How Much Does Floor Scrubber Hire Cost? A Realistic UK Guide

What the rotary floor scrubber costs to hire

The bookable machine is the rotary floor scrubber and polisher. Hire runs £44.99 for a day, £64.99 for two, £84.99 for up to a week and £10.99 a day beyond that, all + VAT, so the exact figure depends on the duration you book — shorter hires sit at the lower end per day, and longer hires bring the daily cost down. The live booking calendar on the product page shows the precise price for your dates.

A refundable deposit also applies. It is not a cost — it is returned after the machine comes back and passes inspection. The deposit covers condition, not loss or theft.

What changes the total

Hire duration. This is the biggest lever. A single day sits at the lower end of the range; a multi-day or weekly hire lowers the effective daily cost. If a job might run over, it is usually cheaper to book the longer period up front than to extend late.

Delivery or collection. Delivery and collection costs depend on your postcode zone, access and route timing. You can also use free Click and Collect from our Greenford (UB6) depot to skip the delivery charge. The live options show at booking.

Optional extras. Pads and floor cleaning solution are optional add-ons listed on the product page — add them to the booking if your floor and job need them. Tell us the floor type and we will help match the right pad.

What you are actually hiring

The rotary floor scrubber and polisher is a 240V single-disc machine (RCD included) that scrubs, polishes and buffs hard floors — tile, vinyl, sealed concrete and safety flooring in shops, offices, communal areas, schools, gyms and end-of-tenancy cleans.

It is not a scrubber-dryer, so it does not vacuum the dirty water up as it goes. For wet pickup, pair it with a wet and dry vacuum; to speed drying afterwards, add an air mover or carpet/floor dryer. For a larger walk-behind or ride-on scrubber-dryer on a very big commercial floor, we do not list one as standard bookable hire — call 020 3375 4048 and we will check availability for you.

Hire or buy?

For occasional or one-off cleaning, hiring almost always makes sense — you pay only when you need the machine, with no storage, servicing or repair to worry about. Buying a machine outright tends only to pay off for organisations cleaning the same large floors very frequently. If you are cleaning weekly or more, it is worth comparing a longer hire against a purchase for your specific machine and usage.

The full floor-cleaning price list

The rotary scrubber is one of three machines people compare at this point, so here is the range side by side.

Rates are ex-VAT and match each product page. A refundable deposit applies and comes back in full when the machine returns undamaged. Longer commercial hires drop again — the scrubber dryer is £319.99 + VAT for up to 14 days and £499.99 for up to 28 days. Delivery is £35 + VAT next working day, or collect free from Greenford UB6.

Which one you actually want. The rotary scrubber is the cheaper machine but leaves the floor wet — you pick the water up separately. The scrubber dryer costs more per day and takes that step out, which is what matters in a unit that has to stay open while the floor is cleaned. On a one-off deep clean the rotary usually wins; on a recurring clean in a working building, the scrubber dryer does.

Frequently asked questions

Related guides: How to use a floor scrubber · Walk-behind vs ride-on · Warehouse floor cleaning