QuickBuild Homes

What tools do I need?

This is a general list of the minimum tools needed for you to build your kit-set home:

Hand Tools

:

2kg Hammer
Standard Hammer
1.2m Level
Magnetic Level]
Socket set
Pencil
5m Tape Measure
30m Tape Measure
Rubber mallet
Pliers (all sorts)
Spring loaded auto centre punch
Stanley knife
Chassis Punch
Vice-grips
Caulking gun
Aviation tin snips
Wrench or stilsons
Spade
Shovels
First Aid Kit
Cleaning gear (Hand-brush, rags, turps, rubbish bags)
Chalk Line and Red Chalk
Standard Bubble Levels (1.8m)

Electric Tools

:

Grinder
Jigsaw & blades
Screwdrivers (electric if possible)
Drill Gun - Cordless if possible
Drill Bits:
- 4.8mm x 10 pack
- 6mm, 13mm, 17mm
- 12mm x 180mm long
- Step bits of varying sizes
- Holes saws various
- Screw bits, square drives
- 8 & 10mm Tek screw bits
- Extension bit
- 30mm step bit with snap-lock shank
- Snap-lock extension shank 30mm long
Rivet Gun - Cordless or compressed air if possible (we recommend Gesipa or Milwaukee).
Laser Level
Drop saw with aluminium cutting blade

Heavy Tools

:

Small and large stepladder
Wheelbarrows
3.6kg and 12lb Sledge Hammer
Trestles x 2
Planks
Mobile scaffold platform

You do not need

:

Nail guns (apart from decks)
Sanders
Paint brushes
Gib tools
5 months to build
Striped paint
Left handed hammer
Refill bubbles (for the levels).
Dry