"Broadback" wrote in message
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I am renovating a small house for my daughter, as I go along I try to show
her basic house maintenance. Yesterday she had a problem with the toilet
cistern, and following my instructions turned off the water via the in line
isolating valve, all she had to hand was a screwdriver set from a Christmas
cracker. So any ideas as to where we could get a useful, comprehensive but
not too sophisticated tool kit? Or what tools we should but to make up a
kit, at reasonable expense.

I would keep it as simple as possible. A medium size flat blade screwdriver,
a No 2 Posidrive screwdriver, a 4oz cross pein hammer, a pair of pliers, a
pair of pincers, a junior hacksaw, a Stanley knife and an adjustable
spanner. If you can trust her with things electrical, add an insulated
terminal screwdriver and a pair of insulated wire cutters. That, with a reel
of gaffer tape, a reel of electrician's insulating tape and some general
purpose glue is the emergency tool kit I keep at my lady friend's place. It
will deal with most common problems and can be expanded as she gains
knowledge / confidence.

Colin Bignell