GOTTA GET something to help me break up the clay in my back yard.
Marina says
“Gotta Get a Hand Held Hole Digger”
We desperatly need to fence our backyard. My husband gave me a German Shephard puppy for Christmas and she is growing way faster than we imagined. She can now jump over the short picket fence in the front yard, which is so not cool.
Allison M says
GOTTA GET A TILE SAW!!!
Need to do some repairs on some tile in our master bath and would love to try to retile the guest bath also.
Thanks!
Melissa says
GOTTA GET A mid tine tiller to finally tackle adding a sprinkler system to our backyard!
Rachel McKissack says
Gotta Get A Finishing Nailer! I want my huspand to finally build me a desk that he promised me!
Rachel says
Gotta Get A Paint Sprayer! It will be great to finish up the painting in my new house. Gotta finish the bathroom, laundry room, and kitchen ceiling. A sprayer would be a big help… in fact it might even convince my husband to help out!
Megan says
Gotta get a breaker and plate compacter for our big project this summer of tearing out the deteriorating walk-way and stairs that lead up to our front door.
Amanda R says
GOTTA GET A…
CARPET STEAM CLEANER! My new husband and I are moving into a new house- and the carpet is in need of some steam cleaner love!! We also have many other projects for the new house, but first on my list is getting it spick and span! Nothing brings newly weds together like carpet cleaner and toilet brushes!
Lauren says
i’d love the drumsander! i’d tackle our old beat-up wood floors and maybe paint them glossy white…or black…or pink! or maybe just restain them.
LP says
gotta get a power washer…our back patio is so crusty and stained. it’s time to get ready for summertime and outdoor parties!
Melissa says
GOTTA GET A rear tine tiller! We’re ready to seed our backyard, but need to break up all the hard clay first. I tried to do it by hand and ended up breaking my shovel!
Jill H. says
“GOTTA GET A CARPET CLEANER!” After ripping all the carpet out of our house (except for the bedrooms) and acid staining the exposed concrete, the carpet left now looks HORRIBLE….this will be a good ending to an already done project :)
Grace says
Gotta get a tile saw! The bathroom reno starts in two weeks and it would be a huge help!
Andi says
GOTTA GET A Tile Saw!
My husband and I want to sell our 4 year old condo this year and we need to do a pretty backsplash in our kitchen to spice things up a bit. We can’t justify new counters already but white corian is kinda plain. Shiny subway tiles are calling my name from Home Depot at this very minute.
Erin M.G. says
Gotta Get a Mid Tine Tiller. We have some serious gardening to do as this is our first spring in our new DC rowhouse! Thanks!
Krysta says
Gotta get a flooring stapler to replace the nasty carpet in my soon-to-be-home (fingers crossed)with gorgeous hardwood!
Rachel says
Gotta get an airless paint sprayer. I’m not sure if this would work outdoors, but my fiancee and I may try to tackle painting the outside of our house ourselves!
Kiriann says
I think I GOTTA GET A Compound Miter Saw for the hardwood floors we are putting in my mom’s living room…Merry Christmas Mom!
Meg says
GOTTA GET A TILE SAW!
I want to tile a backsplash in my kitchen and re tile my laundry room floor!
Libby says
Gotta get a compound miter saw!!!
This was an easy one. When my husband and I moved into our 1953 ranch a year and a half ago, we pulled up all the carpet and refinished the wood floors ourselves (using a rented sander from Home Depot, I might add!). The next thing on our to-do list is to install quarter round on the baseboards to finish up the job. I’ve got a miter box/saw at home, but this compound miter saw sure would make the job so much easier! Plus I’d love to use one anyway…I’m such a sucker for power tools :)
Kristin says
I’m getting ready to gear up my large garden and renting the Mid Tine Tiller so that I could get the ground all ready would be a HUGE help!
jana says
Gotta get a carpet cleaner. Our 2-year old puppy seems to be (almost) grown out of his accident phase, and that means its really time to get dirty and do a good ole fashioned carpet clean.
Christan says
Gotta get a drum sander!! recently i pulled up my carpeting in my living room, dining room & hallway….with a bit of sanding and staining…my hardwoods will gleam! now…if only i had that drum sander….
Angie says
Gotta get a tile saw so I can put down some awesome tile in our new bathroom!!
Jenny says
Gotta get a rear tine tiller so we can prepare our new garden beds!
Bethanie says
GOTTA GET A……. MITER SAW! We want to do crown molding in the main areas and I really want to make a framed upholstered headboard!
Erin G. says
GOTTA GET A paint sprayer so we can pain our house! 7 years of baking in the Phoenix sun, and the stucco is screaming for new paint!!
Emily says
Gotta get a 6.5 HP Pressure Washer. I think it will clean dirt and paint off of our brownstone… but our house is really old… 1890… will it hurt the brownstone??
YoungHouseLove says
Hey Emily,
Good question! I don’t know if a powerwasher will hurt your 1890s brownstone- I’d ask a specialist at Home Depot and see what they say. You can also test it in a super discreet spot and see how it goes.
We have heard (thanks Nichole!) that strong powerwashers can actually break the seal in between panes of glass in double and triple paned windows which results in that foggy appearance (not a good look) so be sure to use caution and control that strong stream as you go!
I’m sure you can ask any and all questions that you may have when you’re renting ’em- and of course you can always google things just to be sure (or test ’em in a concealed spot before blasting the whole house). Hope it helps!
xoxo,
Sherry
Amy Jo says
Gotta get a carpet cleaner! I’m not sure what all scary germies and odors are lurking in amongst the carpet fibers in our rented apartment, but I would love to escort them out the door!
sammyw says
gotta get a – carpet cleaner :) seeing as how we live in an apartment & would be evicted if we ever did any kind of work with the other machines – our carpet could use a good clean :)