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    Snickers Workwear

    With some significant new additions to its range Snickers Workwear continues to prove that the clothes ca ...

    With some significant new additions to its range Snickers Workwear continues to prove that the clothes can make the tradesman.   Over the four decades that Snickers has been pioneering functional ...

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    Roger Bisby Takes Hitachi's Cordless Circular Saw for a Spin

    Roger Bisby takes the Hitachi Brushless Cordless Circular Saw out on site to gauge some reactions. At one ...

    Roger Bisby takes the Hitachi Brushless Cordless Circular Saw out on site to gauge some reactions. At one time most cordless circular saws were really under-powered and only suitable for cutting sheet ...

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    Fein's New Mounting System

    Professional Builder’s Kieran Nee takes a visit to Fein’s company headquarters in Schwäbisch Gmünd-Bargau ...

    Professional Builder’s Kieran Nee takes a visit to Fein’s company headquarters in Schwäbisch Gmünd-Bargau, Germany, where the company is displaying its latest developments in oscillating tools. You ge ...

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    Watch: How to Use the Prolaser Distance Measurer from Draper

    Watch the new Prolaser Distance Measurer from Draper Tools in action. This impact resistant rubber coated ...

    Watch the new Prolaser Distance Measurer from Draper Tools in action. This impact resistant rubber coated distance measurer is capable of measuring distances up to 70M/230ft. It measures area, volume ...

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    Hope Cement: Hope for Us All

    The cat, and much more besides, is out of the bag with the announcement of a new cement offering through ...

    The cat, and much more besides, is out of the bag with the announcement of a new cement offering through the merchant channel. Professional Builder finds out more from Hope Director of Cement Gary Bre ...

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    British Gypsum: Magnetic Attraction

      Nottingham-based contractor, JWS Property Services, has helped to create a home with a difference ...

      Nottingham-based contractor, JWS Property Services, has helped to create a home with a difference using a plaster innovation from British Gypsum The semi-detached home in West Bridgford, Nottin ...

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    Hitachi Battery Technology

    Power tool technology is tougher, faster and more advanced than ever before thanks to 6.0Ah Li-ion batter ...

    Power tool technology is tougher, faster and more advanced than ever before thanks to 6.0Ah Li-ion battery technology and brushless motors, explains Simon Miller, Brand and Product Manager, for Hitach ...

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    Starmix Dust-Catcher

    Roger Bisby gets a ‘fixx’ on a Starmix dust-catcher. If you had been in the room when I opened the packag ...

    Roger Bisby gets a ‘fixx’ on a Starmix dust-catcher. If you had been in the room when I opened the package containing the Starmix bohrfixx you may have heard a slight sigh, because I have seen so many ...

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    Roger Bisby Takes a Walk in BASE Boots

      It seems to me that every time I try out a new pair of work boots or shoes they blow my socks off. ...

      It seems to me that every time I try out a new pair of work boots or shoes they blow my socks off. I am talking metaphorically, of course, but the innovation that now goes into protective footw ...

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    Toupret: Fill the Difference

    Jim Newark of Toupret explains why his company’s new range of skim fillers is a welcome breath of fresh a ...

    Jim Newark of Toupret explains why his company’s new range of skim fillers is a welcome breath of fresh air for homeowners and decorators alike. Whether it is at a workplace, at school or at home, the ...

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    Roger Bisby Gets Stuck into Hultafors' Clamps

    Roger Bisby takes a firm grip with the Hultafors Clamps. How many times have I asked an assistant to hold ...

    Roger Bisby takes a firm grip with the Hultafors Clamps. How many times have I asked an assistant to hold something, while I fix it, only to find they have lost interest, or started checking their tex ...

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    Snickers Workwear: Roger Bisby Reviews

    Snickers new Core range offers an entry-level route to the Swedish manufacturer’s workwear expertise. Rog ...

    Snickers new Core range offers an entry-level route to the Swedish manufacturer’s workwear expertise. Roger Bisby checks out the trousers. If you are someone who has looked at Snickers trousers and de ...

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    Flex Power Tools: Roger Bisby Inspects

    Roger Bisby tests two power tools from the Flex range I have looked at a few different tools from Flex ov ...

    Roger Bisby tests two power tools from the Flex range I have looked at a few different tools from Flex over the years. This German company is not a major player in the UK drills market, and I don't ex ...

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    Hitachi's On Site Radio

    Looking for a site proof radio? Then the Hitachi TRK-W540E Boombox could be music to your ears – quite li ...

    Looking for a site proof radio? Then the Hitachi TRK-W540E Boombox could be music to your ears – quite literally as it happens. Hitachi’s latest on-site music system is called the UR 18DSDL cordless r ...

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    Icopal's Seal-a-Leak

    Roger Bisby takes to the roof with Seal-a-Leak from Icopal A few years ago I went down to Ashford in Kent ...

    Roger Bisby takes to the roof with Seal-a-Leak from Icopal A few years ago I went down to Ashford in Kent to look at a church roof being sprayed with Sealoflex. There was an on-going problem with lead ...

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    Trend's Scribe Master Pro

      Tibby Singh Choda has a look at Trend’s Scribe Master Pro Scribing Jig Barely a day goes by where ...

      Tibby Singh Choda has a look at Trend’s Scribe Master Pro Scribing Jig Barely a day goes by where carpenters and joiners aren't required to do a scribe. Whether it’s scribing skirting boards, d ...

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