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🛠️ Top 10 Devices You Should Get When Renovating Your Flat in Germany (Beginner-Friendly Guide + Pictures)

Renovating your flat in Germany in 2025 can feel overwhelming — especially when German hardware stores like OBI, Bauhaus, Hornbach or Toom look like giant labyrinths.
This super beginner-friendly guide shows you the Top 10 tools you really need, with pictures, simple explanations, and useful German vocabulary.

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1. Cordless Drill / Screwdriver

Akku-Bohrschrauber

Why you need it:
Your No.1 essential device. You will use it every single day during renovation: drilling holes, putting up shelves, assembling furniture, installing curtain rods, lamps, and much more.

Vocabulary:

• der Akku-Bohrschrauber – cordless drill

• der Bohrer – drill bit

• das Drehmoment – torque

• der Akku – battery

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2. Drill Hammer

Bohrhammer (for concrete walls!)

Why you need it:
Most German walls are Beton (concrete).
A simple drill won’t work. A Bohrhammer easily drills deep, clean holes.

Vocabulary:

• der Bohrhammer – hammer drill

• der Meißel – chisel

• der Beton – concrete

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 3. Measuring Laser

Laser-Entfernungsmesser

Why you need it:
You need exact measurements for kitchens, furniture, lamps, mirrors, tiles — everything.
Way more precise than a Zollstock.

Vocabulary:

• der Laser-Entfernungsmesser – laser distance measurer

• die Messung – measurement

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4. Multi-Tool

Multifunktionswerkzeug

Why you need it:
A magic tool for cutting wood, plastic, metal; removing old silicone; sanding details; repairing small areas.

Vocabulary:

• das Multifunktionswerkzeug – multitool

• der Aufsatz – attachment

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5. Impact Driver

Schlagschrauber

Why you need it:
Perfect for heavy furniture, kitchen installation, and screws in hard materials.

Vocabulary:

• der Schlagschrauber – impact driver

• die Schlagfunktion – impact mode

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6. Electric Sander

Schleifmaschine

Why you need it:
To smooth walls, remove old paint, prepare surfaces for painting.

Vocabulary:

• die Schleifmaschine – sander

• das Schleifpapier – sandpaper

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7. Stud Finder / Wall Scanner

Leitungsfinder / Wandscanner

Why you need it:
Never drill into mystery walls. This device finds:
✔️ electricity lines
✔️ pipes
✔️ metal
✔️ wooden beams

Vocabulary:

• der Leitungsfinder – cable finder

• der Wandscanner – wall scanner

• die Stromleitung – electrical cable 

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• 8. Electric Screwdriver

Elektroschrauber

Why you need it:
Best tool for IKEA furniture, shelves, small installations.

Vocabulary:

• der Elektroschrauber – electric screwdriver

• die Schraube – screw

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9. Paint Roller Set / Paint Sprayer

Farbroller-Set / Farbsprüher

Why you need it:
Fresh paint transforms your flat instantly.
Sprayer = fast and professional.
Roller = easy and cheap.

Vocabulary:

• der Farbroller – paint roller

• der Farbsprüher – paint sprayer

• die Farbe – paint

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10. Drywall & Spackling Tools

Trockenbau & Spachtelwerkzeug

Why you need it:
To fix holes, smooth walls, and prepare surfaces for painting.

Vocabulary:

• der Spachtel – putty knife

• die Spachtelmasse – filler

• der Trockenbau – drywall

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⭐ Bonus: 10 Useful Hardware Store Words

German word	English meaning
die Wasserwaage	spirit level
die Zange	pliers
der Schraubendreher	screwdriver
der Zollstock	folding ruler
die Steckdose	wall socket
das Verlängerungskabel	extension cord
die Arbeitskleidung	workwear
der Hammer	hammer
die Schutzbrille	safety goggles
die Bohrmaschine	drill machine

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