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    Samac: Five Facts About the Humble Screw

    Samac suggests five things you might not have known about screws Screws may be small, but they are import ...

    Samac suggests five things you might not have known about screws Screws may be small, but they are important – as anyone who has had one fail on them will testify! And there’s more engineering in a sc ...

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    The Lowdown on Dura-Stilts

    Professional Builder talks to Carobyn Products, the company behind Dura-Stilts, who are aiming to dispel ...

    Professional Builder talks to Carobyn Products, the company behind Dura-Stilts, who are aiming to dispel some myths about stilts. Why should I use stilts and not a platform? It's a personal choice – u ...

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    Dunlop Launches Video for New Grout Range

    Dunlop – manufacturer of tiling, flooring and decorating products for the trade – have launched a new vid ...

    Dunlop – manufacturer of tiling, flooring and decorating products for the trade – have launched a new video as part of their “Groutstanding” campaign to showcase their new range of GX-500 Flexible Gro ...

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    Tibby Slips into Something Comfortable with Mascot

    I was recently sent some workwear from a company called Mascot. It's not a brand I was particularly famil ...

    I was recently sent some workwear from a company called Mascot. It's not a brand I was particularly familiar with so I decided to do a bit of research. I found that this Danish firm were founded in 19 ...

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    Cut Your Teeth on CK Tools

    Charles Whitfield, New Product Development Manager, C.K tools, cuts through the confusion around saw sele ...

    Charles Whitfield, New Product Development Manager, C.K tools, cuts through the confusion around saw selection. Depending on the nature of the trade, the majority of tradesmen will own at least one sa ...

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    Tibby Checks Out Buckaroo's Belts

    I recently tested Buckaroo’s 'Signature Belt' in conjunction with their shoulder braces, to see if it wou ...

    I recently tested Buckaroo’s 'Signature Belt' in conjunction with their shoulder braces, to see if it would make light of work by taking the pressure off my shoulders. Tool belts are usually one stand ...

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    Roger Bisby Warms to Dickies

    With the warmth we're having of late it seems a little early to be thinking about winter and I for one am ...

    With the warmth we're having of late it seems a little early to be thinking about winter and I for one am still wearing my shorts. Pretty soon however we are on the slippery slope into the cold and da ...

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    Tibby Works with the Easy Air Wedge

    It’s always great to have an extra pair of hands on site to help you lift and hold things in place. Howev ...

    It’s always great to have an extra pair of hands on site to help you lift and hold things in place. However budgets are often tight and that privilege doesn't always exist, making things trickier. Som ...

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    Easy-Sill: Alternative to Stone

    Why should builders consider Easy-Sill as an alternative to cast stone? Professional Builder put the ques ...

    Why should builders consider Easy-Sill as an alternative to cast stone? Professional Builder put the questions to the manufacturer. Why should I use Easy-Sill? Easy-Sill is a new decorative window sil ...

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    Cutting to the Chase: Tibby Reviews Irwin's WeldTec Saw Blades

    Cutting material to size with a circular saw may sound like an easy task. However, there are many differe ...

    Cutting material to size with a circular saw may sound like an easy task. However, there are many different materials that need cutting using different methods. For example, a cross cut is generally a ...

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    Roger Bisby: Hanging With Bladefixer

    There are so many plasterboard fixings out there that if we did a special Professional Builder supplement ...

    There are so many plasterboard fixings out there that if we did a special Professional Builder supplement covering them all in detail it would easily run to over 20 pages. Instead we tend to try them ...

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    Roger Bisby: Milwaukee's Cordless Sawzall

    Roger Bisby finds another hurdle has been jumped in the quest for cordless supremacy. When we first start ...

    Roger Bisby finds another hurdle has been jumped in the quest for cordless supremacy. When we first started down the cordless route I was firmly convinced that some power tools would always be better ...

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    Smart Cookie: Tibby Takes a Look at SMART's Multi-Tool Blades

      Multi tools have now become a very common tool used by various tradespeople to do a variety of job ...

      Multi tools have now become a very common tool used by various tradespeople to do a variety of jobs, from trimming door casings to cutting plumbing pipes. I use them quite often and it seems to ...

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    Tools, Equipment, Workwear & Product Round-Up 29/09

    Stabila Combi-Cases “Bringing a sense of order to workshops and vehicles to increase efficiency, the comb ...

    Stabila Combi-Cases “Bringing a sense of order to workshops and vehicles to increase efficiency, the combi-case enables spirit levels to be stowed quickly and always be ready to hand.” With five or si ...

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    Safeguard Against Damp

    Safeguard has a four-step solution for penetrating damp A new CPD seminar created by Safeguard Europe – t ...

    Safeguard has a four-step solution for penetrating damp A new CPD seminar created by Safeguard Europe – the UK’s leading specialist in damp-proofing and waterproofing technology –  sets out four steps ...

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    Roger Bisby: Drilling in with Hitachi

    Roger Bisby finally gets his hands on the new Hitachi DV18DBXL brushless combi drill. This drill has been ...

    Roger Bisby finally gets his hands on the new Hitachi DV18DBXL brushless combi drill. This drill has been a long time coming and people keep asking for it. I had intended to review it in the middle of ...

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