McCarthy Hire

McCarthy Hire: LEV and air quality equipment rental across the UK

McCarthy Hire is the rental arm of McCarthy Environmental, a company that presents itself as a provider of LEV (local exhaust ventilation) and air quality solutions in the United Kingdom. The hire service was set up to give businesses access to extraction and cooling equipment without committing to a purchase, covering both short project needs and longer-term agreements. The company frames its offer around the experience accumulated by the parent group, which it describes as more than 25 years in LEV design, installation and compliance.

Equipment available for hire

The catalogue is organised into four product families, each oriented to a specific type of airborne contaminant or to temperature control:

• Dust extraction units: designed to capture and control airborne dust at source, aimed at woodworking, grinding, sanding, mixing and other dust-producing operations.
• Fume extraction units: intended to capture welding, soldering and cutting fumes directly at the point where they are generated.
• Industrial vacuum systems: for removing dust and debris at source in workshops, factories and production lines.
• Evaporative air coolers: for areas with high temperatures year-round or seasonal summer heat; the units include built-in UV light sterilisation intended to eliminate airborne germs and bacteria.

According to the company, every unit is delivered ready to use, fully tested and compliant with current LEV and HSE standards, and accompanied by complete documentation.

Compliance and commissioning

The hire fleet is presented as compliant with COSHH and HSG258 regulations. Beyond the equipment itself, McCarthy Hire offers optional commissioning by its own engineers for an additional cost, a service intended to verify that the LEV system is correctly installed and operating to specification. The company also states that each unit comes with setup guidance and support, and that long-term hire customers can arrange regular LEV testing and maintenance to keep performance and documentation up to date.

Technical support and service model

Support is described as available by phone or on-site, covering installation, troubleshooting and system performance. The company positions this ongoing assistance as part of the rental rather than an add-on, and stresses transparency and independent advice as the principles behind its recommendations. Nationwide delivery and technical assistance are included in the service, with equipment supplied fully tested and documented.

Sectors served

McCarthy Hire lists manufacturing and engineering, automotive, food production and education among the industries it supports, and presents its rental model as a way to keep processes safe, compliant and efficient across sectors. The service is also pitched at operations that have encountered problems with an existing LEV system and need a fast replacement, with the stated aim of avoiding production losses while protecting employees.

Group context

The hire business operates as part of McCarthy Environmental Ltd, whose activity covers LEV design, installation and compliance. McCarthy Hire inherits that technical background while adding the flexibility of short to long-term rental, and its stated priority is capturing and eliminating harmful airborne contaminants to prevent long-term health problems among client workforces.