| Every home improvement or home remodeling job | | | | Hand tools are usually a required part of any home |
| comes with its own set of rules and instructions. | | | | improvement project. Stanley tools and Leatherman |
| However, before you can even get started on your | | | | tools often come in handy. It never hurts to have an |
| project, you must have the right tools. You do not | | | | all-in-one Leatherman lying around when you take up |
| want to be all suited up and ready to start working, or | | | | any remodeling task. Most of the crucial hand tools |
| be in the thick of things, before realizing you are lacking | | | | come in tool kits that you can get at your local home |
| an essential tool for the job. No one wants to leave | | | | improvement store. Pick up a multi-tiered tool box and |
| what he or she is doing and return to the home | | | | read about its contents. You can usually find |
| improvement or hardware store in the middle of a | | | | screwdrivers, a hammer, a chisel, and other key |
| project. To ensure that you will not have to do this, | | | | ingredients. Alternatively, you can buy all the items |
| make a list of everything you definitely need, and | | | | separately so you are sure you have everything you |
| everything you might need before you start working, | | | | want. |
| then make a trip to the store. Hopefully you will only | | | | You may not want to invest in purchasing a lot of new |
| have to go once. | | | | tools if you expect that you will only need them for a |
| The most important part of any remodeling project is | | | | single project. For instance, if you are sanding your |
| staying safe. Depending on what you are doing, you | | | | hardwood floors or your back deck and cannot |
| may need safety goggles, rubber gloves, protective | | | | foresee yourself sanding them again for many years, it |
| clothing, a hard hat, a dust mask, or something else. | | | | would probably not pay off to buy a heavy duty |
| Think ahead to all exigencies and suit up accordingly. If | | | | sander. You can simply rent on for a weekend and |
| you are painting, make sure to read the paint label | | | | save yourself a lot of money. However most of the |
| carefully. Should the paint come into contact with your | | | | items you will need for basic jobs are small and cheap. |
| skin? If not, wear gloves and long pants and | | | | You will get a lot of use out of a plastic putty knife, |
| long-sleeved shirts. Every time I paint, I somehow | | | | nails, a tile cutter, paint brushes, utility knifes, framing |
| manage to get paint in my eye. I now avoid this by | | | | squares, and things of that nature. One good |
| wearing glasses or goggles when I work, especially if I | | | | investment that you will find yourself using again and |
| am painting over my head. I also wear a hat or a | | | | again is a cordless drill. This is a great item to spend |
| bandana to keep the paint out of my hair, but that is a | | | | good money on, because the money you spend will |
| purely cosmetic concern. | | | | pay off in reliable usage. |