August 31st, 2022 by Sarah Miles

Some jobs require a professional tradesperson in the home, after all, you need some serious skills to install a new bathroom or rewire the house, but there are plenty of manageable tasks that you can do yourself. With just a few power tools to make the job easier, you can save yourself some money and get things sorted quickly. Especially since it can be hard to get tradespeople these days due to increased demand and lack of skilled people.

Luckily MYLEK is here to provide you with a range of cost-effective power tools that can turn even the least practical people into DIY experts – or at least allow them to undertake some simple home improvement jobs!

Here is our pick of 5 tools that every household could benefit from having to hand.

1. Cordless Drill

Having your own drill allows you to do simple jobs like put shelves up and installing blinds but you could also turn your hand to building some decking or making some furniture. A cordless model means you’re not having to trail extension leads across the house and you can easily do jobs in the garden. Even if you only use it for securing radiators back to walls that have become loose or building up flat-pack furniture, it’s really handy to have.

Beginner DIY-ers could benefit from a starter kit that includes a drill plus lots of general DIY accessories, the MYLEK DIY 90 Piece DIY Home Kit and Cordless Drill includes drill attachments as well as useful tools such as a wrench, screwdriver, and pliers. A great price at just £35.99. For someone looking to undertake a range of tasks with their drill, the MYLEK Fast Charge 18v Cordless Drill + 118pc Drill Bit Set is a fantastic complete set for £44.99.

MYLEK Black 18V Li-ion Cordless Drill 2 Speed MYCBMC with Drill Bit Set

Price: £55.00

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2. Multi-Tool

Multi-tool = multi-purpose! This aptly named piece of equipment is made for sanding, scraping, and cutting so you can imagine the range of applications you can use it for. This MYLEK Electric Multi Tool with 48 Piece Accessory Kit has a powerful 300W motor, quick change function, and an auxiliary handle that can be used by both right and left-handed people. It comes ready to work with 4 different blades, a sanding attachment, and 40 sanding sheets in various finishes. Use it for cutting down pipes, shortening doors, grinding out the grout, sanding down wood, or many other things. All this for £41.99.

3. Paint Sprayer

If you have ever painted a fence by hand, you will know how long it takes, how hard work it is, and at the end of all that hard graft, the finish may not be as great as you’d hope as it seems drips and patchiness come with the territory. For less than £60 you can avoid all of this with a paint sprayer. It’s not just for fences either; use it on furniture, decking, outbuildings, and even internal surfaces like walls and ceilings. The Mylek Compakt Cordless Handheld Paint Sprayer is particularly versatile as, being cordless, you can use it anywhere and move freely (the last thing you need when working your way down a long fence is to be trailing extension leads). Due to the fine spray it emits, the finish is even and drip-free and you’ll be done in a fraction of the time.

Mylek Compakt Cordless Handheld Paint Sprayer

Price: £79.99

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4. Heat Gun

A heat gun has a lot more applications than you probably think! From the tasks you will know, such as stripping paint and varnish, the ones you may not have heard of but make sense, such as lifting vinyl flooring or stripping wallpaper, to the ones that may come as quite a surprise, like roasting coffee or tinting windows, for a tool that costs less than £20, this is a versatile bit of kit that’s really worth buying. The MYLEK Hot Air Heat Gun and Accessory Set has 2 heat settings, a built-in stand, and includes several accessories. At just £19.99, it’s a real bargain.

5. Submersible Water Pump

You may think a submersible water pump is quite a niche product that you wouldn’t buy unless you had a specific purpose for it but if you find yourself with a suddenly flooded garden, garage, cellar, or (heaven forbid) house, you would be glad you had a pump to hand to quickly start ejecting water before it inflicts real damage. With increasingly volatile weather patterns, we have to prepare ourselves for the possibility of experiencing conditions we may not have been prone to before and this is one thing you can have ready on standby. It’s also good for clearing a space of water in the event of the washing machine breaking or a burst pipe, which can happen to anyone. For £49.99 for the MYLEK Submersible Water Pump 400W with 10m/25m Hose, it’s really worth the peace of mind knowing you can deal with situations quickly.

MYLEK Submersible Water Pump 400W with 10M Hose

Price: £58.00

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