Invaluable tool for quicker and easier DIY

Yesterday I had to dis-assemble a bed frame, and then assemble another one. This is a very easy, but mind numbing thing to have to do - and usually I end up with fairly sore hands from having to each individual screw into it's appropriate place. This is the bit I don't like about assembling furniture - yes it's great when it's all up and lovely - but anybody who has ever assembled anything flat packed will know that there are always about twice the amount of things to screw in than you'e think was even possible!

So it has been something I have been wanting for a long while - a powered screw driver - aaaaah! And I have recently got one - so the bed assembling was the perfect oppourtunity to see if this really was something worth having. 

And the verdict?

No person who has to screw anything should be without one!!! It made seriously light work of my task, and no sore hands at the end of it, indeed, in my half hour time frame one bed was was taken apart, the other assembled and I was able to make up the bed and tidy the room to be presented to my daughter! Fantastic.

And what is more, the one I have is not all bells and whistles, it was priced very reasonably at Wickes (one of my favourite places!) I gather some can bend into awkward corners and some some also have a LED light to show clearly what you are intending to screw into - all very nice, but for starters, mine is a HUGE improvement on hand power!

The outgoing bed incidentally was sold on Ebay, really worth doing if only to make someone else take it away!

 

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