Tools, Accessories & Workwear
One-stop shop for all your tools, accessories & workwear.
Our sales counter carries a comprehensive range of hand and power tools. We aim these at the trade customer and always offer a complete range of the best branded tools as well as value items to suit all budgets. We sell clothing suitable for the trade and have a complete range of personal protection equipment’s including safety boots, hi-visibility clothing, hard hats, gloves, ear defenders, safety glasses, masks, knee pads……everything you will need.
If we don’t have a certain tool in stock we can usually locate it within 24 hours.
All of our products are priced competitively and we can even give you a tailored quote before you buy!
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Striking & Demolition Tools
Striking & Demolition Tools are designed for heavy-duty tasks, ranging from driving nails to breaking down walls.
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Masonry Tools & Accessories
Masonry Tools & Accessories are vital for bricklaying, concreting, and general masonry tasks, providing precision, control, and efficiency for tradespeople.
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Measuring & Layout Tools
Measuring & Layout Tools are essential for ensuring accuracy and precision in construction and DIY projects.
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Plastering & Render Tools
Plastering & Render Tools are essential for ensuring smooth, high-quality finishes in plastering and rendering projects.
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Site Tools
Site Tools are essential for construction and landscaping work, providing durability and efficiency on-site.
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Blades & Cutting Accessories
Blades & Cutting Accessories are crucial for precision and efficiency in various cutting tasks, whether in construction, metalwork, or DIY projects.
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General Hand Tools
General Hand Tools are essential for everyday tasks in construction, DIY, plumbing, and mechanical work.
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Workwear & PPE
Workwear & PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) is critical for ensuring safety and comfort in construction, manufacturing, and industrial environments.
Speak to our Tools & Accessories Team
Striking & Demolition Tools
Range including but not limited to:
Claw Hammers: Versatile tools used for driving nails and pulling them out. The curved claw allows for easy removal of nails, while the flat head provides efficient striking power.
Club Hammers: Small, heavy hammers used for light demolition work, driving masonry nails, or hitting chisels and bolsters. They offer more controlled power compared to larger hammers.
Brick & Drywall Hammers: These hammers are specialized for masonry work, with a chisel-like end for cutting or breaking bricks and a flat face for driving. Drywall hammers have a curved head to help score or break drywall sheets.
Mallets & Sledge Hammers: Mallets, often made of rubber or wood, are used to strike materials without damaging the surface. Sledgehammers are heavy-duty tools for breaking concrete, demolishing walls, or driving large stakes.
Bolsters & Chisels: Used to cut or shape materials such as bricks and concrete, bolsters have wide, sharp edges, while chisels are narrower for more detailed work.
Wrecking & Moulding Bars: Wrecking bars are used for demolition tasks like pulling apart wood or prying nails. Moulding bars are smaller and designed for more delicate work, like removing trim or moulding without damaging the surface.
Masonry Tools & Accessories
Here’s a range of essential tools we stock:
Brick Carriers: These are used to safely and efficiently carry multiple bricks at once, improving handling and speed during masonry work.
Brick Profile Clamps & Spikes: Profile clamps and spikes are used to hold brick profiles securely in place when setting up corners or aligning bricks, ensuring straight, accurate walls.
Bricklaying & Concreting Trowels: These trowels are used for spreading and shaping mortar or concrete. Bricklaying trowels have a pointed shape for precise application, while concreting trowels are flat for smooth finishes.
Pointing Trowels: Smaller trowels used for finishing and smoothing mortar joints between bricks, ensuring a neat and professional finish.
Brushes: Essential for cleaning brickwork, removing excess mortar, and keeping work areas tidy. Wire brushes are typically used for tougher surfaces, while soft brushes are ideal for delicate finishing.
Jointers & Tuck Pointers: These tools are used to create a neat, recessed finish in mortar joints. Tuck pointers help in shaping the mortar joints to a clean, professional standard.
Line Pins & Bricklines: Line pins are driven into the mortar joints, and a brickline is stretched between them to ensure that rows of bricks are laid straight and evenly aligned.
Measuring & Layout Tools
Spirit Levels – Range of Lengths: Used to ensure surfaces are level (horizontal) or plumb (vertical), spirit levels come in various lengths to suit different tasks, from small spaces to larger, extended surfaces.
Combination Squares: A versatile tool that combines a ruler, 90-degree square, and level. It’s used for measuring, marking, and ensuring perfect angles in woodworking and metalworking.
