Board and lifterOriginally uploaded by Richard M Marshall

No, not a reference to the deluge of dodgy pharmaceutical e-mails we all get. In this case it is quite literally screwing our ceiling together after it was removed by an errant contractor.

This weekend saw a major step forward - fitting plasterboard (drywall) to the battens already fixed in place. All this was put up with screws - not the nails that would have traditionally been used. And why? Better tooling.

I must have driven about 700 screws above my head while working on this project. I could never have done that by hand, not even with a Yankee. I’d probably have been struggling to manage to put in that many nails by hand. However, with a power screwdriver it went up easily and smoothly.

Also worth mentioning are the amazing Screwfix double-helix turbogold screws and special drywall screws. They are so much better than the kind of soft steel rubbish that comes in plastic blister packs in retail shops.

Not to mention the wondrous panel lifter, shown in the picture that gracefully hoists full-size boards into the air with an easy turn of the handle. Ah, the joy of tools!

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