DIY & Tools reviews

4.7 out of 5 stars·659 reviews

Cutting a straight line is what circular saws and table saws do best. But the moment a project demands a curve — a sink cutout in a kitchen worktop, a decorative scroll on a...

4.7 out of 5 stars·658 reviews

Putting up shelves, assembling flat-pack furniture, mounting curtain rails, and building garden planters — these are the everyday tasks that fill weekends and evenings for...

4.7 out of 5 stars·654 reviews

Cutting a straight line along a marked path is what circular saws and table saws do best. But the moment you need to follow a curve — cutting out a worktop for a sink, shaping a...

4.7 out of 5 stars·647 reviews

Some jobs demand more than a lightweight screwdriver. When you are drilling 25 mm holes through floor joists, mixing paint or tile adhesive with a paddle, running a hole saw...

4.5 out of 5 stars·674 reviews

Removing a seized lug nut, driving a coach screw through treated timber, or running down dozens of bolts on a steel frame — these are the jobs that separate an impact wrench from...

4.6 out of 5 stars·637 reviews

There are jobs where dragging out a compressor, uncoiling an air hose, waiting for the tank to fill, and then manoeuvring the hose around your workspace turns a five-minute task...

4.6 out of 5 stars·620 reviews

There is a quiet satisfaction in pulling a single tool from its case and knowing it can handle whatever awkward job the day throws at you — trimming a pipe in a corner, sanding a...

4.7 out of 5 stars·603 reviews

Sanding is often the least glamorous step in a woodworking or renovation project, but it is also the one that determines whether the final finish looks professional or...

4.6 out of 5 stars·615 reviews

Some jobs are simply too tough for an ordinary drill. When you need to sink fixings into a solid brick wall for a heavy wall-mounted cabinet, run conduit through a concrete...

4.3 out of 5 stars·651 reviews

Sanding by hand is one of the first skills any DIYer learns, and one of the first they look to upgrade. A block and a sheet of sandpaper will smooth a small area, but when the job...

4.7 out of 5 stars·595 reviews

There are moments on nearly every building or renovation project when a standard drill simply will not fit. You need to bore a hole for a cable run between two close-set joists,...

4.3 out of 5 stars·649 reviews

When a DIY project grows beyond flat-pack furniture and picture hooks, your tools need to grow with it. Drilling large-diameter holes through thick timber joists, sinking long...

4.5 out of 5 stars·613 reviews

Drilling into reinforced concrete, chasing channels into brickwork, or fixing heavy anchors into stone is where ordinary combi drills reach their limit and rotary hammer drills...

4.4 out of 5 stars·621 reviews

Most sanding jobs have at least one awkward bit — a tight inside corner where a square pad cannot reach, a window frame with narrow rebates, or a staircase spindle with contours...

4.6 out of 5 stars·582 reviews

An angle grinder spinning a cutting disc at 11,000 rpm is a metal-eating machine — fast, aggressive, and exactly what you want when cutting through steel rebar or section. But...

4.7 out of 5 stars·569 reviews

Trimming skirting boards, cutting architraves, and mitring cornice on site traditionally meant either running back to a mains-powered saw in the van or making do with a hand saw...

4.8 out of 5 stars·556 reviews

There is a certain frustration that comes from dragging an extension lead through a house just to make two cuts under a skirting board. It gets worse when you are working in a...

4.8 out of 5 stars·554 reviews

When Makita put a brushless motor, Active Feedback Sensing Technology, and Automatic Torque Drive into a cordless 115 mm angle grinder, they created a tool that professional users...

4.4 out of 5 stars·600 reviews

Fine woodworking and detailed trim carpentry share a common challenge: how do you hold pieces together while glue dries, without leaving visible fastener holes that will need...

4.7 out of 5 stars·561 reviews

A circular saw cuts straight, a handsaw cuts slow, but neither can follow a curve — and much of what we build involves curves, from arched doorways and curved worktops to sink...