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Medium Duty Breaker

Medium Duty Breaker

The TE700 Medium-Duty Breaker is a powerful concrete breaker designed for demolition, masonry, and construction work. Built for reliability, it delivers strong impact energy with reduced vibration for improved operator comfort.

Ideal for professionals, the TE700 offers the perfect balance of power, durability, and control for medium-duty breaking tasks.

Key Features:

  • High-performance concrete and demolition breaker

  • Durable design for tough jobsite conditions

  • Low vibration for reduced user fatigue

  • Reliable power for masonry and renovation work

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  • Hilti TE 700-AVR Medium Duty Breaker
  • 7.9kg With 11.5J Impact Energy
  • SDS-Max (TE-Y) Chuck, 24 Chisel Positions
  • Active Vibration Reduction
  • 110V Site Power [VERIFY]
  • Collect from Four Midlands Depots

Additional information

Make

Hilti
Model

TE700

Product Specification

Medium duty breakers – TE700Medium duty breakers – TE700

The Cost

Medium Duty Breaker Hire Specs & Hire Rates

The cost of medium duty breaker hire depends on how long you need it, which steels you need with it, and whether you need a transformer or dust extraction. We quote every hire personally rather than publishing a price list, so you only pay for the kit the job needs. The table shows where the TE 700-AVR sits in the Hirelink breaking range, so you can check you’re hiring the right size.

NOT SURE WHICH SIZE YOU NEED? CALL THE TEAM AND WE’LL POINT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

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The Reason

Why Choose Hirelink for Medium Duty Breaker Hire in the Midlands?

At 7.9kg with a side handle, the TE 700-AVR is designed to be held horizontally, so it’s the breaker to use on walls, around door and window openings and at chest height. Heavier floor breakers are made to point down and are tiring and unsafe to hold up against a wall.

Hilti rates the TE 700-AVR at 11.5 joules per blow at 2,760 blows per minute. That’s enough to take out brick and blockwork, lift tiles and screed, and break lighter concrete, while staying light enough to control on detailed work.

A power selector drops the breaker to about 70% output. Use reduced power for more control on tiles, plaster and softer or brittle materials, and full power when you’re breaking masonry and concrete.

The chisel locks in 24 positions, 15 degrees apart, so a flat or wide chisel always sits at the right angle to the wall or floor. That makes tile lifting and plaster stripping faster and cleaner.

If you’re breaking a concrete floor, slab or patio, the heavier TE 2000-AVR or a road breaker will get through it faster, and we’ll tell you so. If you only need to drill and chisel small areas, a lighter tool may do and costs less to hire.

Hirelink has depots in Sutton Coldfield (Boldmere), Lichfield, Aldridge and near Birmingham Airport. If the breaker you need is out at one branch, we can check the others and move stock between them.

The Return

Concrete Breaker Hire for Walls and Renovations: What You Get

A medium duty breaker is a handheld electric demolition hammer, sized between a light breaker and a heavy floor breaker, that drives a steel point or chisel into masonry, concrete and stone to break it apart. It’s also called a medium breaker, wall breaker, demolition hammer or, on UK sites, a Kango. You hold it with both hands, one on the main grip and one on the side handle, and let the hammer action do the work.

The Hilti TE 700-AVR we hire weighs 7.9kg and measures 564mm long, 125mm wide and 248mm high. Its 1,300W motor drives a pneumatic hammer mechanism at 46Hz, which is 2,760 blows per minute, with 11.5 joules per blow. It is double insulated, has an electronic restart lock that stops it starting on its own after a power cut, and protects itself against overheating and over-voltage.

Common uses include knocking through and widening door and window openings, demolishing brick and block walls, removing wall and floor tiles, stripping plaster and render, breaking up thin screeds, chasing concrete and masonry for pipes and cables, removing concrete around rebar, and breaking out small concrete bases. Builders, renovation and refurbishment contractors, kitchen and bathroom fitters, plumbers, electricians and groundworkers hire it most. Homeowners hire it too, usually for a bathroom strip-out or knocking through between rooms.

A medium duty breaker isn’t the best tool for a whole concrete floor or a thick slab. For that, the 14.5kg heavy duty breaker or the road breaker gets through faster and with less effort.

Hiring makes more sense than buying for most renovation jobs. You get a professional breaker that has been inspected and serviced before it goes out, with sharp steels, and you hand it back when the strip-out is done.

The Difference

Medium Duty, Heavy Duty or Light Duty Breaker: Which Do You Need?

Medium Duty Breaker (TE 700-AVR)

7.9kg, 11.5J, side handle, 24 chisel positions. The right choice for walls, openings, tiles, plaster, render, chasing and lighter concrete. Light enough to hold horizontally and at chest height.

Light Duty Breaker

The smallest breaker in the range, for small tiling jobs, light chasing and fixing work where control matters more than power. Too slow for walls and concrete.

