Business finance availableFinance available Check if you qualifyCheck →

Home Buy Machine Hire Machine Business Launch Areas Services Blog Contact

Hire in Settle

Hire a Laser Cleaning Machine in Settle

Hire a laser cleaner for a Settle job, delivered from Leeds and collected after. A short-term route to clean stone, timber or metal without buying a machine.

Get a Hire Quote 07973 106612

BS 8221-1:2012 approvedDay, week or monthTraining includedDelivered to Settle

Every hire includes

Delivery to your Settle site and collection
On-site training at handover
Full safety and compliance documentation
PPE kit and laser safety signage
UK support line for the whole hire

Get a hire quote

Why hire in Settle?

Laser Machine Hire Delivered to Settle

Hiring gives you a laser cleaner in Settle for the length of one job and nothing more. We prepare it at Leeds, run it the 36 miles up, and collect it once you have finished. There are no chemicals to store and no blasting waste to clear afterwards, which keeps a heritage town-centre site or a working yard clean and simple.

The work here is often specific. A shopfront near The Shambles might want years of paint and soot removed, a barn conversion might need oak beams stripped, or ironwork and gates might be thick with rust. You take the machine for those days, run the job, and hand it straight back without any longer tie.

It is also the honest way to trial the machine before buying. A week with the laser on Settle's limestone, gritstone and metal shows you how it behaves on the surfaces you would work on. If you then buy, the hire fee is offset against the purchase price, so the trial pays into the machine rather than being spent twice.

Every hire includes training and UK support, whether you take the machine for a day or a month. We set the correct power for heritage stone, timber or metal before you begin, so listed fabric is treated gently and rust comes off cleanly. Daily, weekly and monthly terms mean the cost follows the job, not the calendar.

From our Leeds studio we cover Settle and the wider North Yorkshire area, 36 miles from Leeds, an area we run regular scheduled trips to. Operators working around Settle also take on jobs in Grassington, Ingleton and Pateley Bridge and the surrounding BD postcodes.

Hire in Settle

Day, weekly or monthly terms
Delivered and collected, no trip to Leeds
On-site training and full safety pack
Test all seven services commercially
Fees offset against a later purchase

Get a Hire Quote

On the ground in Settle

What Needs Cleaning Around Settle

Settle's landmarks span railway, market and school, each built from surfaces that soil, weather and rust.

The Settle-Carlisle Railway carries stone structures and iron that soot up and rust in an exposed climate, work a laser cleans and strips cold without blasting.
The Shambles in Settle is limestone and gritstone holding old paint and soiling on its frontages, which a laser lifts without softening the stone beneath.
Giggleswick School's dressed stone and chapel fabric darken with soot and biological growth over decades, the even soiling a laser removes without touching the surface.

Surfaces around Settle

What the Buildings in Settle Are Made Of

Settle is built from what lies under it, Carboniferous limestone cut from the local scars, with gritstone used for quoins, sills and lintels where the softer stone would fail. Much of the market place is rendered and painted over rubble. The railway adds a second material set entirely: cast iron footbridges, wrought railings, steel and the sooted stone of tunnel mouths and viaduct piers. Limewash, gloss and coal residue all sit on surfaces a pulsed laser clears without water.

Victorian shopfront ironwork around the market place, from column brackets to fascia rails and stall risers, hides under repeated coats of gloss. Laser stripping takes the paint back to clean metal without the fumes and mess of chemical strippers in a busy street.
The town's cast iron rainwater goods, hoppers and gutter brackets rust from beneath the paint outwards. A pulsed beam removes coating and corrosion in one pass while they stay fixed to the wall, so no scaffold time is lost taking them down.
Headstones and memorials in the churchyards around Settle are limestone and sandstone under lichen and black crust. The laser lifts growth and soiling without the pressure washing that rounds off lettering, so inscriptions stay legible rather than getting shallower each clean.
Barn conversions and farm ranges out towards Langcliffe and Stainforth carry limewash, cement paint and soot on rubble walls and roof timbers. Laser cleaning separates the finish from the stone, which lets you keep original fabric that would otherwise be rendered over.

Available to hire

Pulsed Lasers

Our three most popular power levels, from £6,650. All air-cooled, mobile-ready and commercially configured for UK deployment. The full range runs from 200W to 2000W for heavy industrial and marine work.

Precision & entry-level

LaserStrip 200W

Light, precise and low-cost to run. The most affordable way to start. From £6,650.

View the 200W →

LaserStrip 300W

Best balance of speed and finesse. Covers all seven revenue streams. From £7,800.

View the 300W →

Heavy-duty production

LaserStrip 500W

Faster area coverage for heritage façades, structural steel and larger contracts. From £16,900.

View the 500W →

Need more power? See the 1000W, 1500W model and 2000W for structural steel, marine and infrastructure contracts.

View all 6 machines →

What our customers say

Trusted by Operators Across Yorkshire

★★★★★

"Stripped a set of fire doors back to bare timber with no scorching. The client was made up."

Steve A.