Rafter Squares: Also known as speed squares, these are used to mark right angles and make quick measurements, particularly in roofing or framing work.
Sliding Bevels: A tool with an adjustable blade used for marking and transferring angles. It’s ideal for creating angled cuts in woodworking and joinery.
Tape Measures: Flexible, retractable tapes used for measuring lengths, widths, and heights in both small and large construction projects. Available in various lengths, typically ranging from 3 to 10 meters.
Open Reel Tapes: Longer measuring tapes, typically used in outdoor or large-scale construction work, such as land surveying or laying out foundations.
Rulers & Set Squares: Rulers provide straight edges and accurate measurements, while set squares help mark precise right angles, commonly used in drafting and technical drawing.
Chalk Lines & Refills: Chalk lines are used to mark long, straight lines on surfaces, especially in construction for laying out walls or tiles. Refills are available to replace the chalk as needed.
Markers & Pencils: These are essential for marking measurements on wood, metal, or other materials, providing visible guidelines for cutting or positioning.
Plastering & Render Tools
Standard Plastering Trowels: Essential for applying and smoothing plaster onto surfaces, these trowels are designed for both initial plaster application and finishing.
Flexible Finishing Trowels: These have flexible blades for fine finishing, ensuring a smooth, polished finish on walls and ceilings.
External/Internal Corner Trowels: Specially designed for plastering precise corners, these trowels ensure sharp, clean edges for both internal and external angles.
Jab Saws & Accessories: Used for cutting plasterboard and making holes for fixtures such as electrical sockets, these saws are key for preparation work in plastering.
Bucket Trowels: Used to scoop plaster from mixing buckets and onto the hawk, these trowels are designed for quick and efficient handling of plaster.
Floats: Available in different materials such as wood, plastic, and sponge, floats are used to smooth and level the plaster or render after application, ensuring a uniform finish.
Plastic & Aluminium Hawks: These tools hold the plaster while you work, offering a portable surface to scoop from during the plastering process. Plastic hawks are lightweight, while aluminium options provide greater durability.
Plasterers Buckets: Large, durable buckets designed for mixing plaster or render, essential for preparing the materials.
Mixing Paddle (SDS Available): Used with drills, these paddles mix plaster, render, or adhesives quickly and efficiently, ensuring a consistent texture for application.
Flexible Finishing Rules & Blades: These are used for smoothing and leveling large surfaces, ensuring a perfectly even finish across walls and ceilings.
Site Tools
Shovels, Spades & Forks: These tools are essential for digging, turning soil, and moving materials. Shovels and spades are used for a wide range of tasks, while forks are ideal for breaking up compacted soil or handling loose materials.
Draining Shovels: Designed with a narrow, curved blade, draining shovels are used for digging trenches or channels, making them ideal for drainage and irrigation work.
Flexi Tubs: Flexible, heavy-duty tubs used for carrying materials like soil, cement, or debris. Their flexibility and handles make them easy to transport around the site.
Standard & Tough Buckets: Available in both lightweight standard versions and more durable tough buckets, these are used for carrying liquids, mixing materials, or transporting small items around the worksite.
Plasterers Buckets: Large, durable buckets specifically designed for mixing and holding plaster, ensuring ample capacity for large jobs.
Sealant & Caulk Guns: These tools are used to apply sealants or caulking materials in controlled, precise amounts. They are essential for sealing joints, cracks, and gaps in construction.
Pressure Spray Bottles: These bottles allow for controlled spraying of liquids, ideal for cleaning, applying chemicals, or wetting surfaces in preparation for certain tasks.
Blades & Cutting Accessories
Professional & Trade Diamond Blade Range: Diamond blades are designed for cutting through tough materials like concrete, stone, and masonry. Available in a range of sizes, these blades offer long-lasting, precise cuts for both professional and trade use.
All Sizes to Suit All Cutting Machines: Blades are available in various diameters to fit different cutting machines, including handheld tools and larger floor saws, ensuring compatibility across multiple platforms.
Multi-Purpose/Material Blades: These blades are versatile and can cut through a range of materials, including wood, metal, plastic, and masonry, making them essential for general-purpose cutting.
Porcelain Cutting Blades: Specifically designed for cutting hard materials like porcelain tiles, these blades provide a smooth, clean cut without chipping, ideal for tile and bathroom installations.
