Silverline Professional Tile Cutter

Smile while you Tile!

Advantages: Good value, precise and easy to use
Disadvantages: Only cuts straight lines

On deciding to give our bathroom a revamp, we bought some lovely new ceramic wall tiles and stone borders, then contacted a local builder (who is also a friend) to give us a price for fixing them. We were thinking of a price of around £150 as it isn't a very big area. To our shock, he quoted us a price of £300 excluding adhesive, grout, edgings, spacers etc. Thinking that this was a bit ridiculous, we decided we would do it ourselves. We went to our local Focus DIY store to get all the tools we needed, most importantly, a tile cutter. Having never used one before, we decided to make our choice by choosing somewhere in the middle of cheap and expensive. There was a choice of cutters ranging from £12 up to £40. The Plasplugs Contractor Tile Cutter retailed at £19.99 and caught our eye because it actually looked more expensive ...

nic63 01.03.2007 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of Plasplugs Compact Contractor Tile Cutter

Silverline cutting that hedge

Advantages: cutts those hedges
Disadvantages: none

Perusing the garden tool category again I recognise these Silverline wooden handle shears. These are ones our conservation work party group has. We store the tools in our garage, hubby goes to most work parties clearing and working on sites . I use these shears occasionally in the garden although I prefer the spear and Jackson ones I have. These shears are reasonably comfortable to hold. They have smooth wooden handles. These wooden handled shear have that rustic look . The blades are Teflon coated helps to keep them clean and rust free. Its best to wipe blades clean after use. The blades cut well they are quite sharp. These shears are designed for cutting hedges I did cut one of my hedges in the garden with them earlier this year. Although they manage to cut thin branches well enough I am not so sure about their ...

mumsymary 14.07.2009 (15.07.2009) · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful
Review of Silverline 675177 Hedge Shears

Saw with this silverline

Advantages: saws well
Disadvantages: none

Perusing the garden tools section for a tool that I own and so could write about I came across a Silverline SW21 525 mm Pruning Saw . Now I suppose technically I do not own this but it belongs to the Butterfly conservation work party that I belong to . We store this in our garage for winter work parties clearing shrub on nature reserves. I have used this saw several times clearing encroaching shrub. This saw has an orange coated heavy gauge, oval steel frame this tapers to a point. The 525mm saw blade attaches to this. There is a quick release tension lever for this blade, this is attached to the flat handle part of the oval frame. The orange frame of ours has got scratched with use and has a little rust The blade is a Swedish steel blade with many hard point teeth. This blade gives a fair cut through branches and small tree ...

mumsymary 17.07.2009 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of Silverline SW21 Pruning Saw