Complete novice - Floorboards and impact drivers

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Please can somebody inform me if impact driver bits are universal? and if they can use both drill and screwdriver bits?

I think I need to buy one to screw down a few upstairs floorboards that have worked loose over the years. Got my eye on a Macallister 18v driver from B&Q but the bits they sell are only for Erbauer drivers.

Dont fancy buying both a drill and an electric screwdriver for this one job.
 
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Impact driver don’t have adjustable Chuck .

‘B&Q but the bits they sell are only for Erbauer drivers.’

Don’t know where you got that info but not correct .
 
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I'd chose a drill driver for this task. Impact drivers are two powerful for this sort of work.
 
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Buy a battery Combi Drill (with tow batteries) from say Screwfix or Tool station.
Can be used with all drill bits.
The Combi word meal that I will have a hammer function so can be used on some brick walls (for this the more you spend allows you to make holes in harder walls).
And buy a screw bit set to use in this drill for screws.

If on budget then start at
£50 for a McAlister with two batteries.

If an upcoming novice DIYer get a £110 to £150 drill such as
the Dewalt DCD776D2T £120
or the Makita HP333DWAE £130
as both have two batteries so can swap if half way through job and one runs low, both have brand names so can get new batteries in future, both will drill well and both will screw well.

Again, the more you spend the better the battery and motor and the harder it will drill.

But You defiantly do not need an impact driver as a first tool.

SFK
 

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