Hand Tools

Hand Tools

Hand tools are bought either to fill a gap in a box or to replace something that has finally given up, and the range is arranged so both are quick. Gripping and turning covers combination spanner sets, ratchet and socket sets in quarter inch and three eighths drive, allen key sets, water pump pliers, steel fixers pliers and pipe wrenches. Striking and cutting covers claw hammers around 20oz in fibreglass, rubber mallets, bevel edge chisels, wrecking bars and knife blades. Measuring and marking covers spirit and mini levels, self-levelling line lasers, tapes and rafter squares. Plastering and tiling has its own group of trowels, floats and margin trowels. Handle material is the practical differentiator on striking tools, since fibreglass absorbs shock far better than timber and outlasts it.

The range mixes trade names with the Irish-supplied everyday lines, including Stanley for knives, chisels and socket sets, Faithfull across sockets, bits, hammers and blades, Dargan for spanners, pliers, wrenches and tool belts, Dewalt for line lasers and squares, Marshalltown and Bihui for plastering and tiling tools, and Hultafors and Kapro for bars and levels. The main departments underneath are Pliers, Spanners, Hammers, Socket Sets, Chisels, Levels and Measuring Tapes.