The tools you may need
Not that you are likely to do all the work yourself but if you did then here is a check list of what many domestic building jobs might require. This is a short list and doesn’t include specialist trade tools.
They can be roughly divided into
- hand tools such as hammers, saws etc.
- hand power tool such as drills, drill drivers etc.
- plant to buy, maybe concrete mixer, hoist
- plant to hire, say scaffolding, digger
general tools
- shovel
- spade
- pick
- 7 kg hammer
- wheel barrow
- rake
- crow bar
- jemmy / pinch bar
- mattock
- bow saw
- hand saw
- tennon saw
- claw hammer
- lump hammer
- hod
- hawk
- trowel
- pointing trowel
- slater’s ripper / axe
- wood chisel
- hacksaw
- mini hacksaw
- pipe cutter
- pliers
- pincers
- mole grips
- stilsons
- spanners
- scissors
- pozi hand screw driver
- phillips hand screwdriver
- flat hand screwdriver
- rasp
- files
- electric drill
- cordless drill / driver
- drill / driver bits
- hole cutter
- countersink
- hand circular saw
- table circular saw
- chain saw
- mitre saw
- chop saw
- planer / thicknesser
- pillar drill
- jig saw
- angle grinder
- router
- belt sander
- orbital sander
- floor sander
- edge sander
- delta sander
- vacuum cleaner
- stapler / power stapler
- bradawl
- nail punch
- work bench
- folding work bench
- G cramp
- sash cramp
- floor board cramps
- extension lead
- work lights
- punch
- paint brushes
- bucket / container
- plaster mixing container
- craft knife
- hand plane
- sharpenning stone
- sweeping brush
- yard brush
- bin
- rubbish bags
- old radio/tape/CD player (jammed on radio 1?)
- storage container
- ladders
- roof ladder
- step ladders
- hose pipe
- lubricants
protection
- helmet
- boots
- gloves
- eye protectors
- ear defenders
measuring / marking
- dumpy level & staff
- theodolite
- water level
- spirit level
- laser level
- dumpy level
- 30/50 m. tape measure
- 3/5m tape measure
- set square
- sliding bevel
- plumb bob
- chalk line
- spray marker
- joiner’s pencil / marker
transporting / lifting
- barrow
- sack barrow
- electric hoist
- slate hoist
- teleporter
storing / protecting
- shed
- rack
- tarpaulins
excavating
- dozer
- digger
- formwork
- groundwater pump
scaffolding
- scaffolding
- scaffold towers
- scaffold hoist
compaction
- vibrating roller
- concrete vibrator
concrete work
- wheel barrow
- concrete tamper
- power float
- concrete pump
- shuttering / formwork
