Demolitions and renovations can turn a house or business upside-down with all the dust and dirt it creates during the process. It’s also more challenging when removing a floor or a wall, so you want to ensure you have all the tools you need before starting any demolition as you will come into contact with wood, drywall, concrete, and metal. You can get by with just seven demo tools.

1. Hammers

For any demolition or renovation project, you will need a few types of hammers because of the different kinds of materials that you come across on a job site.

• Sledgehammers are ideal for walls, brick, and concrete.
• Claw Hammers are for smaller jobs like prying screws or nails.
• Demolition hammers break concrete. It’s perfect for massive walls.
• Framing hammers are ideal for removing lumber or driving nails.
• Heavy hammers can take on framing or beam support removal.
• Jackhammers break concrete, asphalt, or rock with compressed air.

2. Screwdrivers

While all the other tools on this list are for heavy-duty tasks, screwdrivers allow you to take on small removal jobs like baseboards, outlets, switches, or flooring.

3. Pry Bar

You will find that some building materials are very securely in place and difficult to remove, so a pry bar is a must-have. Having a pry bar on hand will help you rip out those hard-to-remove screws, nails, interior framing, or roofing shingles.

4. Trowels

It would be best if you have a variety of trowels to handle tasks like brick or cement masonry, drywall finishing, tile setting, and marble laying as it makes demolishing and renovating kitchens, halls, and bathrooms much easier. 

• Gauging trowels are used to measure and mix compounds like drywall, mortar, or quick-setting polymer-modified mortar amalgams.
• Margin trowels are used to mix quick-set compounds, scoop it up, and smoothly spread it over an area very efficiently.
• Notch trowels allow its users to consistently measure and spread mortar and thin-set mixes so that the adhesive gets applied evenly.
• Pointing trowels are ideal for spreading material in corners or other tight areas. If you can’t find a pointing tool, buy a brick trowel instead.

5. Oscillating Multitool

Even in all the mess that hammers and machinery create, you need to ensure you have the right tools for accuracy and exactness, which an oscillating multitool provides. Not only will it cut through challenging materials, but it will make working with metal, wood, and plaster a more straightforward task to complete.

6. Safety Gear

The essential things you must have before starting any demolition and renovation project is safety gear to reduce the risk of worksite accidents. Buy eye goggles, a helmet, gloves, thick coveralls, boots, air respirator masks, and a first-aid kit.

7. Machinery

Demolition machinery and renovation tools can make DIY jobs costly, and it is often the reason why business owners and private consumers hire ABH Services. We have excavators, pulverizers, scrap shears, and material handlers to do the job.

To find out more about our demolition and renovation process, give us a call at (781) 941-2422. You can also send a private message by visiting us at https://www.facebook.com/abhservices/.