Carpenter, Settle

★★★★★

"I booked it to trial the idea and never sent it back. Local demand was higher than I expected once people saw the results."

Gary N.

Landlord and property care, North Yorkshire

★★★★★

"The support after the sale is what stands out. Real people, quick answers, and they know Yorkshire building stock inside out."

Tom S.

Renovation specialist, Settle

Laser cleaning in Settle

Specialist Cleaning in Settle

Working out of Settle puts Giggleswick, Langcliffe, Stainforth and Austwick on your doorstep, with Ribblesdale running north and Skipton south down the A65. It is a natural base for anyone chasing heritage stone, railway related metalwork and upland farm contracts across western North Yorkshire. See them all on our services page.

Heritage Stone Cleaning

Settle's Carboniferous limestone is pale and porous, and its gritstone dressings are coarser and darker. Both hold gypsum crust and lichen in the sheltered courses. Laser cleaning removes the soiling at the interface without abrading tooling, chamfers or the fine arris on a Georgian sill.

Learn more → Read the guide →

Victorian Sandstone

The original face of sandstone frontages across Settle brought back without the micro abrasion that grit blasting causes.

Learn more → Read the guide →

Graffiti Removal

Painted tags on limestone are a nuisance because the stone drinks solvent and any wash leaves a clean halo. A laser works dry, removing pigment layer by layer until the mineral surface stops the process, which suits the rendered and bare stone frontages Settle has in roughly equal measure.

Learn more → Read the guide →

Laser cleaning guides

Practical Guides for Settle Operators

Settle's mix of conservation area stone, railway metalwork and farm steel demands different settings and different pricing. Our free guides cover machine choice, day rates and what North Yorkshire clients actually pay for laser work. Browse the full blog.

200W vs 300W vs 500W Laser Cleaner: Which to ChooseLaser cleaning machines are sold by power, in watts, and that number sets how fast you work and … Laser Cleaning vs Chemical Stripping: Which Is Better?Chemical strippers do shift paint, but they trade a clean job for fumes, long dwell times and me… How to Clean a Stone War Memorial RespectfullyA war memorial is a place of remembrance, and cleaning one carries a duty to preserve every carv… Laser Cleaning FAQ: Your Questions AnsweredIf laser cleaning is new to you, the same questions come up over and over. This guide gathers th… How to Remove Graffiti From Brick Without StainingBrick soaks up spray paint the moment it lands, which is why a quick clean so often leaves a stu… Laser Cleaning Machine Maintenance and LifespanA pulsed fibre laser cleaner asks very little of its owner. There is no grit to reorder, no cool…

Hire questions for Settle

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Settle from Leeds for a delivery?

Settle is around 36 miles from our Leeds base, close to an hour by road. We deliver the machine to your site and collect it when the hire ends, so you neither travel for it nor tie up a vehicle. Daily, weekly and monthly hire lets you take it for exactly the job's length.

What Settle projects suit hiring rather than buying?

A single shopfront or cottage clean in the town, a barn conversion needing beams stripped, a round of rust removal on gates or ironwork, or one heritage stone job all suit hire. When the work is defined and not yet regular, hiring the laser for those days is cheaper than owning a machine that waits between them.

Can a Settle hire go towards buying later?

Yes. If you are considering a cleaning business but want proof first, hire the machine for a real Settle job and judge it on the town's stone and metal. The hire fee can be offset against a later purchase, so a trial that convinces you also counts towards the cost of the machine.

Do I need my own compressor or water supply for a hire?

No. The machines are air cooled and use no chemicals, no grit and no water, so all you need is power and access. That is one reason hire suits tight town centre sites in Settle where there is nowhere to run a bowser or contain slurry. If it becomes routine work, you can <a href="/buy-laser-machine-settle">buy a laser machine in Settle</a>, and <a href="/blog/hire-vs-buy-laser-cleaner">hiring versus buying</a> lays out the maths.

Will I be able to use it properly on day one?

Training is part of handover. We deliver, set the machine up and take you through parameters, safety and technique on the actual surfaces you are treating, rather than leaving you with a manual and a wave. Most people are producing saleable results within the first hour. If you <a href="/hire-machine">hire a laser machine</a> and get stuck partway through a job, we are on the phone.

Trading laser cleaning long term in Settle? Buying the FLT-P outright keeps every penny of revenue and usually pays back fastest. Hire fees can be offset against the purchase.

Buy in Settle →

Hire a Laser Machine Near Settle

The same machines, training and support apply right across North Yorkshire. Explore the nearby areas we also cover:

Buy a Laser Machine in Settle All Laser Cleaning Services Buy a Laser Machine Hire a Laser Machine All Yorkshire Areas Get a Free Quote

Laser machine hire in Settle, delivered and supported.

Get a Hire Quote 07973 106612

Studio location

Delivery to Settle from Our Leeds Studio

The run from our Leeds studio to Settle is around 36 miles up through Craven into the BD postcodes, and we deliver the machine to your door. Setup and hands on training happen on site at handover, on your own surfaces rather than a demo panel. At the end of a hire we come back and collect.