Portable air conditioner rental: AC Hire Price Index

The AC Hire Price Index carries 9 published figures read from 5 sources' own pages; the 5 published figures given by unit class (kW) run from 39.50 to 229 GBP, read 12 October 2026.

39.5 to 229 GBP Range by unit class (kW) 5 published figures, not one market: read the rows
9 Published figures from 5 source pages, read 19 Oct 2026
5 of 15 Sources read that publish one 33% publish a figure at all
  1. Aircon Co - portable air conditioning units (hire and buy)229 GBP
  2. HSS Hire - Compact air conditioner 3.5kW112 GBP + VAT
  3. CAS Hire - VC14PT portable air conditioner110 GBP
  4. Garden Party Hire - portable air conditioning100 GBP
  5. CAS Hire - VC14PT portable air conditioner89 GBP
  6. Aircon Co - portable air conditioning units (hire and buy)55.5 GBP
  7. Aircon Co - portable air conditioning units (hire and buy)49.5 GBP
  8. Aircon Co - portable air conditioning units (hire and buy)39.5 GBP
  9. Chilly Pepper Hire - air conditioner hire costs8.4 GBP
Every published figure, highest first.
Table view
RowValue
Aircon Co - portable air conditioning units (hire and buy)229 GBP
HSS Hire - Compact air conditioner 3.5kW112 GBP + VAT
CAS Hire - VC14PT portable air conditioner110 GBP
Garden Party Hire - portable air conditioning100 GBP
CAS Hire - VC14PT portable air conditioner89 GBP
Aircon Co - portable air conditioning units (hire and buy)55.5 GBP
Aircon Co - portable air conditioning units (hire and buy)49.5 GBP
Aircon Co - portable air conditioning units (hire and buy)39.5 GBP
Chilly Pepper Hire - air conditioner hire costs8.4 GBP
  1. 28 to 45
  2. 245 to 82
  3. 482 to 119
  4. 119 to 155
  5. 155 to 192
  6. 1192 to 229
Where the 9 published figures fall, GBP, in six equal bands from the lowest to the highest.
Bands
BucketValue
8 to 452 figures
45 to 822 figures
82 to 1194 figures
119 to 1550 figures
155 to 1920 figures
192 to 2291 figure

5 of the 15 named sources read in full publish a figure; 10 publish none, read 12 October 2026.

By class and unit class (kW) and hire period

BreakdownMedianRangeSources
class3.5kW compact112GBP112 to 112GBP1
classentry portable8.4GBP8.4 to 8.4GBP1
classevent portable100GBP100 to 100GBP1
unit class (kW)VC14PT 4.1kW portable110GBP110 to 110GBP1
unit class (kW)2.6kW39.5GBP39.5 to 39.5GBP1
unit class (kW)3.5kW49.5GBP49.5 to 49.5GBP1
unit class (kW)4.1kW55.5GBP55.5 to 55.5GBP1
unit class (kW)6.1kW229GBP229 to 229GBP1
hire period8 weeks+89GBP89 to 89GBP1

Every figure, with its source

One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.

The sentence each figure was read from (9)

Read in full, publishes no figure

10 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.

Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).

5 of the 15 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 10 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.

The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 9 figures, never sentences; 37 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.

The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the published hire rate per unit class (kW/BTU) per day, per week and per long-term week, across every hire company that publishes one, with delivery and VAT separated - so the index computes the break-even week at which hiring costs more than buying the same class of unit outright from the unit index, which is the question the buyer is actually asking and which no hire company will answer

37 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.

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The AC Hire Price Index carries 9 published figures read from 5 sources' own pages; the 5 published figures given by unit class (kW) run from 39.50 to 229 GBP, read 12 October 2026.

5 of the 15 named sources read in full publish a figure; 10 publish none, read 12 October 2026.

AC Hire Price Index, class 3.5kW compact: median 112 GBP across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

AC Hire Price Index, class entry portable: median 8.40 GBP across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

AC Hire Price Index, class event portable: median 100 GBP across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

AC Hire Price Index, unit class (kW) VC14PT 4.1kW portable: median 110 GBP across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

AC Hire Price Index, unit class (kW) 2.6kW: median 39.50 GBP across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

AC Hire Price Index, unit class (kW) 3.5kW: median 49.50 GBP across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

AC Hire Price Index, unit class (kW) 4.1kW: median 55.50 GBP across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

AC Hire Price Index, unit class (kW) 6.1kW: median 229 GBP across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

AC Hire Price Index, hire period 8 weeks+: median 89 GBP across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

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39.50 to 229 GBP

5 of 9 published figures (unit class (kW)), AC Hire Price Index, across 5 sources, read 12 October 2026

Source: Roofing Quotes UK AC Hire Price Index

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