Morning all,

I'm doing up an old Georgian 3 bed place that needs all the old dodgy plaster removing (downstairs at least to let the damp walls dry out), along with the old floor to ceiling tiles in the kitchen, loo, and bathroom.

Was thinking of getting some sort of power tool to assist so I don't spend hours with a hammer & bolster chisel! :eek:

From a quick skim it looks like a SDS hammer drill/chisel is the thing, like http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?cId=101377&ts=35259&id=88090 or http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?cId=101377&ts=35620&id=13367?

Thoughts, comments, or opinions? Is this "too much tool for the job"?

Cheers,
Steve

If you can afford the Black & Decker, sorry Dewalt then get that one although I would buy this one http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?cId=101377&ts=63754&id=17077
The first one is hammer only which would do the job of course but you can't use it as a drill afterwards. Also buy a 4" chisel bit off ebay (cheaper) it will make the job quicker and lots of rubble bags :)

if all your doing is pulling tiles off ?? a screwdriver is better as they come off easier but if your taking everything off i would get a small chisel type drill to remove the old mortar

Assuming you are doing one house and you aren't doing this sort of stuff day in, day out I would say 'too much just for the one job or indeed one house worth of jobs.'
The PRO (or whatever it is now) line at B&Q or Erbauer at Screwfix will do the same job. It is more than enough if you are not in the trade or using stuff on a daily basis. Don't get hung up on the 'designer tool' option.

Thanks guys.

Stevebt - it's probably going to be the whole house - the old boy before us hid most of the damp bits behind battened plasterboard! :rolleyes:

PG - nope, not in the trade - it is only one house. Will pop into B&Q to see what they've got too.

Cheers,
Steve

Alot of the cheap ones have a two year guarantee on them anyway if it breaks .
Makro sell some for about £ 20.00

£20? Blimey - that's disposable! Get two for the price of hiring one!

Mate's got a Makro card - might ask him to lend it to me.

if you have a compressor get an air hammer, £20 at screw fix

plenty of poke and lightweight

there is alot of cheap drill out there that diuble as a breaker as well, you will only need a reasonable sized chisel bit and it will fly off, most of the time it may be easier to get a shovel behind the old plaster and try and pull it off in sheets as using a chisel drill is a pian after a while, a good axe hammer is sometimes easier like an estwing hammer