FrankH
2016-05-09 13:42:17
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Since you are moving into a new building, maybe this is somewhat less important for you, but a decent industrial vacuum cleaner (Starmix iPulse) has served me best so far. However, I had tiles removed in my place, which generated a lot of dust. But also for sawing, drilling, and sanding work, extraction is useful if you don’t want to clean the whole house for days afterward. (With gypsum and cement dust, cleaning is still necessary despite extraction.) I have also used the device for the car and the leaves in the gutter. Fortunately, I didn’t skimp on the device and have not regretted it.
Since you are talking about precast concrete parts, a rotary hammer is definitely the first purchase I would make. What’s important here are decent drill bits that can handle steel reinforcements and don’t become blunt at the first hit.
I didn’t buy a complete toolbox, rather a decent basic equipment that can be expanded with every task. Some “heirlooms” from relatives were already available, which still serve well. If you have nothing at all, such a box may make sense, but then you should pay some attention to quality.
Dowels: I bought a set from Fischer, so you have various sizes at hand initially.
Nails: I wouldn’t stockpile large quantities. Maybe some decent steel nails; others you will never get into your concrete walls anyway. I have already had problems with nail clips for electrical wiring on lime sand brick walls in the basement, so I preferred to plug plastic pipes with the matching holders, in which the cables could disappear much nicer.
Screws: You never have the right ones, no matter how many you acquire in advance. I have a set of chipboard screws and some packages with common sizes from the Praktiker/Bahr insolvency clearance sales back then; otherwise I only buy as needed.
Push lawn mower: I can’t say anything about it. With my 300 sqm, no option. I’m currently thinking about a battery mower; the cable of the electric mower is often in the way despite practice, and you never have both hands free, because you always have to hold the handle of the mower; otherwise, it shuts off for safety reasons. Therefore, better a battery mower.
Garden tools: I took them over with the house. A long-handled pruner for cutting branches at height, a battery hedge trimmer, and a battery grass shear for the lawn edges have been newly added. Brooms, snow shovels, etc. were available or I partly already had them.
Since you are talking about precast concrete parts, a rotary hammer is definitely the first purchase I would make. What’s important here are decent drill bits that can handle steel reinforcements and don’t become blunt at the first hit.
I didn’t buy a complete toolbox, rather a decent basic equipment that can be expanded with every task. Some “heirlooms” from relatives were already available, which still serve well. If you have nothing at all, such a box may make sense, but then you should pay some attention to quality.
Dowels: I bought a set from Fischer, so you have various sizes at hand initially.
Nails: I wouldn’t stockpile large quantities. Maybe some decent steel nails; others you will never get into your concrete walls anyway. I have already had problems with nail clips for electrical wiring on lime sand brick walls in the basement, so I preferred to plug plastic pipes with the matching holders, in which the cables could disappear much nicer.
Screws: You never have the right ones, no matter how many you acquire in advance. I have a set of chipboard screws and some packages with common sizes from the Praktiker/Bahr insolvency clearance sales back then; otherwise I only buy as needed.
Push lawn mower: I can’t say anything about it. With my 300 sqm, no option. I’m currently thinking about a battery mower; the cable of the electric mower is often in the way despite practice, and you never have both hands free, because you always have to hold the handle of the mower; otherwise, it shuts off for safety reasons. Therefore, better a battery mower.
Garden tools: I took them over with the house. A long-handled pruner for cutting branches at height, a battery hedge trimmer, and a battery grass shear for the lawn edges have been newly added. Brooms, snow shovels, etc. were available or I partly already had them.