Wet & Dry Core Drills & Accessories: Used for drilling precise holes in tough materials like concrete, these core drills are available for both wet and dry applications, providing flexibility based on the job at hand.
Metal & Carbide Cutting Blades: Carbide-tipped blades are designed for cutting through metals, including steel and other tough alloys. They are durable and offer high-speed cutting capabilities.
Floor Saw Blades: Heavy-duty blades for use with floor saws, ideal for cutting concrete, asphalt, and other flooring materials during large construction projects.
Cup Grinders & Mortar Rakes: Used for grinding and removing mortar between bricks or for surface grinding applications, ensuring a clean and professional finish in masonry work.
Cutting Knives, Blades & Accessories: A variety of cutting knives and replacement blades for trimming, slicing, and detailed cutting tasks. These are essential for precision work on materials such as drywall, carpet, or vinyl.
Handheld & Floor Scrapers: Used for removing flooring materials, old adhesives, or coatings. These tools ensure surfaces are prepped and ready for new installations.
Hand, Bow, Hack Saws & Blades: These saws and blades are essential for manual cutting of wood, metal, and plastic materials, offering flexibility and control for detailed work.
Aviation & Tin Snips: Specialized snips designed for cutting sheet metal and tin. They are perfect for HVAC work, roofing, and other metalworking applications.
Bolt Croppers: Heavy-duty tools used to cut through chains, bolts, and metal rods, making them ideal for security and demolition work.
Hand Tools
Individual & Set Screwdrivers: A range of screwdrivers, including flathead, Phillips, and Pozidriv, available as individual tools or in comprehensive sets for various screw sizes and types.
Adjustable Wrenches: These versatile wrenches can be adjusted to fit different sizes of nuts and bolts, making them ideal for a wide range of fastening and loosening tasks.
Pliers & Pipe Wrenches: Pliers are used for gripping, bending, or cutting, while pipe wrenches are specifically designed for turning pipes and fittings. Both tools are essential in plumbing and general construction work.
Combination & Locking Pliers: Combination pliers combine gripping, cutting, and wire-stripping capabilities, while locking pliers (also known as Vise-Grips) can lock in place to hold items securely.
Snips & Wire Strippers: Snips are used for cutting sheet metal, while wire strippers are designed to strip the insulation from electrical wires without damaging the core.
Bar Clamps: These clamps hold materials securely in place during construction, woodworking, or repair tasks, allowing for precision and safety.
Wood Chisels: Essential for woodworking, wood chisels are used for carving and shaping wood, as well as for making joints.
Pipe Cutters & Replacement Blades: Used to cut pipes cleanly and precisely, pipe cutters are a must for plumbing work. Replacement blades ensure the tool stays sharp and effective.
Hex Key Sets: Also known as Allen keys, these sets are used for driving screws and bolts with hexagonal sockets, commonly found in furniture assembly and bicycle maintenance.
Manhole & Radiator Keys: Specialized tools for opening manholes or bleeding radiators, essential in plumbing and maintenance tasks.
Spanner Sets: Available in various sizes, spanner sets are used for tightening or loosening nuts and bolts, with both open-ended and ring spanners included.
Workwear & PPE
Hand & Body Protection: Includes gloves for a variety of tasks such as general handling, heat resistance, and cut protection. Body protection includes padded clothing, jackets, and aprons that safeguard against abrasions, cuts, or chemical exposure.
Head, Ear & Eye Protection: Helmets and hard hats protect against head injuries from falling objects. Ear protection, such as earplugs or earmuffs, shields workers from excessive noise levels, while safety glasses, goggles, or face shields protect eyes from dust, debris, or chemicals.
Foot Protection: Safety boots and shoes come with reinforced toe caps (often steel or composite) and slip-resistant soles to protect against heavy impacts, punctures, and slips.
Respiratory Protection: Masks, respirators, and filters ensure protection against airborne hazards like dust, fumes, and harmful chemicals, especially in environments with poor ventilation.
Disposable Coveralls: Ideal for protecting clothing and skin in environments where exposure to dirt, paint, or chemicals is frequent. Disposable coveralls are often used in painting, hazardous material handling, or cleanroom environments.
Hi-Visibility Clothing & Accessories: High-visibility jackets, vests, and trousers are essential for worker safety in low-light or high-traffic areas, ensuring visibility on-site at all times.
Workwear: This includes durable and comfortable clothing such as trousers, jackets, and overalls designed for rugged environments. Workwear is often reinforced at key stress points to handle wear and tear.
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