5 First fix time savers
If you love spending time crawling around in roof voids or enjoy endless hours of banter with plasterers, look away now. Here's our round-up of some clever time-savers to get you away from the site faster.
By Gordon Routledge
Friday 5th July 2019
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The eFIXX team review a range of products to save time during first fix electrical installation.
1. DC701 - Cable stapler
DeWalt
Joiners have been firing nails into wood for ages; now it's our turn to join in the fun. This battery powered stapler fires insulated metal staples into joists quicker than Clint Eastwood empties bullets from his revolver.
2. Socket and switch bead
PC Products
Everyone's a winner with this product, especially the end client who ends up with a beautiful smooth plaster finish around sockets and light switches. Along the way, the Socket and Switch bead helps to preserve the plaster - electrician peace process.
3. Rapid sliding wall bracket (RSWB)
Walraven / Britclips
You didn't become an electrician to hone your carpentry skills. Stay away from the scrap woodpile with these flexible wall braces. Fold out the wings, fix between the uprights and screw your back box in place.
5. Marxman
Gripit
How do you mark fixing holes? Blunt pencil or scraping the wall with a thin screwdriver? X literally marks the spot with these little paint spray markers.
5. Square hole cutter
Quadsaw
The bonkers device that quickly cuts square holes in plasterboard. Interchangeable between single and double gang boxes with a handy built-in spirit level.
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Thanks to Switch Electrical Wholesale in Peterborough for allowing us to use their warehouse to shoot the video review.
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