 

Heavy Duty Breaker (TE 2000-AVR)

14.5kg floor breaker with a T-handle, used pointing down. The right choice for concrete floors, slabs, foundations, patios and driveways. Too heavy to use on walls. See our heavy duty breaker hire page.

Road Breaker (TE 3000-AVR)

Around 30kg, the heaviest electric breaker we hire. For thick or reinforced slabs, road surfaces and big breakouts on open ground. See our road breaker hire page.

The Logistics

Medium Duty Breaker Hire Delivery and Collection Across the Midlands

Most customers collect their breaker from the nearest Hirelink depot in Sutton Coldfield (Boldmere), Lichfield, Aldridge or near Birmingham Airport. At 7.9kg, the TE 700-AVR fits in any car boot and one person can carry it easily.

If you’d rather have it brought to site, we can deliver at our standard delivery charge. [VERIFY: confirm delivery is offered for the medium duty breaker, from which depots and over what radius] We regularly supply builders, renovation contractors and trades working in Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield, Walsall, Lichfield, Tamworth, Solihull, Wolverhampton and the surrounding towns and villages.

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The Process

How to Hire a Medium Duty Breaker from Hirelink

Tell Us What You’re Breaking

Let the team know what you’re breaking (brick, block, tiles, plaster or concrete), whether it’s a wall or a floor, and roughly how much there is. Tell us whether you have 110V power on site or only mains sockets, so we can add a transformer if you need one.

Confirm Booking and Collection

We’ll check availability at your nearest depot and quote for the breaker, steels, and any transformer or dust extraction as one hire. Trade account holders just confirm the booking. New customers bring photo ID and a refundable deposit. Collect from the depot or ask about delivery.

Check, Break and Return

Check for hidden services, confirm the wall isn’t load-bearing (or that approval is in place), put on your protective kit and read the operating instructions supplied. Fit the side handle and hold the breaker with both hands. Return it clean on your agreed date and we’ll inspect it before its next hire.

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions About Medium Duty Breaker Hire

Medium duty breaker hire cost depends on the hire length, the steels you need, and whether you need a transformer or dust extraction. We quote each hire personally rather than publishing fixed prices, and there are no hidden fees once the price is agreed. Call the team on 0121 355 2626 with your dates and the job for a quote.

A medium duty breaker is a handheld electric demolition hammer sized between a light breaker and a heavy floor breaker. The Hilti TE 700-AVR we hire weighs 7.9kg and delivers 11.5 joules per blow, making it suited to walls, openings, tiles, plaster and lighter concrete.

A medium duty breaker is lighter and has a side handle, so you can use it on walls and at chest height. A heavy duty breaker is heavier, hits harder and is designed to point down at floors and slabs. Choose medium for walls and renovations, heavy for concrete floors and foundations.

Yes, for lighter concrete such as thin slabs, steps, small bases and screeds, and for chasing concrete for pipes and cables. For a full concrete floor or a thick slab, the heavy duty breaker or road breaker is quicker and less tiring.

Yes. The TE 700-AVR is one of the most popular breakers for stripping wall and floor tiles, plaster and render. Use a wide chisel or tile scraper, drop to the reduced power setting for more control, and let the chisel do the work.

Yes, it’s well suited to breaking brick and block walls and widening openings. Before you start, check whether the wall is load-bearing. If it is, you need a structural engineer’s design, temporary support and building control approval before any breaking begins.

If your site only has standard 230V mains sockets, yes. Hilti says any transformer or generator must deliver at least twice the breaker’s 1,300W rated input, with automatic voltage regulation on a generator.

Yes, if it’s the right type. On 110V, Hilti recommends a cable with at least 2.5mm² conductors and no more than 20m long. Thinner or longer leads can overheat and cut the breaker’s power.

It depends on how you use it and for how long. Hilti declares 6.5m/s² for chiselling. UK law sets a daily exposure action value of 2.5m/s² A(8) and a limit of 5m/s² A(8). Plan trigger time with your HAV risk assessment and the HSE exposure calculator, take regular breaks and keep your hands warm.

Kango was a brand of breaker, and people still use the name for any electric breaker. The TE 700-AVR is what most people mean when they ask for a medium Kango for walls and tiles.

Hilti designs the TE 700-AVR for trained professional users who understand its hazards, and many sites set their own rules on who can use breaking tools. Read the operating instructions supplied, follow your site’s rules, and ask the team if you’re unsure about the job.

Trade customers with a Hirelink account just confirm the booking. Homeowners and DIY customers need photo ID, such as a driving licence, and a refundable deposit.

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The Hire

Ready to Hire a Medium Duty Breaker? Get in Touch with Hirelink Today

Medium duty breaker hire from Hirelink is straightforward. Tell us what you’re breaking and what power you have on site, and we’ll match the right breaker, steels and transformer for the job. Call the team, visit your nearest depot in Sutton Coldfield, Lichfield, Aldridge or near Birmingham Airport, or complete the enquiry form below and we’ll get back to you.

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