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Plumbing Supplies - A Handymans Guide
By Paul Alan · 12 years ago
Plumbers and handymen have a fantastic selection of tools and supplies to choose from that make jobs much easier to tackle. The best part about using these items is that they are often available at ...
Plumbing Tools - A Handymans Guide
By Paul Alan · 12 years ago
Doing plumbing work in your house can be stressful: squeezing into tight, dirty spaces, dealing with rusted-shut fittings, and the ever-present spectre of broken pipes and a basement full of water if you miss a ...
Torque Wrench - A Tradesmen Guide
By Paul Alan · 12 years ago
As cars and their engines have become more sophisticated, so have the requirements for their maintenance. While torque specifications for important motor components have always existed, the requirement for installing those components to the manufacturer’s ...
Plastering Tools - A Tradesmen Guide
By Paul Alan · 12 years ago
A plastering job can be accomplished smoothly if the right type and kind of tools are used. Indeed, use of the wrong instrument can have a disastrous effect, and can damage a wall or ceiling ...
Mitre Saw - A Tradesmen Guide
By Paul Alan · 12 years ago
A mitre saw, also known as a "chop saw", is one of the most helpful and versatile tools a craftsman can own. It can help to simplify almost any wood crafting project, from framing to ...
Hot Water Cylinder - A Tradesmen Guide
By Paul Alan · 12 years ago
Hot water cylinders are useful plumbing items because they provide people instant access to hot water. This is true because a hot water cylinder is especially designed to heat and store water for use at ...
Door Furniture - A Tradesmen Guide
By Paul Alan · 12 years ago
Handles:
Various handles are available in the market, ranging from traditional Georgian style handles to lever on back plate and lever on rose handles. Lever on back plate handles may be either traditional e.g. Georgian ...
Circular Saw - A Tradesmen Guide
By Paul Alan · 12 years ago
These days most professionals own more than one circular saw, and with good reason. When choosing a quality saw, there are number of factors to take into consideration.
Most circular saws use a seven inch ...
Guttering - A Tradesmen Guide
By Paul Alan · 12 years ago
Home gutters are essential to protecting your investment. In fact, according to MSN Money’s "Money Central", the best investment that a homeowner can make is to spend their money on places where it can be ...
Electrical Supplies - A Tradesmen Guide
By Paul Alan · 13 years ago
A proper electrician always has the right electrical supplies to get the job done. A well-prepared electrician’s toolbox should have all of the most basic tools, as well as various electrical supplies that are less ...
Electric Shower - A Tradesmen Guide
By Paul Alan · 13 years ago
While most showers are manually operated with gravity and the available water pressure, electric showers can provide several benefits in homes with low pressure or for those who simply want the latest in technology. Electric ...
Coving - A Tradesmen Guide
By Paul Alan · 13 years ago
Coving products are popular amongst homeowners because they can be used to decorate their home or flat inexpensively. As a result, many UK do-it-yourself centres in offer a vast selection of covings.
Coving products can ...
Air Compressors - A Tradesmen Guide
By Paul Alan · 13 years ago
If you are in the market for an air compressor, you may feel overwhelmed by the number of choices available. There are multiple factors to consider before purchasing this type of equipment.
The main thing ...
Mixer Showers - A Tradesmen Guide
By Paul Alan · 13 years ago
Mixer showers differ from standard showers in how the hot and cold water is delivered through the system. A mixer shower uses a special valve that mixes the hot and cold water together in a ...
Tarpaulin - A Tradesmen Guide
By Paul Alan · 13 years ago
Nothing holds the fort down like a good, reliable tarpaulin. Often referred to simply as a tarp, it is a versatile handyman's item that no household in the UK should be without.
Don’t underestimate the ...
A Consumers Guide to Buying a Pressure Washer
By Paul Alan · 13 years ago
A pressure washer is an excellent household tool for cleaning outdoors. It will keep decks, concrete, driveways, fences and any area that needs repainting free of stains, grease and dirt that scrubbing doesn’t touch.
Until ...
A Consumers Guide to Buying a Cordless Drill
By Paul Alan · 13 years ago
For almost any construction project around the home or on the job site, a cordless drill is one of the best tools to have in your toolbox.
Since its inception, this versatile tool has seen ...
A Consumer's Guide to Buying a Torque Wrench
By Paul Alan · 13 years ago
A torque wrench is one of the most useful and versatile hand tools that can be purchased for use around the house or at a business.
Before purchasing one of these items, it is important ...
A Consumers Guide to Buying an Angle Grinder
By Paul Alan · 13 years ago
When choosing an angle grinder for you needs, consider whether you will be using it for precision work or heavier use.
Avid home-improvement and DIY project enthusiasts, take note. When assembling your tool kit to ...
A Consumers Guide to Buying Plumbing Supplies
By Paul Alan · 13 years ago
Although there is no shortage of places to purchase plumbing supplies these days, for those looking for the best price on their plumbing parts shopping online is the way to go.
There is no shortage ...