Hi everyone!
Long-time lurker, first-time poster and all that
Due to the Great North/South House Price Divide I've been renting for the past 10 years and have just bought my own home once again. I find myself the proud owner of a great big old pile of stone that needs a lot doing to it, but the really urgent job is a big one: I need to soundproof and insulate the floors and walls of the attic rooms. Heck of a thing to be taking on for someone who hasn't even put up a shelf for a decade, but given some of the preposterous quotes I've received for the work I have little choice but to tackle it myself.
Thing is, I basically have no tools any more; they've all been "borrowed" or just plain disappeared during the interminable house moves I've undertaken. All I have left by way of power tools is a 13-year-old 14.4v Bosch hammer drill/driver set, a Makita belt sander (mains) and a small Bosch jigsaw (mains). The nice thing about deciding to do it myself (and boy am I going to need advice when it comes to it) is that I have the perfect excuse - and the budget - to buy myself, well, "everything".
This isn't a case of Money No Object, but I have around a £1,500 budget for equipping myself with tools and other gear to deal with the many jobs around the house. My external walls (and most of my internal supporting walls) are 2ft of solid stone so I'm going to need a good SDS drill. I'll be putting up a lot of plasterboard so I "need" (you know what I mean) an impact driver. I'll be cutting lots of battens, insulating boards and so on so I'll need... "something"; I'm really not sure what. A reciprocating saw, maybe? A circular saw might well be a good investment too.
I'll also need a staple gun (tacking up acoustic membrane to stud frames), protective clothing and probably a ton of other stuff I haven't even thought of; all suggestions welcomed!
Sticking with the topic of the thread, and given my budget and what I've set down about what I'm going to use them for, where would the good folks of this forum start in terms of choosing a cordless power tool system? Obviously, with me buying everything from scratch and all at once, it makes sense to choose one decent manufacturer and system, and stick with it throughout; so I need a brand that makes all the tools I might want, compatible with the same batteries. I'd always rather buy 'less better stuff' than 'more cheap stuff' if it comes down to it, and I'd rather get versatile tools that I use a lot than specific tools that only ever get put to use on one or two jobs, even if the specialised tools are "better" for that one job.
From reading this forum, it's clear I'm going to need at least an 18v system and minimum 3Ah batteries. Am I best off going with a combi kit, or buying pieces individually? The kits tend to come with stuff I don't think I need, like an angle-grinder (I have no idea what I'd even use that for) and LED head torch (which I already own), so I'm not sure they'd be the best value for money.
If you were in my situation, with my budget, what would you be looking at?
Thanks for reading, and thanks in advance for the help!
Long-time lurker, first-time poster and all that
Due to the Great North/South House Price Divide I've been renting for the past 10 years and have just bought my own home once again. I find myself the proud owner of a great big old pile of stone that needs a lot doing to it, but the really urgent job is a big one: I need to soundproof and insulate the floors and walls of the attic rooms. Heck of a thing to be taking on for someone who hasn't even put up a shelf for a decade, but given some of the preposterous quotes I've received for the work I have little choice but to tackle it myself.
Thing is, I basically have no tools any more; they've all been "borrowed" or just plain disappeared during the interminable house moves I've undertaken. All I have left by way of power tools is a 13-year-old 14.4v Bosch hammer drill/driver set, a Makita belt sander (mains) and a small Bosch jigsaw (mains). The nice thing about deciding to do it myself (and boy am I going to need advice when it comes to it) is that I have the perfect excuse - and the budget - to buy myself, well, "everything".
This isn't a case of Money No Object, but I have around a £1,500 budget for equipping myself with tools and other gear to deal with the many jobs around the house. My external walls (and most of my internal supporting walls) are 2ft of solid stone so I'm going to need a good SDS drill. I'll be putting up a lot of plasterboard so I "need" (you know what I mean) an impact driver. I'll be cutting lots of battens, insulating boards and so on so I'll need... "something"; I'm really not sure what. A reciprocating saw, maybe? A circular saw might well be a good investment too.
I'll also need a staple gun (tacking up acoustic membrane to stud frames), protective clothing and probably a ton of other stuff I haven't even thought of; all suggestions welcomed!
Sticking with the topic of the thread, and given my budget and what I've set down about what I'm going to use them for, where would the good folks of this forum start in terms of choosing a cordless power tool system? Obviously, with me buying everything from scratch and all at once, it makes sense to choose one decent manufacturer and system, and stick with it throughout; so I need a brand that makes all the tools I might want, compatible with the same batteries. I'd always rather buy 'less better stuff' than 'more cheap stuff' if it comes down to it, and I'd rather get versatile tools that I use a lot than specific tools that only ever get put to use on one or two jobs, even if the specialised tools are "better" for that one job.
From reading this forum, it's clear I'm going to need at least an 18v system and minimum 3Ah batteries. Am I best off going with a combi kit, or buying pieces individually? The kits tend to come with stuff I don't think I need, like an angle-grinder (I have no idea what I'd even use that for) and LED head torch (which I already own), so I'm not sure they'd be the best value for money.
If you were in my situation, with my budget, what would you be looking at?
Thanks for reading, and thanks in advance for the help!