Are you a novice handyman around the house? Perhaps you’re a veteran weekend warrior always taking on new challenges and improving your home with creative and functional projects. Whatever the case may be, you’ll certainly want to get your hands on some quality hand tools to help get the job done, whether it’s touching up some mortar and brickwork, erecting a fence, fixing a toilet, or just about anything else you may be up to on your property.
Below are five must-have hand tools for homeowners:
Claw Hammer
“If the only tool you have is a hammer, it is tempting to treat everything as if it were a nail.” Homebuilders, tradies, and responsible homeowners all need a good trusty hammer to hammer out various problems around the house.
Bang in nails and remove them safely with our Spear & Jackson Claw Hammer, a fibreglass handle hammer with a heat-treated and polished head for true and faithful hammering. The soft grip handle is made of two materials, giving it comfort for long sessions of home improvement.
Round Tip Trowel
There are plenty of trowels on the market for builders, bricklayers, plasterwork, and much more. Although it’s helpful to use the correct trowel for the desired application, a good all-around trowel to have on hand (if you have to pick just one as a homeowner) is a round tip trowel such as our Ancora Pavan Round Tip Trowel.
Round tip trowels are suitable for minor render work such as applying stucco and plaster, mixing small batches of concrete, measuring and mixing contents, and levelling off surfaces. They’re also great to have on hand for minor repair work. If you need to do a substantial amount of rendering, bricklaying, or concrete work, you should consider a dedicated tool such as a float render or trowel from our shop.
Tape Measure
They say it’s better to measure twice and cut once because it’s awfully hard to cut twice and measure once. With the price of lumber and other building materials going up steadily, you’ll want to make sure that you’re cutting down materials to size according to exact requirements, and for that you’ll need a trusty ol’ tape measure such as our Kincrome 8 Metre Metric Tape Measure.
This tape measure can be folded around corners at 90 degrees and can retract automatically, all while sitting comfortably in the hand or on a utility belt with its clip.
Pipe Wrench
There are some times when it’s far safer and better to call in a plumber, but a lot of the most frequent callouts from plumbers are from problems that homeowners can fix themselves. Provided you’ve got some basic skills and know-how, the only other thing you’ll need are plumbing supplies, namely a trusty pipe wrench.
Our Footprint Pipe Wrench Combo contains a 175/225/300mm three pack of forged steel pipe wrenches that can help you fix your sink or carry out other basic plumbing tasks in the home.
Screwdriver Set
Just like having a dependable hammer on hand, having the right screwdriver for the job is essential. Every homeowner should have at least a basic screwdriver set, such as our Kincrome Screwdriver Set 4 Piece containing two Phillips head screwdrivers (75mm/100mm) and two blade tip screwdrivers (75mm/100mm) which are some of the most commonly used bits you’ll need for household tasks.
House Trade Supplies
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